Inclusion council for people with disabilities

The third meeting of the Inclusion Advisory Board for People with Disabilities of the City of Idar-Oberstein took place on March 24.

As announced at the meeting in February, Chairman Horst Müller held a meeting with a sports inclusion officer from the state sports association based in the district and the sports officer from the city council. A follow-up meeting to promote inclusion in the city's sporting life is already planned.

After the barrier-free accessibility of various streets was discussed at the last meeting, the Chairman provided feedback on the measures to be examined by the city. In the meantime, the Advisory Board has kindly asked motorists who narrow culverts to be more considerate by placing small notes on their vehicles.

An employee from the Supplementary Independent Participation Advice Service (EUTB) was present at the meeting and gave a presentation. The EUTB is a nationwide advisory service for people with disabilities, people at risk of disability and their relatives and caregivers. The EUTB provides advice in addition to other advice centers, independent of service providers, free of charge and low-threshold according to the principle of "one for all", i.e. one point of contact for all questions.

District Administrator Miroslaw-Kowalski will attend the advisory board meeting on April 28. The Managing Director of Lebenshilfe Obere Nahe, Martina Becker, will give a brief overview of the Rhineland-Palatinate state action plan for implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the meeting. The original letter from the Inclusion Advisory Board to the District Administrator was aimed at implementing this action plan at district level.

At the current meeting, Martina Becker presented the event organized by Lebenshilfe Idar-Oberstein to mark the day of protest for the equality of people with disabilities. In cooperation with the Inclusion Advisory Board and with the support of Aktion Mensch, a public dialog session on the topic "Inclusion must not remain a construction site" will take place in the Göttenbach auditorium on 8 May from 18:00. This will be followed at 19:00 by an evening event with comedian, actor and author Martin Fromme. Tickets are available at www.ticket-regional.de and at Café Ella's at the train station.

The next consultation hour of the Inclusion Advisory Board will exceptionally take place on 19.03.2026 at 15:00 in the mayor's meeting room, as the city administration's postal voting office is currently set up in the "glass box". The next meeting of the advisory board will take place on 24.03.2026 at 17:00 in the meeting room of the city administration.

The next consultation hour of the Inclusion Advisory Board will take place on April 23 at 3 p.m. in the Glaskastenbüro Georg-Maus-Straße 2. The next meeting of the Inclusion Advisory Board will take place on April 28, 2026 at 5 p.m. in the meeting room of the city administration.