{"id":8343,"date":"2026-11-09T16:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equality.agency\/include-research-on-the-participation-and-representation-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-public-and-political-life\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:44:47","slug":"include-research-on-the-participation-and-representation-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-public-and-political-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equality.agency\/en\/include-research-on-the-participation-and-representation-of-persons-with-disabilities-in-public-and-political-life\/","title":{"rendered":"INCLUDE: Research on the participation and representation of persons with disabilities in public and political life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8343\" class=\"elementor elementor-8343 elementor-8300\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5461ccee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5461ccee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-406a9ade\" data-id=\"406a9ade\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-444078c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"444078c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As part of the international project <strong>INCLUDE \u2013 Inclusive Leadership and Democratic Participation of Persons with Disabilities<\/strong>, the Association Equality conducted research activities aimed at identifying the barriers, challenges, and good practices regarding the active participation of persons with disabilities in public, civic, and political life in North Macedonia.The research included an<strong>analysis of the existing legal and institutional framework, focus groups with 9 persons with disabilities, and consultations with 22 representatives of institutions and organizations<\/strong>. The gathered information and experiences have been compiled into four documents:<\/p><p><\/p><ul><li><p><strong>National Desk Research<\/strong> \u2013 an overview of the legal framework, the current situation, existing barriers, and positive practices.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Focus Group Report<\/strong> \u2013 direct experiences, needs, and recommendations of persons with disabilities.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Institutional Consultations Report<\/strong> \u2013 institutional perspectives, challenges, and opportunities for improving inclusive participation.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>National Consolidated Report<\/strong> \u2013 an integrated analysis of the findings and recommendations for future action.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><br\/><strong>The key conclusion is that true inclusion does not end with mere presence at meetings and consultations; rather, it entails having a real impact on decisions that affect persons with disabilities.<\/strong><\/p><p>The results will serve as a basis for developing practical tools and a handbook on inclusive representation, with the aim of strengthening the leadership capacities of persons with disabilities and enhancing institutional mechanisms for their active inclusion.<\/p><p>Provided below are the four documents containing the detailed findings, analyses, and recommendations from the research.<\/p><p>The INCLUDE project is funded by the European Union, through the CERV programme.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7558eb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7558eb3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88b1288\" data-id=\"88b1288\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40302fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40302fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/include_desk-research.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8333\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NATIONAL DESK RESEARCH<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4ffeb3\" data-id=\"b4ffeb3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa523d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fa523d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/include_report-on-focus-groups.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8333\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">FOCUS GROUP REPORT<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40329a2\" data-id=\"40329a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f9f63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28f9f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/include_report-on-institutional-consultations.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8333\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">REPORT ON INSTITUTIONAL CONSULTATIONS<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/equality.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nishto-za-nas-bez-nas-presentation.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NATIONAL 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