Government promotes cultural inclusion of persons with disabilities

The inclusion of persons with disabilities in artistic and cultural expressions throughout the country was a goal of good governance with regard to cultural rights as human rights.
To achieve these objectives, the Ministry of Culture and the National Secretariat for Disability (SENADIS) have signed a framework convention for inter-institutional cooperation with the aim of supporting the implementation of initiatives, programmes, plans and projects in sets that will facilitate and contribute to the full social inclusion of persons with disabilities and their families at cultural level.
According to Gabriel González, deputy ministers of culture, the idea of this convention "is to support us by performing programs and projects at national level. We have focused from MiCultura on inclusive culture and respect for people with disabilities."
Under this agreement both institutions aim at generating policies that impact more than 500,000 Panamanians with disabilities and at the same time develop joint training and training programs and participation as citizens in all public and private activities of the social collective, aligned with culture.
The agreement was signed by Gabriel González, Deputy Minister of Culture and Oscar Siston, General Director of SENADIS, with Jorge Morales as National Director of Equal Opportunities and Nelly Grimaldo as General Secretary of SENADIS.