Social rehabilitation, childcare budget to reach 52 mln GEL in 2022
“We will further step up our work towards protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. This is one of our main duties and the creation of the Coordination Committee and its first meeting today serve this very purpose,” Garibashvili said. Photo: UNDP in Georgia.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the budget for social rehabilitation and childcare is increasing annually, noting that it is expected to reach 52 million GEL in 2022.
This means that the geographical availability of social services and the funding of various new services will increase,” Garibashvili said.
Last year the budget for social rehabilitation and childcare amounted to 37.4 million GEL, while in 2021 it totalled 40 million GEL.
The Interagency Committee that coordinates the implementation of the UN Disability Convention in Georgia on the rights of people with disabilities was launched earlier today where Garibashvili emphasised the importance of ‘ensuring equal opportunities for all.’
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The progress of a country and a society requires the full participation of each its citizens in the development processes. Every person has inherent abilities and their realisation ensures their decent lives and also empowers society,” said Garibashvili.
Garibashvili stated that the 2021 Annual Action Plans for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have been approved by all 64 municipalities of the country which will ‘significantly improve legislative guarantees for the protection of the rights and freedoms of people with disabilities.’
We will further step up our work towards protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. This is one of our main duties and the creation of the Coordination Committee and its first meeting today serve this very purpose,” he added.
The first meeting of the Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Georgia was organised by the Government Administration with the support of the United Nations Development Program and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell, UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia Sabine Machl and UNDP Resident Representative in Georgia Nick Beresford also participated in the event.
Overall, 130,046 people with disabilities were officially registered in Georgia in 2020, about 3.5% of the Georgian population.
A social centre for those with disabilities, located in the village of Sadmeli in the Ambrolauri municipality, will be renovated by the Japanese Embassy to Georgia as part of the GGP Grassroots Human Security Grant Program.
Pension and social packages have increased starting from today. 114,000 people with disabilities and pensioners will receive the increased social package by 20 GEL [$6.18].
The Georgian Parliament has adopted the bill on the Rights of the Disabled People, which aims to create legislative guarantees for individuals with special needs and, accordingly, protect their rights.
The US Embassy to Georgia has welcomed the recent adoption of Georgia’s Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, saying that this law establishes ‘fundamental principles’ to guide the government’s implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the government in this area.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, on Wednesday said the country’s legislative body was marking this year’s Day of Protection of Rights of the People with Disabilities on the back of “important decisions” made over the recent years to “assert the rights” of disabled individuals across the country.