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04 June 2020, Thursday Ankara, TURKEY

Sebiha Başaran: Our General Directorate Continues its Role of Coordinating Between NGOs and Public Institutions and Organizations as a Follower of the Problems


Sebiha BASARAN, Deputy General Manager of Disability and Elderly Services, spoke at online NGO meetings moderated by Fulya EKMEN, the president of the Association, in accordance with the request from the association within the scope of the online trainings of the Down Syndrome Association, attended by members of the association and individuals and their families with down syndrome.  

Sebiha BASARAN, Deputy General Manager of Disability and Elderly Services, gave information about the work of the General Directorate in the field of disabilities and the elderly, projects, corporate maintenance services and pandemia, the center, provincial organizations, employees and service areas, information, visual and written publications, applications for their accessibility, cooperation and developments between institutions in accessibility and content topics.

Fulya EKMEN, Founding President of Down Syndrome Association, thanked the authorities for participation in the online program, as well as the labor, care, effort, and those who contributed, especially in corporate care during the pandemic process. In the shift system, the Employees of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services said that they serve altruistically, that they continue to serve, that they are working as families with disabilities to end the concern of "what will happen after us?" and answered questions from the participants.  

As a follower of the problems of Sebiha BASARAN, Deputy General Manager of Disability and Elderly Services, he stressed that the General Directorate of Disability and Elderly Services, which is the focus institution in the Monitoring Of Disability Rights Monitoring Process, will continue to coordinate between NGOs and public institutions and institutions, that NGO meetings will continue, and that they will be in contact with NGOs in decision-making and legislative work. Thanking the participants, "There is no stranger in this century anymore, only companions..." ended the program with the word.