Appropriate set of marked Tuesday 28.2.2017. the Westin Hotel 45. anniversary of the Community of persons with disabilities Croatian (SOIH), 10. anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and 20. anniversary of the European disabilty Forum (EDF). President CUAPD Zorislav Bobuš stressed the importance of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Croatia was among the first to ratify the most important document for the disabled, which is the basis for the development of strategies, and it is among the first issued in the Croatian language. Predsjednik SOIH-a Bobuš je ocijenio kako je ostvarena dobra suradnja EDF i SOIH-a koja je dala dobre rezultate, especially because Zagreb hosted the General Assembly of EDF, passed a resolution on the financing of organizations of persons with disabilities. Envoy of the President of the Croatian Grabar Kitarovic, Ljubica Lukačić pozdravila je prisutne i iskazala podršku predsjednice osobama s invaliditetom. State Secretary of the Ministry of Demography, obitelj, Youth and Social Policy Marija Pletikosa said that CUAPD continuously works on improving the quality of life of people with disabilities and said that the government shows understanding for the problems of persons with disabilities and their willingness to cooperate constructively. Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic MiIan said to be systematically working to Zagreb the city of equal opportunities, and his deputy Vesna Kusin argued that Zagreb is the pinnacle of care for persons with disabilities, which in the capital there are about 90.000, respectively 11,5 % population,hr. Pravobraniteljica za osobe s invaliditetom Anka Slonjšak izjavila je kako je Konvencija o pravima osoba s invaliditetom njihova “svojevrsna Biblija” te upozorila da treba izjednačiti kriterije i ostvarenje prava osoba s invaliditetom i učiniti ih dostupnijima. Occasional words present were addressed by Pat Clark on behalf of the European Forum, saying that there is still a lot of work and challenges to improve the situation of people with disabilities, but a good start is half the work done.