Acting on President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s directives, Solidarity, Family, and Women’s Conditions Minister Soraya Mouloudji installed this Tuesday the National Council for People with Specific Needs and the National Commission for Facilitating Access for People with Specific Needs.
Mouloudji chaired the Council’s launch—a consultative body tasked with crafting forward-looking public policy plans for this group’s support. She also set up the Access Commission to sharpen institutional coordination, driving inclusive access to infrastructure and services.
She appointed Prof. Mustapha Khiati as Council head; Mourad Ben Amzal, the ministry’s director general for protection and promotion of people with specific needs, leads the Commission.
In remarks, Mouloudji tied the step to Tebboune’s vision: full embrace of the information society, a knowledge-driven diversified economy with modern tech, and lasting social policies enhancing living standards for this group.
She called promoting them a sector priority, reflecting state commitment to rights, equal opportunity, and full social-economic participation—backed by Law 25-01 (Feb 20, 2025) on their protection and promotion.
The 89-member Council draws from ministries, public bodies, constitutional organs, experts, business groups, unions, and civil society on disability. It features four thematic commissions: early prevention and care; education, training, job and social integration; boosting access to physical, economic, social, cultural environments.
For localized action, wilaya-level commissions under social action directors will craft tailored programs for Council approval.
The 32-member Access Commission tracks sector accessibility programs, proposes steps to enhance social, professional, economic participation. It includes ministry reps, public institutions, specialized associations.
Mouloudji stressed accessibility as a development cornerstone. The Commission will devise aids for built environments, public spaces, transport, info-comms—setting technical norms with stakeholders.