Local and Regional Authorities as Resources for Implementing Universal Design Policy in Norway
Lund, E.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 229: 63-68
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 27534287 Document Number: 686458
The municipalities and regional authorities are in general resources for achieving national goals. Their management and works are crucial to the development and implementation of Universal Design. Through several programmes, national authorities have worked for activating the local and regional levels. The results are visible. We can see a long-term national strategy to help make society accessible to everyone and prevent discrimination. Participating municipalities and regional authorities are now able to create their own policy and strategies and implement solutions. The national programs have involved interested and motivated municipalities. All the 18 counties in Norway have been involved more or less in different periods and the same with up to a third of the about good 400 municipalities.