disaggregation through various exsisting censuses and surveys. Data sources used in formulating the Voluntary National Review 2017 are based on BPS (Statistics Indonesia) data, data from relevant ministries/technical institutions and other sources from CSO and research institutions. Status of persons with disabilities There are no clear numbers regarding number of persons with disabilities, including disaggregated by gender. However, there are statistics collected yearly on persons who are provided with disability specific support, however this does not reflect accurately the number of Danes with disabilities. Engagement with the VNR Process Denmark has volunteered to report out on their SDG implementation for HLPF 2017, however Denmark is not undertaking awareness raising activities regarding the SDGs at this time. Despite lack of awareness raising activities, the Danish government is concerned regarding the low level of awareness and knowledge of the SDGs, and so there are expectations that Denmark will work with CSOs to develop more awareness-raising activities in the coming year. In general, persons with disabilities have not engaged in the overall SDG implementation in Denmark. Denmark has conducted consultations between the government and civil society however the space and opportunity for Civil Society Organisations to contribute has been limited, including for DPOs. On a bilateral basis, DPOs have met with the Ministry of Finance over the last two months, albeit not extensively, preceding the publication of the Danish VNR report. There has been limited coordination between the civil society networks and the Danish Ministries, and the meetings that have been conducted with civil society are with low-level administration within the government. Despite this limited amount of engagement, Danish DPOs, as part of the wider civil society, have engaged with the government advocating for the inclusion of disability specific issues in relation to the SDG’s. DPOs highlighted both national perspectives and perspectives from Danish Development Aid. The consultations with the government have been in
disaggregation through various exsisting censuses and surveys. Data sources used in formulating the Voluntary National Review 2017 are based on BPS (Statistics Indonesia) data, data from relevant ministries/technical institutions and other sources from CSO and research institutions. Status of persons with disabilities There are no clear numbers regarding number of persons with disabilities, including disaggregated by gender. However, there are statistics collected yearly on persons who are provided with disability specific support, however this does not reflect accurately the number of Danes with disabilities. Engagement with the VNR Process Denmark has volunteered to report out on their SDG implementation for HLPF 2017, however Denmark is not undertaking awareness raising activities regarding the SDGs at this time. Despite lack of awareness raising activities, the Danish government is concerned regarding the low level of awareness and knowledge of the SDGs, and so there are expectations that Denmark will work with CSOs to develop more awareness-raising activities in the coming year. In general, persons with disabilities have not engaged in the overall SDG implementation in Denmark. Denmark has conducted consultations between the government and civil society however the space and opportunity for Civil Society Organisations to contribute has been limited, including for DPOs. On a bilateral basis, DPOs have met with the Ministry of Finance over the last two months, albeit not extensively, preceding the publication of the Danish VNR report. There has been limited coordination between the civil society networks and the Danish Ministries, and the meetings that have been conducted with civil society are with low-level administration within the government. Despite this limited amount of engagement, Danish DPOs, as part of the wider civil society, have engaged with the government advocating for the inclusion of disability specific issues in relation to the SDG’s. DPOs highlighted both national perspectives and perspectives from Danish Development Aid. The consultations with the government have been in
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