Conseil consultatif bruxellois francophone de l’aide aux personnes et de la santé, Section « Personnes handicapées » (CCBFPH)
Brussels Francophone Advisory Council for People with Disabilities
Level of power
Matters depending on the authorities of the Brussels-Capital Region, French Community Commission (COCOF):
Composition
CCBFPH consists of 24 full members and 24 substitute members:
- 6 members representative of organizing authorities
- 4 members representative of the working sector
- 8 members representative of users or target groups
- 6 members appointed as experts
Goals
- CCBFPH is acting in an advisory capacity for the College of the French Community Commission (COCOF) on all issues affecting people with disabilities.
- They give an opinion on their own initiative or upon request from the College.
- Their opinion is requested on draft decrees and their applications, as well as when a norm requires obtaining the opinion of an advisory body for a service or a center recognized by the College.
- CCBFPH acts in order to achieve the greatest possible inclusion of persons with disabilities.
Partnership
BDF takes into account CCBFPH advice before speaking at the European level on matters depending on the regional jurisdiction of the COCOF. This was the case for the following cases:
- Participation of people with disabilities in public life (2010)
- Alternative report of the BDF on the implementation of the UNCRPD (2014)
- European Disability Strategy (2020)
Contact details
Rue des Palais 42
1030 Brussels
Tel.: +32 (0)2 800 82 03
E-mail: secretariat.CCPH@spfb.brussels
Contact person
Michel Magis - President