Marking the 3rd of December
Belgrade, 2nd of December – happening on the pedestrian
zone and the first introduction of Gordana Rajkov as G17
PLUS candidate for Serbian Parliament.
„ For us it is a
great honor that Gordana Rajkov , CIL Coordinator for Development
and International Cooperation , accepted to be on our list
and will be the first person with disability in a history
of Serbian parliamentary as a MP “, announced Mr. Mla dj
an Dinki c, president of G17 PLUS .
Gordana Rajkov highlighted that her message is that
no one can discuss about persons with disabilities without
their direct and active participation.
„ We are extremely happy that Serbia did such positive civilization move, placing
the issues of persons with disabilities on a higher, political level “, said
Miss. Rajkov.
She also said that persons with disabilities already work in some European countries
. „ Persons should be considered according to their abilities and capacities
and after these elections we will prove that we are equal and deserve the same
possibilities “, said Gordana Rajkov.
Meeting with the representatives
of DPOs fro Jagodina, Smederevo and Smederevska Palanka
Jagodina,
9th of December 2006
 There
were Mr. Mladjan Dinkic, Predsident of G17 PLUS, prof. Tomica
Milosavljevic, Vice-president of G17 PLUS and State Secretary
and member of G17 PLUS Mrs. Vesna Piperski Tucakov. Gordana
Rajkov has spoken on the need of recognising the poverty
of PWDs and further measures on education and employment
of PWDs.
Mr. Dinkic said that it is neccessary to improve access to
informative technologies for persons with disabilities and
to allow them to maximise their knowledge and capacities. That
was the opportunity to gave the PC for Organisation for Persons
with Autism in Jagodina.
Press conference of G17
PLUS
Belgrade, 13th of December 2006
 
G17 PLUS send appeal initiative to all
Serbian municipalities to implement the Law on Antidiscrimination of
Persons with Disabilities which is going to be valid from the 1st of
January 2007 – said Mrs. Vesna Piperski Tucakov State Secretary in Ministry
for Labor, employment and Social Policy and member of G17 PLUS.
She said that G17 PLUS is going to work on improvement
of status of PWDs for their equal status in the society.
G17 PLUS MP candidate and Coordinator
of Center for Independent Living Serbia, Gordana Rajkov said
that persons with disabilities should participate in policy
creation and decision making actively as any other citizens.
Tribune „How we are going to
vote?“ in Home for Residental Care for Persons with Disabilities
in Belgrade
22nd of December 2006
Gordana Rajkov was one of the guests on the tribune organised
by Organisation of residents in Home for Residental Care
for Persons with Disabilities on the topic „How we are going
to vote?“.
Members of this organisation started very serious question
of realisation of their basic human rights to participate
on forthcoming elections. The problem is in fact that part
of residents did not change their datas in their IDs and
could vote only in the places of last citizenship. As they
are severe disabled persons, who could not travel without
assistance and costs for all of that it seems that they could
not realise their right to vote.
All participants suggest to raise this question which is
also important for elderly people who are in Homes Care for
Elderly People and many different institutions.
G17 PLUS Convention
in Sabac
23rd of December
2006
 
Gordana Rajkov participated on G17PLUS Convention in Sabac
and had meeting with the other candidate of the party on
some most important issues for persons with disabilities.
This time too there was a hughe ramp for stage performance
of all candidates and party representatives which again show
the principle of equal opportunities for all visitors and
guest in a sport building where convention took place.
Visit to organisations of PWDs in Kovin
28th
of December 2006
 Gordana
Rajkov and State Secretary Vesna Piperski Tucakov visited
organisations of persons with disabilities in Kovin and discussed
on measures that G17 PLUS will take for PWDs in new Government
and Serbian Parliament.
Representatives of DPOs have spokent on insufficient health
care, orthopaedic aids and complicated procedures for realisation
of their rights.
Gostovanje na
promociji knjige
2nd of
January 2007
President of the City Board of G17 PLUS Mr. Goran Kreclović
open the exibition on Republic Square in the „House of G17
PLUS“.
This will be the place where will be organised political
and cultural/entertaining happenings untill the 21st of January.
