The Nordic Welfare Centre aims to support and enhance welfare systems within the Nordic region, focusing on issues such as public health, social policy, and disability. It seeks to promote cooperation between Nordic countries, improve the quality of life for all citizens, and ensure that social welfare systems are efficient, sustainable, and inclusive.
The funding scheme, as part of the Nordic Programme for Cooperation on Disability 2023-2027, is designed to support the national implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, enhance inclusion and participation, promote equality, counteract discrimination, and facilitate the free movement of persons with disabilities. It emphasizes the strategic integration of disability perspectives in sustainable development efforts across Nordic societies. The scheme offers funding for network and supplementary project activities carried out by, with, and for national organizations, groups, or civil society operators in the field of disability. Financial support is allocated based on a standard model, with adjustments made for activities outside capital regions or for additional costs due to disability needs. Project funds can cover interest group meetings, the development of Nordic or Nordic-Baltic networks, and activities like seminars or camps aimed at spreading knowledge and methodologies, or creating information materials tailored to persons with disabilities.