All Commitments made by International Disability and Development

Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours
Work jointly with others (in alliances and networks) on removing multiple barriers and changing attitudes, while not losing focus of the specific barriers and negative attitudes that people with disabilities face.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
We will include this within our MoU being currently developed with the International Disability Alliance. We will include this issue within our process to review our Working Practices in the year to May 2019. We will continue to explore our membership strategy and encourage Task Groups to build wider alliances.

Policy, legislation and its implementation
Draw increased attention to and work on changing the legal situation that is creating barriers and reinforcing stigma in many countries.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
This will form part of the implementation of our Strategy 2018-2021 which calls for increased emphasis on collaboration between members in countries in the Global South.

Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours
Provide relevant and practical training for removingbarriers and reducing stigma, recognising that one of the most powerful ways of changing attitudes is to realise inclusion in the communities where people live and belong. 

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
This will form part of the implementation of our Strategy 2018-2021 which calls for increased emphasis on collaboration between members in countries in the Global South.

Policy, standards and regulations
Advocate and collaborate at national and international level to promote increased investment for disability-inclusive education and ensure systemic reform.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Focusing on the planned financing facility andcontinuing to ensure GPE and other education initiatives include policy, technical and financing commitments to inclusive education, over the year to May 2019 IDDC will build on the Disability Summit IE Working Group’s Statement of Actionto Accelerate Equitable and Quality Inclusive Education for Children and Youth with Disabilities and encourage all donors to make disability-inclusiveness a necessary funding criterion for all education programmes.

Other
Increase collaboration, share learning and document good practices to support economic empowerment and financial inclusion in public, private and informal sectors.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Currently no implementation plan in place, but several IDDC members have new economic empowerment or financial inclusion programmes starting soon, independently and collaboratively, and will include learning, documentation and sharing plans within these programmes.

Policy and guidance
Support and advocate for adequate distribution of existing simple low-cost technology through trained services to ensure they are available, affordable and appropriate.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
Specific plan and activities to be developed while ongoing policy and advocacy activities continue.

Commit to use the Washington Group questions
IDDC will continue to advocate for the use of the Washington Group questions in line with positions established alongside IDA and others

Timeframe and/or implementation plan 
Many IDDC members will continue to contribute to the debate and learning on the use of the questions. As a network IDDC is involved at the centre of the discussion and development of the questions and will continue to do this.

IDDC is setting up a new Task Group on Gender and Disability to explore intersectionality further, share learning between members and with the wider disability and development sectors

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
This has been agreed at the last General Assembly in May 2018, so is in very early planning stages but it is hoped the group will be established and functioning by May 2019.

IDDC is setting up a new Task Group on Disability and Humanitarian Actions to promote collaborative working, share learning between members and with the wider disability and development sectors.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan
This has been agreed at the last General Assembly in May 2018, so is in very early planning stages but it is hoped the group will be established and functioning by May 2019.

IDDC is committed to advocate for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other relevant treaties and for disability inclusion in the 2030 Agenda and the Agenda for Humanity.  

IDDC is committed to work closely with and respect the unique experience of the disability movement globally, regionally and nationally. 

IDDC is committed to sharing its vast experience gained from working with partners more than 100 countries worldwide. We will do this by documenting how attitudes can be changed and physical barriers removed, by organising training opportunities and by facilitating meeting places and exchange of information, knowledge and resources.