Advisory Committee for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities - Federal Republic of Germany

Source: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

The Advisory Committee for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (Beirat für die Rehabilitation der Behinderten) in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs advises the ministry in matters concerning the employment and vocational promotion of persons with disabilities and mainstreaming and co-ordinating measures for people with disabilities.

The Advisory committee comprises representatives of employees, employers, disabled people's organisations, the federal states, the local self-governing bodies, the Central Agencies for the Disabled, the Federal Labour Office, the statutory pension insurance scheme, the statutory accident insurance scheme, social welfare, voluntary welfare organisations and establishments with responsibilities for occupational rehabilitation.

The committee meets as and when required but as a rule several times a year.

At regional level too there is a need to coordinatethe various types of assistance available, in particular with a view to obtaining an overview of what can be provided, co-ordinating it and making it easy to recognise. In many local authorities this responsibility falls to the "co-ordinators for people with disabilities" and in others the coordination is ensured as part of existing administrative and co-operation structures or on the basis of initiatives by independent institutions. These coordination centres are the points of contact for associations and they maintain links with the rehabilitation institutions operating as a central focal point for people with disabilities.

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