Highlights - Study: European Structural and Investment Funds and People with Disabilities - Committee on Petitions

This in-depth analysis provides background information to assist members of the Fact Finding Visit to Slovakia in September 2016.1 This visit is seeking information on the use of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) in facilitating the transition from the institutional care of people with disabilities to community living (the steps taken to achieve such a transition is also referred to as ‘the deinstitutionalisation process’).

The focus is on the situation of adults with disabilities in Slovakia, although reference is also made to two other groups who are subject to institutionalisation in Slovakia, namely older people and children (including children with disabilities). The in-depth analysis concludes with a summary of the key areas of concern and suggested questions for the delegation to raise during their Fact Finding Visit.