Structures set up for the implementation and monitoring of the CRPD in Select European Union Member States [1]

Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection; the 9 regional authorities designated their own sub-focal points

Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection with the involvement of the Federal Disability Advisory Board

CRPD monitoring committee

Association for the Support of the CRPD monitoring committee.

The 9 regional authorities designated their own monitoring mechanisms.

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Policy for People with Disabilities, Equal Opportunities and Social Benefits Directorate, Integration of people with disabilities department

Minister of Labour and Social Policy

Monitoring Council Established in 2019 under the newly adoPersons with Disabilities Act.

It is composed of 9 members – two representatives from the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2 representatives of the CPD, 4 representatives of the organizations of persons with disabilities, 1 representative of the academic community. The

Council held its first meeting in July 2019.

Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs; the 16 Federal States designated their own sub- focal points

Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Relating to Persons with Disabilities)

German Institute for Human Rights

Ministry of Social Affairs

Cooperation Assembly between ministries), Estonian Chamber of Disabled People and four disabled persons organisations

Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities under the Estonian Chamber of Disabled People

Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation; Ministry of Employment and Social Security

National Disabilities Council; Spanish Monitoring System for Disability

Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities; Ombudsman

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government Board for People with Disabilities and National Disability

Council

Public Defender of Rights

Ministry for Foreign Affairs;

Advisory Board for the

Human Rights Centre; Human rights delegation;

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Rights of Persons with Disabilities within Ministry of Social Affairs and Health)

Parliamentary Ombudsman

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health; Interministerial Committee for Disability

Interministerial Committee for Disability

Public Defender of Rights; National Advisory Council for Human Rights and National Advisory Council for People with a Disability

European Commission

For matters of coordination between the Council, the Member States and the European Commission, see provisions of the Code of Conduct between the Council, the Member States and the Commission setting out internal arrangements for the implementation by and representation of the EU relating to the CRPD

(2010/C 340/08)

European Parliament; European Ombudsman; Fundamental Rights Agency;

European Disability Forum

Office for Disability Issues (ODI) within the Parliamentary Secretariat for Persons with Disability and Active Ageing (PSDAA) Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity (MFCS)

National Coordination Mechanism – composed of Inter- Departmental Coordination Committee (IDCC) and Inter- Ministerial Committee (IMC) – within the Office for Disability Issues

(ODI)

Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability

Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy

Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Team for the implementation of the CRPD provisions (chaired by the Government Plenipotentiary for Persons with Disabilities

Commissioner for human rights

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General of External Policy; Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security,

Strategy and Planning Office

Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, National Institute for Rehabilitation

National mechanism for monitoring & the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Department for matters relating to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Coordination mechanism is represented by 2 members of all ministries in the Slovak republic, and the chair of the Coordination mechanism is the director of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Department for matters relating to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family SR.

Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities

The list of members of the Coordination mechanism is available online at https://www.mpsvr

.sk/sk/rodina- socialna- pomoc/tazke- zdravotne- postihnutie/kontakt ne-miesto- prava- osob-so- zdravotnym-

postihnutim/

Cabinet Office, Disability Unit

Equality and Human Rights Commission (England and Wales); Scottish Human Rights Commission; Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and Equality Commission for Northern Ireland