MONITORING ACTIVITIES 95 At the request of Parliament, the Parliamentary Ombudsman monitors developments regarding equal treatment of persons with disabilities and in this connection carries out, among other things, monitoring visits regarding physical accessibility for persons with disabilities. During these monitoring visits, the Ombudsman’s staff check the observance of the rules intended to ensure that public buildings are accessible to all. The Ombudsman’s monitoring staff bring along measuring equipment to check, for example, whether ramps for wheelchair users have a degree of inclination which is in accordance with building regulations. An Ombudsman employee who is a wheelchair user participates in the monitoring visits. Furthermore, the Ombudsman collaborates with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Danish Disability Council in order to facilitate, protect and monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities. MONITORING VISITS IN 2015 Date Location Type of location 27 April ‘Professionshøjskolen University College Nordjylland’ Teacher training 14 September ‘Skovvangskolen’ in Allerød Primary and lower secondary school with special subject programmes and pre-school classes