This premise will host meetings, exibitions and open discussions
on different topics of life and working engagements – culture,
policy, entertainment, different problems within the state
and the solutions for their overcoming.
Within the exibition there was promotion of poems „My poems,
my dreams“ by Djurdjica Lazic. That was the opportunity where
Gordana Rajkov again stressed the need for hearing the voice
of persons with disabilities and for respect of their rights
within the European and other International conventions and
documents.
Visit to organisation of PWDs in Paracin
4th
of January 2007
 Gordana
Rajkov, Coordinator for Development and International Cooperation
of Center for Independent Living and MP candidate of G17
PLUS, Vesna Piperski Tucakov, State Secretary and Dalibor
Mitic, Vice-president of City Board of G17 PLUS Paracin,
visited Organisation of PWDs and the Workshop for glas painting
where their members work and earn for living.
 
This Workshop is placed in old railway vagoons which is
againg place on a very distant and bad location. Hosts
and guests discussed how to improve the working conditions
for this Workshop and how to involve the local authorities
to help them in development of their activities.
Guests than visited the premises of future Day Centre for
Children and Youth. President of Paracin Municipality joined
them in this visit.
Visit to new premises of Center
for persons with disabilities in Krusevac
4th of January 2007
 Gordana
Rajkov and Vesna Piperski Tucakov, with representatives of
City board of G17 PLUS Krusevac visited the premises for
Center for persons with disabilities in Krusevac.
They also discussed with the representatives of local organisations
of PWDs on future activities with this new Center.
Convention in
Krusevac
4th of January 2007
 Together with other MP candidates from G17 PLUs, Gordana
Rajkov participated on Convention in Krusevac.
This Convention was translated for persons with hearing
impairment which was great. Language translator tried to
close all recomendations of all candidates that gave speaches
on the Convention.
Again CIL introduced equal opportunities for persons with
disabilities.
Against discrimination
Beograde,11th of January 2007
 MP
candidate of G17 PLUS Gordana Rajkov stated that Law on Antidiscrimination
of Persons with Disabilities must be implemented on all levels from the 1st
of January 2007.
She said on a Press confenernce that there
is a group of Laws that initiated meking the living environment
accessible for all.
This will be the benefit for all citizens because all adaptations
made for persons with disabilities will improve living conditions
for all other citizens.
"Bus with the platform for wheelchair
users is also much more safe for elderly and parents with the
babies in a baggies. These busses are not invented for persons
with disabilities but because they are much more efficient in all segments",
said Gordana Rajkov.
STATEMENT
- Mr. Tadic support is very wellcomed
13th
of January 2007
G17 PLUS party initiated
at the local authorities to strictly implement
the Law on Antidiscrimination of Persons with Disabilities
which come in foce from 1st of January 2007. The
aim of this initiative is to equalise the rights
and opportunities of people with disabilities as
well as the realisation of these rights.
All municipalites got the official
statement to act according to the Law and implement
all neccessaty activities to enable persons with disabilities
access to voting premises in order to acomplish
their civil rights on forthcoming elections as
any other citizens.
We are glad that after a month of our initiative,
President of Serbia Mr. Boris tadic supported this
initiative.
We belive tha Democratic party will give
their full contribution and take all measures in
order to enable persons with disabilities to participate
in this segment of society.
We also belive that the other political
parties will follow this positive example.
Gordana Rajkov
MP candidate G17 PLUS
Coordinator of Centre for Independent Living Serbia |
Visit fo organisations of PWDs
in Novi Sad
12th of January 2007
 Bojan
Kresto, Director of National Lottery Serbia, Vesna Piperski
Tucakov, State Secretary and Gordana Rajkov MP candidate
of G17 PLUS visited representatives of Organisation of Dystrophics
and Organisation of Deaf in Novi Sad.
They have spoken on difficulties to develop some products
or economic activities which will enable them to engage persons
with disabilities and provide them sources for living, as
well as income for further organisational activities.
Organisation of Dystrophics planned to develop Agenry for
Accountacy (beside Photocopy shop) and Organisation of Dear
already develop programme for design and production of furniture.
