Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Added113. Welcomes the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the EU Global Health Strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Preparedness Union Strategy fully addresses the needs of persons with disabilities and that emergency responses uphold their dignity, autonomy and safety, including through the distribution of accessible alerts and communications, including advanced mobile location and total conversation for all emergency numbers, mobility accommodations and the training of emergency personnel to respectfully and effectively assist persons with a range of disabilities;

Added114. Considers it necessary to include persons with disabilities in the design of EU-funded humanitarian aid to ensure that there is an inclusive, accessible and effective approach; demands that all EU-funded humanitarian aid operations apply the humanitarian inclusion standards for persons with disabilities, ensuring inclusive, accessible and non-discriminatory support in crisis situations;

Awareness, governance and measuring progress

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Changed29.115. Recalls that, according to the strategy, EU institutions should make selection, recruitment, employment and retention processes disability-inclusive, and should improve the accessibility of buildings and communication technology;technologies;

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Changed30.116. Asks the Commission to include Parliament at a political level in the Disability Platform and to establish an interinstitutional structured dialogue to follow up on, monitor and evaluate the inclusion of persons with disabilities in Member States in all areas and in all policies, sharing best practice and providing recommendations; asks the Commission, additionally, to regularly report to Parliament on the progress made in disability mainstreaming across all EU policies and programmes, ensuring democratic oversight, accountability, structured political dialogue and participatory governance on disability rights across the EU; recommends that persons with disabilities and their representatives be involved in drafting and monitoring the regulations affecting their rights, given their direct experience and expertise;

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Removed31. Invites the Commission to present evaluation reports on the implementation of regulations and directives related to persons with disabilities, following the end of the transposition period, and to take any necessary actions;

Added117. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include ‘equal access and non-discrimination for persons with disabilities’ as a dedicated priority theme within the EU Urban Agenda, in order to foster inclusive urban development and facilitate the exchange of best practices between cities, recognising that accessibility, inclusive housing and awareness-raising begin at the level of local governance;

Added118. Calls on the Member States to develop strategies to combat bullying and harassment directed against children and young persons with disabilities, including in educational contexts and online, and that these strategies recognise disability as a basis for discrimination;

Added119. Invites the Commission to present evaluation reports on the implementation of regulations and directives related to persons with disabilities, following the end of the transposition period, and to take any necessary actions; calls on the Member States to transpose said directives within the set time limits and with the highest possible level of ambition;

Added120. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the collection of data on institutionalised populations and deinstitutionalisation efforts, disaggregated by age, gender and setting, and to report this data annually;

Added121. Calls on the EU institutions to develop programmes under their internal staff policies for traineeship and apprenticeship opportunities for persons with disabilities;

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122. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.