Make development inclusive

Disability mainstreaming project coming to the last stage

In January 2008 the project ‘Disability mainstreaming in Development Cooperation’ has entered into the last stage. The implementation of the project was supposed to get to the end by December 2007 but after reflecting many important aspects, the European Commission decided to approve the 6 months time line extension. This gives to all the[...]

NEWS

"Make development inclusive" is what we advocate for all in this project, but it does not stop here; various projects by other organisations including other members of IDDC (International Disability and Development Consortium) are working towards the same end.

Africa Campaign on Disability and HIV & AIDS will be holding its Second General Meeting in Kampala, Uganda, March 11-13, 2008. The three-day meeting theme is "Making 'Access for All' a Reality" and will feature successful in-country success, tools and resources, toward reaching our common goals.

http://www.africacampaign.info/

New training tool

A new training toolkit on the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities produced by HI is available online at [...]

The contribution of inclusive education to the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities - Regional Training

Bologna 12-13 October 2007 The University of Bologna hosted the 2nd regional seminar AIFO and DPI Italia organized, together with the Italian NGO EducAid on October 12 and 13. The seminar was a lecture of the Master course on 'the educational dimension in development cooperation' and focussed on article 24 of[...]

Decent work and Disability - Economic Empowerment for people with disabilities

To mark world disability day, in collaboration with DG EuropeAid CBM EU Liaison office arranged an open discussion at the Europeans Commissions INFO-POINT on decent work and people with disability. The main speaker was Karen Heinicke Motsch, CBMs CBR advisor. Karen gave an introduction to the topic, which was followed by a lively debate. [...]

International Conference DCDD - Sport and Disability in Development Cooperation; Sports as a tool to empower

Friday 14 December 2007, The Netherlands

Sport is a fantastic tool to reach goals within development cooperation. Especially for people with disabilities sports is a way to achieve inclusion, empowerment and understanding. Unfortunately, people with disabilities are hardly reached by initiatives using sports. Sports[...]