The meeting on social protection of people with disabilities was chaired by Vice Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
The event was attended by Tetyana Lomakina, Advisor to the Presidential Commissioner for Accessibility; Oksana Zholnovych, Minister of Social Policy; and representatives from the Ministries of Health, Veterans Affairs, Defense, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Economy, Youth and Sports, Education, and Digital Transformation, as well as the Ministry of Reintegration.
The objective was to establish a mechanism for determining the volume of adaptive goods and services in procurement financed from the state and local budgets, to ensure access for people with disabilities and low-mobility groups.
Furthermore, they evaluated the creation and approval of the State Standard for the provision of social services for the adaptation of residential premises for individuals with disabilities.
Following the meeting, the participants agreed to enhance interagency collaboration to optimize state support for individuals with disabilities during periods of armed conflict.