Accessible society can only be achieved by regulations - the final report of VAMPO published
Accessible environment is necessity for the people with disabilities to have independent life and equal participation possibilities. We need laws and regulations to guarantee accessibility, the society cannot trust on good will.
Finland's disability policy programme VAMPO 2010-2015 ("A strong basis for inclusion and equality") was published in August 2010. The aim of the VAMPO programme, with the help of the measures recorded in it, was to safeguard a just position in the society for persons with disability and to draw up the development paths with which to reach for sustainable and responsible disability policy.
The final report examines the realisation of the goals during the programme period, as set out in VAMPO. VAMPO's measures form an ambitious whole where all the policy sectors have been developed from the perspective of the rights, freedoms and equal opportunities of persons with disabilities. VAMPO's total of 122 measures have been divided into 14 different content areas: independent living, social inclusion and involvement, built environment, transport services, education and study, work, health and rehabilitation, social security, legal protection, safety and integrity, culture and leisure time, discrimination encountered by persons with disabilities, knowledge base, substitution of tax aid with direct appropriation support, and international activities.
Finland's Disability Policy Programme (VAMPO) 2010-2015: Final report
The report is in Finnish, but has English summary.
