National Action Plan on Disability
The National Action Plan on Disability (NAP on Disability) is the federal government's long-term strategy for implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
On 6 July 2022, the federal government adopted the "National Action Plan on Disability 2022–2030" in the Ministerial Council. This NAP on Disability II is the successor plan to the NAP on Disability I, which was adopted in 2012 and expired at the end of 2021. The University of Vienna evaluated the NAP I on behalf of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the results of the evaluation are available online (in German).
The NAP on Disability II presents the current situation for the respective subject areas in the form of a problem outline ("initial situation"). In addition, it contains 288 common political objectives agreed upon by all federal ministries and regions, as well as about 150 indicators to measure the degree to which the objectives have been achieved. Finally, the NAP contains 375 measures – divided into eight priority chapters – to be implemented by 2030.
The NAP on Disability II is the result of a multi-year, broad-based participatory process. The Ministry of Social Affairs, which is responsible for the coordination of the NAP on Disability and for the national coordination of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, has consistently paid attention to the participation of civil society and the involvement of representatives of persons with disabilities during the NAP drafting process.
In contrast to the NAP I, the regions participated alongside the federation in the preparation of the NAP II and are involved in its implementation.
The federal ministries and federal regions have prepared contributions to the NAP in 26 teams of experts. These conributions were used as a basis for the NAP and many of them contain very detailed strategies, objectives and measures at the federal or regional level. The contributions can be viewed here (PDF, 7 MB) (in German only).
The implementation of the NAP II is continuously monitored at expert level by the NAP on Disability supervisory group, which was already established in 2012 within the framework of the NAP I and in which the federal ministries, regions and stakeholders from the organisations of persons with disabilities and from the Monitoring Committee for the Implementation of the UNCRPD are represented, under the chair of the Ministry of Social Affairs. In addition, the NAP on Disability II will be continuously evaluated from 2023 onwards within the framework of scientific accompaniment and assessment.
The NAP on Disability II is available from the downloads area of the Brochure Service as a PDF in German and English.