HelpAge commits to promote the inclusion of older people with disabilities, in humanitarian action, to help address the gap in understanding the needs, capacities and rights of older people with disability, and promote their inclusion in humanitarian action. With the Humanitarian Inclusion Standards now part of the SPHERE Humanitarian Standards Partnership(HSP), there is a broader commitment to collaborate at global, regional and country level on sharing standards, training and learning.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
HelpAge is part of the Age and Disability Consortium – ADCAP (CBM, IFRC, RedR, Oxford Brookes University), and copyright holders of the Humanitarian Inclusion Standards with CBM, IFRC and HI; we are developing a longer term plan in the next year to build up new direction under the HSP vision, which aims to improve the quality and accountability of humanitarian action through increased application of humanitarian standards. We commit to working with the HelpAge network, local OPAs and DPOs to improve collaboration and coordination in humanitarian contexts. We will do this in part through the ADCAP consortium.