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Spanish municipal delegation visits Jordan with focus on accessibility

By JT - Jan 14,2018 - Last updated at Jan 14,2018

HH Prince Mired meets with a delegation from the Municipality of Barcelona on Sunday (Photo courtesy of Spanish embassy)

AMMAN — A high-level delegation from the Municipality of Barcelona on Sunday started a visit to Jordan, headed by counsellor of international relations, cooperation, global justice and gender Laura Pérez, according to a statement from the Spanish embassy.

The delegation, which includes the municipality’s director of global justice and cooperation David Llistar as well several experts from the municipal institute for the rights of persons with disabilities, aims at strengthening the cooperation between the municipality of Barcelona and the Jordanian authorities, with a special focus on the rights of persons with disabilities.

Started in 2016, the cooperation includes the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Greater Amman Municipality, which work to improve the accessibility and mobility of persons with disabilities as a part of urban planning, according to the statement. 

“Barcelona is an example of accessible city, which has contributed, among other factors, to its becoming a touristic destination of choice for persons with disabilities,” the statement read.

The delegation on Sunday met with HH Prince Mired, president of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Yusef Shawarbeh, mayor of Amman.

They will also visit the refugee camps of Arzaq and Zaatari and prepare a report on mobility of persons with disabilities, upon a request by UNICEF-Spain. The delegations will also visit Mafraq, where the local authorities are studying ways of cooperation with the Spanish municipality.

Concerning the Amman municipality, the negotiation of a memorandum of understanding which should settle a stable framework for the institutional relations between both municipalities is expected, together with the technical meetings scheduled on the adaptation of the urban environment to the rights of persons with disabilities, the statement read.

 

The embassy statement said that it “looked forward to this visit as an outstanding expression of our cooperation in the field of human rights and, in particular, of the rights of persons with disabilities; for the enforcement of which the local level is the most adequate due to its closeness with citizens”.

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