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ELSA's past highlights and accomplishments AUGUST 2004 ELSA Official Gina Waggott was recently elected as a board member of the new European Disability Forum Youth Committee, which met for the first time in Brussels this September. There are 6 members of the committee, Gina is the only representative associated with stuttering, and the only UK board member. The Youth Committee's role is: o to add a youth dimension in EDF work in general o representation in disability / mainstream conferences/seminars The Commitee'sAims for the Future are: o To foster EDF's participation in the European Youth Forum activities and work (to seek cooperation partnership to participate in events, Youth Forum working groups and mainstream youth policy work) o To improve monitoring of EU Youth policy o To improve the mainstreaming of youth disability issues o To improve the participation of young disabled people in EU programmes o To improve the participation of young disabled people at decision-making level and in political life o To develop and structure a youth disability organisations within a network and build a strong cooperation o To produce a publication on youth and disability (long term legacy of the EDF Youth Committee's work) Gina has already taken an active role in making the committee'saims a reality and is currently writing an article for the EDF on media and disability to be distributed at a wide European level. |