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NCDP BACKGROUND
The Royal Government of Cambodia, through the Ministry of Social Affairs,
Labor, Vocational Training and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSALVY) has worked in
many ways over the past 25 years to assist disabled people. In 1993 the
Cambodian Government became a signatory to the ESCAP declaration supporting
the International Decade of Disabled People, which has since been extended
by further 10 years to 2012.
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The original idea for a National Centre of Disabled Persons grew out of a
series of workshops organized by MoSALVY. The workshops, involving representatives
of the Government, NGO sector and disabled
people themselves, identified economic security, employment opportunities
and access to rehabilitation services, training and information as key
issues affecting disabled people. In order to help address these issues a
steering group was established to lead the development of the National
Centre of Disabled Persons (NCDP). In January 1995, MoSALVY dedicated an old
two story building in the centre of Phnom Penh to serve as the headquarter
for NCDP. The building was fully refurbished with grant support from
Japanese Embassy and a lift installed with funds from ICCO. NCDP began
establishing its first programs and projects to assist disabled people in
1996.
LEGAL STATUS
On May 5, 1997, NCDP was officially inaugurated and opened by the Second
Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia. NCDP is a
semi-autonomous entity under the auspices of MoSALVY. NCDP抯 Governing Body
is composed of representatives of international and Cambodian NGOs and
individual disabled persons. The Undersecretary of State of MoSALVY is the
permanent Chairperson of Governing Body.
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