{"id":903,"date":"2018-02-28T14:56:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T13:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/?p=903"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:33:09","slug":"disabled-refugees-welcome-holl-sitt-forsta-round-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabledrefugeeswelcome.se\/en\/2018\/02\/disabled-refugees-welcome-holl-sitt-forsta-round-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Refugees Welcome held our first roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"

– with the City of Stockholm on Valentine\u2019s day<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday the 14th of February 2018, Disabled Refugees Welcome held our first roundtable event with the City of Stockholm. Valentine\u2019s day is a good day to share the issue close to our hearts – Welcoming Disabled Refugees. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A roundtable is a method to achieve a horizontal way of communicating with the aim to change the dimensions of power to enable more open communication. DRW has used this method to start a dialogue with key agents for disability rights issues within governmental authorities, in a more efficient way. <\/span><\/p>\n

The roundtable was a success and resulted in a greater understanding for our respective activities, information on how we work with the target group newcomers with non-normative abilities, and brilliant tips on different ways on how we together can pursue our future cooperation. The first guest of this series of roundtables was the Stockholm Social Services Administration. <\/span><\/p>\n

DRW got to meet representatives for the department for overarching social issues in the city, where LSS-health is a part. Astrid Tornberg, a strategist on disability issues, mapped out the organisation and structure of the Social Services Administration. Noted during the conversation was that the Social Services Administration has a new department for the reception of newcomers. Paulina Slazak, strategist on social psychiatry and Anna von Rinder Beckerart researcher\/strategist on refugee issues told us that the City of Stockholm has a budget allocation to develop peer support within the social psychiatry \u2013 work on developing this will be done in the North and South areas of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

See slides from Stockholm Social Services Administration presentation here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

DRW also met Pia Ehnhage the Stockholm Disability Ombudsman. The ombudsman\u2019s mission is, among other things, to be a support and complimentary driving force for the responsible committees and boards of the city within the scope of issues concerning living conditions and pre-conditions for the participation of disabled people. Pia Ehnhage said that the <\/span>Disability programme \u201dStockholm for all\u201d<\/span><\/a> \u2013 went on referral the 16th of February with a planned decision in the City Council in April. She emphasised some of the programme\u2019s vital aspects that capture deficits, procedures, and includes advice and information to individuals. The programme is based on the National Action Plan with the goal that all public activities will be based on a disability rights perspective. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ingela Nilsson and Mia Grauers, representatives for Forum Carpe, also visited DRW\u2019s roundtable. Forum Carpe\u2019s mission is to coordinate and implement appropriate competence development for all the 26 municipalities within Stockholm County. This will be done by creating a network for experience exchange and awareness raising. <\/span><\/p>\n

See slides from Forum Carpe\u2019s presentation here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gateways to cooperation between Stockholm Social Services Administration and DRW<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Different ideas and proposals for how future cooperation between the city administration and DRW could look were collected during the second hour of the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cooperation deals at the present time specifically with:<\/span><\/p>\n