Implementation of the European disability strategy

Author (Corporate)	European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service
Series Title	Plenary at a Glance
Series Details	November 2017
Publication Date	November 2017
Content Type	Journal \| Series \| Blog, Policy-making
	Almost one in six people in the EU aged 15 and over live with some kind of disability. As the population ages, this number is expected to rise significantly. In February 2017, the European Commission published a progress report on the implementation of the European disability strategy 2010-2020. The European Parliament was due to discuss an own-initiative report on the strategy's implementation during its November II 2017 plenary session
Source Link	Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2017/614586/EPRS_ATA(2017)614586_EN.pdf
Related Links	European Commission: Commission Staff Working Document: Progress Report on the implementation of the European Disability Strategy (2010 - 2020) - SWD/2017 /29 http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=16995&langId=en EPRS: Briefing: EU Legislation in Progress, November 2017: European Accessibility Act http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-accessibility-act-2/
Subject Categories	Employment and Social Affairs
Countries / Regions	Europe