aggravated or completely impossible for them to have equal participation in decision making process and expression of their political will. With the aim of the improvement of the election process for the purpose of its complete accessibility to persons with disabilities, representatives of the Secretariat of the Protector of Citizens became members of the Group for consultations on inclusive election process and rules, which was organized within the project “Do what you say together with persons with disabilities”. The goal of this group is through cooperative work with representatives of stakeholders to execute specific proposals with the aim of the improvement of the election process and which could be applied in the forthcoming election cycle. Although the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance 86 was subject to a great number of amendments, there was no action upon the Initiative 87 of the Protector of Citizens issued to the Ministry of Labor, Veteran and Social Affairs, which, inter alia, proposed the introduction of the special right to temporary financial compensation (disability allowance) to insurance beneficiaries with remaining work capability due to injury at workplace, for the period of time while they are not employed. The Rulebook on More Detailed Conditions and Standards for the Provision of Social Protection Services88 was amended by prescribing that the service of “break accommodation”, apart from children and youth with developmental delays aged from five to 26 years of age be provided also to adults and the elderly with obstructions in functioning, which contributes to maintaining and improvement of the quality of their lives. In 2019 new Rulebook on Education and Manner of Operation of Expert Bodies of the RPDIF89 and the new Rulebook on the Determination of Professional Diseases90 were passed, with minor changes in comparison to the rulebooks which ceased to be valid by their passing. The daisy player, a device which reproduces audio books and music which was recorded on the compact disc (CD or mp3 CD) in the international daisy format, was entered into the Rulebook91 on the manner of exercise of rights to special aids for reading and writing which are provided from the funds of the RPDIF into the list of aids. In order to influence on raising of the awareness about the importance of accessibility, the Protector of Citizens, this year, too, in compliance with signed Memorandum on Cooperation with the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities and Team for Social Inclusion and Reduction of Poverty of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, granted awards to local self-government units which in previous year gave the greatest contribution to the development of all forms of accessibility at their territory. In 2019 the awarded cities were Leskovac, Sombor, Smederevo, and Loznica, as well as CM Vračar. For representatives of these cities a study visit to the city of Lyon, the winner of the European award for accessible city granted by the European Commission was organized. In cooperation with the UN Team for Human Rights, the Protector of Citizens considers the modalities of functioning of independent mechanisms for monitoring of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the option to present before competent authorities the proposal to establish such mechanism in Serbia, in “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 34/03, 64/04 – CCRS decision, 84/04 – state law, 85/05, 101/05 - state law, 63/06 – CCRS decision, 5/09, 107/09, 101/10, 93/12, 62/13, 108/13, 75/14, 142/14, 73/18, 46/19 – CC decision and 86/19. 87 https://ombudsman.rs/attachments/article/6123/inicijativa.pdf. 88 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 42/13, 89/18 и 73/19. 89 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 58/19. 90 “Official Gazette of RS“, no.14/19. 91 “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 103/18 and 23/19. 86 - 56 -