The President of the Association CAURA "D. Sebastian Alfaro Japan attended last weekend, 12 and December 13, the X Associative Forum organized by the CANF-Cocemfe Andalusia to discuss the topic in the world of disability. During these sessions were present at 8 Provincial Federations and over 300 associations of people with physical and organic in Andalusia, a total of more than 700 people who discussed the theme "Priority to Differences" Participants discussed issues
concerning the most vulnerable within the group of people with disabilities and the Andalusian Confederation devotes special attention through three main demands. Since the institution is promoting concrete actions to those seriously affected as they lack full participation, young people who present a situation of multiple exclusions, and women about discrimination based on gender also occurs in the field of disability.
The general director of People with Disabilities d. Coca July and the president of CANF, COCEMFE Andalusia, M ª Angeles Cózar chaired the opening ceremony of this meeting which brought together experts and personalities that addressed issues related to these three axes.
In this sense, presented the paper 'The social construction of disability', Professor and Professor of Research of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, María Angeles Durán and the Defensor del Pueblo Andaluz, José Chamizo who spoke on 'New forms of exclusion. "
On Saturday 13, the head of service coordination and institutional relations of the Andalusian Institute of Youth, Pilar Figueroa and political science scholar, Jesus Garcia began the presentations with a discussion on 'Youth Participation, a future investment. "
In the afternoon, attended by the Commissioner for Gender CERMI, Ana Peláez with the theme 'International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
President of the State Association of Directors and Managers of Social Services of Spain, Jose Manuel Ramirez, an analysis of the Law for Promotion of Personal Autonomy. The president of CANF, Andalucía COCEMFE interventions ended with a presentation on the priorities of the Confederacy.
then launched working groups in which participants discussed the issues raised by the speakers, developing the conclusions of this meeting and proposing new guidelines for people with disabilities to participate on equal terms in society.
addition, the Andalusian Confederation of People with Physical and Organic (CANF-COCEMFE Andalucia) provides for ten years, the Golden CANF, a distinction given to individuals and entities that have been noted for his work in favor of people with disabilities. The delivery of these awards took place during the traditional gala dinner of the Confederation, after the closure of its associated forum.
In this edition has been awarded to President of the Andalusian Parliament, Fuensanta Coves, for his previous job as head of the Ministry of Environment, the Secretary General for Sport, Manuel Jiménez for their support of disabled people in Andalusia and Senior General Manager, M ª José Castro, for supporting the associations, especially the Seville federation of people with physical disabilities.
addition, the Confederation has granted another CANF Gold Jaén provincial delegate of the Ministry of Employment, Manuel Leon and his counterpart at Granada, Luis Manuel Rubiales for the employment actions taken to the job market. With one prize is awarded to the Andalusian Agency for Volunteering, by encouraging the participation and promotion of youth with disabilities in the autonomous region. On the other hand, Switzerland has awarded the City of Linares to improve accessibility in the locality. The Head of Service Recruitment Incentives for the Department of Employment, Alfredo Bolaños, CANF also picked up a Gold for his personal commitment to promote the employment of disabled people and the territorial delegate ONCE Andalucía, Patricio Prisons, by their special work for the promotion of this group. Finally, we gave this award to the newspaper La Voz de Cádiz ', for their sensitivity and desire to spread a positive image of disabled people and the company REPSOL, social commitment has become to promote employment among the group.
