Part II. Mutual understanding and exchange
Section 1. Raise awareness to deepen people's understanding of persons with disabilities
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To raise awareness in order to deepen people's understanding of persons with disabilities through such events as "Day of Persons with Disabilities" and "Week of Persons with Disabilities."
- To promote welfare education through school education and raising of awareness for local residents, promotion of public service providers' understanding of persons with disabilities and promotion of volunteer activities.
[ Principal measures implemented ]
- In order to help all levels of people to understand mental disorder properly and take a new step forward, the "Panel to Spread the Proper Understanding of Mental Problems" prepared and announced the report of "Declaration of Barrier-Free for Mental Disorder" in March 2004.
- "Programme for Promotion of Various Activities" was implemented for the purpose of contributing to promotion of volunteer activities, and outcome of the experiences was disseminated as a model for other schools through holding the meetings at regional level.
- In April 2003, Certified NPO (nonprofit organizations) system was extended through deregulating requirements for accreditation and introducing regarded contribution system, as well as establishing and announcing the "Policies for Operation of Law for NPO (established in March 2003 and revised in December 2003), and application and notification for authorization system of NPOs in electronic format was implemented.