Mr Dinkic, President of G17 PLUs, joined this visits and
brought PCs to both organisations as a support to better
acces to informative technologies and their further work.
Convention G17 PLUS in Novi Sad
12th of
January 2007
Candidate of G17 PLUS for MP and Coordinator of Center
for Independent Living Serbia, G ordana Rajkov , gave a speech
to citizens in Novi Sad and said that disability should and
must be an investment, not a burden for the society.
„ Within the persons with disabilities
lies a huge human potentials and no one country, rich or
not, should not deny those potentials “, said
Miss Rajkov .
Speaking on the Convention, Gordana Rajkov expressed her satisfaction
being with citizens from Novi Sad who have a special sensitivity
towards disability. „When announcing my speach on this
convention I have been asked am I afraid of that? Of course
I am afraid, but my wish to fight for better life of persons
with disabilities and vision that we have to share that better
life with you is bigger than this fear – so I am here with
you tonight“ said Miss Rajkov.
„It is not a coincidence that I am on the list
of G17 PLUS. Their members within the previous Government
and Parliament supported initiatives for better status
of persons with disabilities and to provide better opportunities
for their dignify and decent life. Following the moto of
G17 PLUS „Expertise before policy“, we decide
to offer the possibility that for the first time person
with disability as an expert in thie area find its place
in new Serbian Government, in the place of decision making
for all Serbian citizens and to represent the voice of
all persons with disabilities throughout Serbia. This will
be the historical crossing in parliamentary life of Serbia
and direct implementation the basic principle of world
disability movement „Nothing about us without us“ highlighted
Gordana Rajkov.
Speaking on G17 PLUS election programme aimed to
equalisation of opportunities of persons with disabilities,
she stated the recognition the principles of understanding
of disability as issue of social responsibility and realisation
of human rights; way from equalisation in rights towards
equalisation in possibilities and belief that whatever
is doing in the name of persons with disabilities mean
the benefit for all other citizens of Serbia.
Gordana
Rajkov mentioned some of concrete results that G17 PLUS
believe it is possible to achieve in future Parliament
of Serbia
- Adoption of Law on professional education
and employment of persons with disabilities
- Adoption of Law on social housing with special
measures for persons with disabilities and other marginalised
groups
- Poverty reduction of
persons with disabilities and for families with disabled
memter related to specific costs of disabillity
- Development of qualitative and inclusive
education for children with
developmental disabilities
- Development of network of social services
in local community neccessary foro education, employment
and civic participation of persons with disabilities
- Accessibility of public services to
persons with disabilities including living environment
and transport
- Improvement of state support mechanisms for
further development and strengthening the organisations
of persons with disabilities and parent organisations
as representatives of this population in policy creation
processess.
 „The basic idea for our acting is that disability
should be an investment not a burden for the society, because
within disability population lies huge human resources
and no one country should not deny them. To realise this
vision we need support and cooperation from all of you.
That is why I ask from you to make the first step and go
to Parliamentary elections on 21st of January. And if you
believe that Serbia should be built as a society that gives
equal opportunities for all its citizens, make another,
second step and vote for number 2 on the list!“ said
Gordana Rajkov.
Meeting with representatives of organisations of
PWDs in Nis
14th of January 2007  Gordana
Rajkov, MP candidate G 17 PLUS, meat the members of Organisation
of Polio and CP in their premises in Nis. Mr. Bane Jovanovic,
President of City Board of G17 PLUS also attended this meeting.
The discussion was about the problems for finding the premises
for other activities, problems in education, employment and
financial status of persons with CP and Polio. Gordan Rajkov
has spoken on neccessity of active and joined activities
of persons with disabilities in solving their problems and
having adequate and „in time“ information on state and local
community activities in solving their problems. Mr. Jovanovic
gave two PSc to this Organisation which will contribute in
their future work and enable better access to informative
technologies.
Convention G 17
PLUS in Nis
14th of January
2007
 
Together with other MP candidates G 17 PLUS, Gordana Rajkov
participated in Nis Convention. There were thousands of persons
present and CIL representative and MP candidate supported
numerous of her colleagues and associates from disability
movement in Serbia.
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