266.For the purpose of making the public building and facilities more accessible to
people with disabilities, technical accessibility standards have been set by regulatory
means. In this context, a clause on the implementation and enforcement of these
requirements is inserted into any specification books; equipment and facilities open to
the public.
267.Information and public awareness: Regarding the information and public
awareness component to the situation of children with disabilities, the Ministry of
National Solidarity, Family and the Status of Women in charge of managing this
domain, regularly organises in partnership with all audio-visual media and print
media, information campaigns and debates around the rights of disabled children and
the problems inherent in their implementation. As it does on the occasion of national
days and international meetings and thematic seminars relating to the issue of
disability in Algeria.
268.Similarly, awareness raising programmes on the risks of landmines have been
developed in coordination with national institutions and civil society to reduce the
number of victims, under the implementation of the Ottawa Convention on the
Prohibition of landmines.
269.Furthermore, recreational days are organized by and for children with disabilities
living in institutions. Pamphlets dealing with measures and mechanisms put in place
for the protection and promotion of people with disabilities are developed and widely
disseminated.
270.Therefore, it is necessary to emphasize the significant role played by 250
outreach solidarity cells established across the most remote and isolated areas of the
country, in the areas of social support, community health, psychological and
therapeutic care, mediation and social communication.
271.Information and communication shops within youth institutions make available
items to children with disabilities in the same way as other children wherever they are
and whatever their circumstances, a useful and practical information on all the
opportunities that are available in all issues which concern them (sports, health,
education, leisure, holidays...).
272.In terms of listening, there is also the intervention of listening cells at the ODEJ
in 48 wilayas, which were reinforced by the creation of 535 listening centres in
different youth institutions for the prevention and sensitisation through local actions
especially towards children with moral difficulties, including children with
disabilities. This scheme is governed by multidisciplinary teams (psychologists,
sociologists, physicians, professionals of information and communication....).
273.Training of professionals: Training of social workers active in the field of
support to children with disabilities is provided by three (03) national centres:
274.There were 293 people with 180 teachers and 53 special education teachers,
specifically those invested with outreach missions and support to children with
disabilities living in institutions. For 2008, the operating budget of the centres was
estimated at 191 607 000, 00 AD.
275.Meanwhile, pending the implementation of the proposed creation of the Algerian
school of sign language which will definitely be a contribution to the issue of care for
people with hearing difficulties, the Ministry of National Solidarity family and Status
of Women has worked to train social workers to sign language, as well as its and
justice workers, in an agreed partnership with the Ministry of Justice.
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