Who we are and what we do
The Greater Stockholm Disability Rights Federation is a non-profit association. All our members are other associations. We unite several disability organisations in Stockholm county. Together we represent about 70.000 individual members within the greater Stockholm area.
All of our representatives are volunteers elected from our member associations. The main part of our work is meeting the politicians and hired officials of Region Stockholm. In the meetings we work on making Stockholm a more accessible county for people with disabilities.
Unfortunatelly we are not able to help with individual problems. Our member associations can help in some cases. We also put together a list of links to organisations offering support.
Our vision is a society that makes room for everyone, regardless of disabilities. The base for this is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Sweden ratified the CRPD in 2008.
Some of our rapports are available in English
The responsibilities of Region Stockholm
Region Stockholm is, among other things, responsible for all publicly financed healthcare and public transport in the Stockholm County. In order to handle these responsibilities the Region is organised into several administrations. The largest one is the Stockholm health care administration (Hälso- och sjukvårdsförvaltningen), HSF. Another large administration is the Stockholm traffic administration (Trafikförvaltningen), TF. Most of the administrations have a disability council, with representatives from different disability associations. The Greater Stockholm Disability Rights Federation is a member in most of these councils, including TF and HSF.
The Greater Stockholm Disability Rights Federation is bound by the collective bargaining agreement, CBA, (”kollektivavtal”) for Salaried Employees in Civil Society. We are also a member of the employers association Fremia.
Our member orginisations (in Swedish)
Our national counterpart the Swedish Disability Rights Federation (Funktionsrätt Sverige)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)