Partners
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development aims to empower and integrate persons with disabilities, provide them with all the tools that will help them succeed, and unlock their potential in a way that is commensurate with their capabilities. To achieve that, the HRSD provides them with diverse vocational training programs that fit the abilities and needs of each group. Moreover, employ medical, social, psychological, educational, and vocational services to help persons with disabilities achieve functional effectiveness. Reaching functional effectiveness will help persons with disabilities meet the requirements of their natural and social environments, as well as promote their independence and productiveness.
Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health provides many health services for persons with disabilities through general hospitals, specialized hospitals, treatment services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), psychiatric care, as well as medical rehabilitation hospitals, centers, and departments. Such services include Awlawia cards and prosthetic devices.
Ministry of Education
The educational services provided to persons with disabilities come from the National Strategy for the Development of General Education, which affirms the provision of equal learning opportunities for all students with disabilities, regardless of gender, social background, geographical location, or the type of disability.
King Salman Center for Disability Research (KSCD)
It is an agreement to provide research and training services, raise awareness, develop plans, programs, and services for people with disabilities, and organize seminars and conferences.
Linoleum Association for Disability
It is a memorandum of cooperation to support and implement initiatives related to people with disabilities. Such initiatives aim to improve the services provided to people with disabilities in Saudi Arabia, ensure that they have access to their rights, enhance the services provided to them, and raise media awareness to serve people with disabilities.
Social Development Bank (SDB)
It is an agreement to make exceptions for applicants with disabilities in social and business financing products by granting them special privileges and making their application and access to financing easier.
Ministry of Municipal Rural Affairs and Housing
It is an agreement to raise the quality of services that protect the rights of persons with disabilities in the ownership of a residence as well as develop media campaigns, programs, and initiatives that support the associations of persons
Saudi Health Council
It is a memorandum to improve the health services provided to persons with disabilities. It also aims to cooperate in managing, collecting, and analyzing data; issue periodic reports; study and develop relevant regulations; and provide advisory services.
Institute of Public Administration
The memorandum of cooperation aims to enhance joint cooperation between the two parties in the fields of training, research, consulting and Human Resources Development in accordance with the regulations governing it
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
It is a memorandum of understanding to combine efforts and expertise to achieve the desired and common goals for cooperation in a number of national initiatives that concern people with visual disabilities.
Education and Training Evaluation Commission
It is a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in educating and training persons with disabilities
Human Rights Commission
It is a memorandum of understanding to enhance the joint cooperation between the two parties in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities and achieving the highest standards possible in all areas related to persons with disabilities.
Princess Nourah Bint Abdul-Rahman University
It is a memorandum of cooperation to enhance the joint cooperation between the two parties in education, training, research, and consulting in accordance with the governing regulations.
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
It is a memorandum of cooperation to enhance the joint cooperation between the two parties in education, training, research, and consulting in accordance with the governing regulations.
First Division League
It is a memorandum of understanding to empower persons with disabilities and promote their full participation in sports competitions. Moreover, raise community awareness about disability through media awareness and programs that will be provided by both parties.
Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research at Umm Al Qura University
It is a memorandum of understanding to enhance the Hajj and Umrah for persons with disabilities; cooperate in scientific and applied research and advisory studies; train, educate, and empower persons with disabilities in the labor market; and make the university environment accessible for persons with disabilities.
General Commission for Audiovisual Media
It is a memorandum of understanding to enhance media services, make them accessible for persons with disabilities, and increase society's awareness of the rights of persons with disabilities.
Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC)
It is a memorandum between the APD and STC to cooperate in supporting and implementing the national goals that serve the empowerment and inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. Moreover, improve and guarantee the services provided to persons with disabilities in Saudi Arabia, enhance the services provided to them by relevant authorities, and raise media awareness to serve persons with disabilities through the following:
- Forming a working group by the representatives of the two parties for future cooperation and coordination to develop the partnership between the two parties.
- Seeking to highlight the efforts of the other party through the media as well as socially.