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disabled Peoples’ international
101-7 Evergreen Place, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba R3L 2T3, Canada
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.dpi.org 
DPI is a human rights organization with active 
membership in over 120 countries around the 
world, over half of which are developing nations. 
It is committed to ensuring that people with 
disabilities across the world are able to achieve full 
integration, self-determination and equalization of 
opportunity in structures and services that are at 
the heart of every community. Specifically, DPI is 
dedicated to the promotion and protection of the 
human rights of people with disabilities and the 
provision of information and training to facilitate their 
empowerment. The organization has also prepared 
a toolkit on implementing the Convention on the 
Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This useful guide 
is written from a consumer perspective. It is available 
at http://www.icrpd.net/implementation/en/toolkit/
section1.htm.
european agency for development in special 
needs education
Ostre Stationsvej 33, DK 5000, Odense C, Denmark
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]; Website: 
www.european-agency.org 
This is an independent, self-governing European 
agency established by the ministries of Education 
in European Union member countries to act as 
a platform for collaboration in the field of special 
needs education. It offers member countries a 
unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and 
experience in such a way that quality in special needs 
education is promoted. There is an extensive range 
of publications within and across EU countries.
european disability forum
Website: www.edf-feph.org/
 
The European Disability Forum exists to represent 
disabled people in dialogue with the European 
Union and other European authorities. Its mission 
is to promote equal opportunities for people with 
disabilities and to ensure that citizens with disabilities 
have full access to fundamental and human 
rights through their active involvement in policy 
development and implementation in the European 
Union. The membership includes the national 
councils of people with disabilities from the 27 
European Union countries, plus Norway and Iceland, 
representing the national disability movements. 
In addition, there is a broad range of organizations 
representing different disability groups and campaign 
interests in Europe. 
fidida
(Finnish Disabled People’s International 
Development Association)
Aleksanderink 48 A5 krs, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Website: www.fidida.fi 
Finnish Disabled People’s International Development 
Association, FIDIDA, was established in 1989 in 
Helsinki, Finland. It was formed by seven Finnish 
organizations for people with disabilities that, apart 
from their work within the disability sector in Finland, 
were interested in working with organizations for 
people with disabilities in developing countries. 
Today, these organizations have projects in Asia, 
Africa, South America and Eastern Europe. Since 
2004, FIDIDA has cooperated with the Ministry for 
Foreign Affairs of Finland in the assessment of all 
new disability project applications by Finnish non-
governmental organizations to the Ministry.