The Vice President of the Republic and Minister of the Presidency, José Gabriel Carrizo Jaén, chaired this Thursday the XI regular meeting of the National Advisory Council on Disability (Conadis), with the participation of the working groups and organized civil society on disability.

The vice president stressed that while in the periods from 2009 to 2019 only one meeting of the Conadis was held, this is the fourth consecutive

This administration has consolidated twice as many Opportunity Equalisation offices as the two previous administrations; our government has taken the flag of labor, educational and health inclusion with a lot of responsibility. To cite just one example, we have allocated a percentage of the support provided through the Seed Capital Program for people with disabilities, exclusively,” said Carrizo Jaén. The Minister of the Presidency also said that Panama has to update its disability statistics referring to 2006 in order to be able to respond in a forward-looking and sustainable way to this great challenge, which gives special importance to next year’s national censuses, since they will consult valuable information in this regard.

With regard to the II National Disability Survey, included in the priority actions of the government plan ” IDB funds for its realization.