Description
This project is aimed at raising the sense of social security and to protect human rights of people with disabilities and long-term illnesses and their carers in Estonian society. The project helps to develop equal possibilties, diminish discrimination and help vulnerable groups participate in decision making processes. The project aims to initiate a discussions about fundamental rights and needs of the target group; to gather and analyze information, to work out concrete prepositions about the raised issues and the needs of target groups; to advocate for better life quality of target groups in political decision making process; to initiate advocacy actions about important issues for target groups and to raise awareness about the needs and problems of target groups among decision makers and partner groups. Project continues and improves cooperation with service providers, government officials, politicians and with diagnose- based patient organisations.
Summary of project results
Project „Social Security is Human Right“ helped to raise the sence of social security and to protect human rights of people with disabilities and long-term illnesses and their carers in Estonian society. Project also helped to develop equal possiblities, to diminish discrimination and to help vulnerable groups participate in decicion making process. Systemic advocacy activities was carried out in order to reach goals and to initiate changing system concerning 20 different problems in life of target groups that are caused by invalidity of system. Project improved health and social care system and to advocate for better lifequality and realization of human rights of target groups.
Summary of bilateral results