Access to decent work
CDC will publish a Good Practice briefing note for CDC’s fund managers, investees and clients – and broader private sector investors. It will provide guidance on inclusive and practical actions that investors/ private sector companies can take to provide decent work for people with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Once this is published, CDC will expand coverage of tools for industry sectors within the CDC portfolio and also raise the issue of disability inclusion with other Development Finance Institutions. Publication will be within 12 months of the Summit
Accessible transport and infrastructure
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) will identify how developers and operators within its portfolio can take action where appropriate in the design of infrastructure, the operation of infrastructure companies and the delivery of infrastructure services, in order to remove barriers to access for people with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Within the next 18 months, PIDG will embed this across their work; identify at least one project suitable for a pilot study; and undertake a survey of stakeholders.
Inclusive environments in the workplace
We will launch the disability inclusion theme of UK Aid Connect. This will be delivered by two consortia led by Sightsavers (‘Inclusion Works’) and Leonard Cheshire Disability (‘Innovating Pathways for Employment Inclusion’). They will work with civil society, academia and the private sector to create innovative solutions to improve long-term economic empowerment, wellbeing and inclusion of people with disabilities in at least four priority DFID countries.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
The co-creation phases begin in September 2018, where, working closely with DFID, the consortia will embed the governance arrangements and undertake a full programme design including maximising learning and VFM. Implementation begins from April 2019.
Inclusive environments in the workplace
We have launched a new UK-Kenya Strategic Partnership for the Economic Empowerment of People with Disabilities. This collaboration between the UK, Kenya and select businesses (UK and Kenyan) will establish a dynamic partnership model which demonstrates private sector leadership as a driving force behind inclusive economic growth in Kenya. Membership of this partnership includes KCB Group, SafariComm, M-Kopa and Standard Chartered Bank, with input from advocates for disability-inclusive business such as Lizzie Kiama, founder of This-Ability and Caroline Casey, founder of the #valuable movement, amongst others.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Following the launch of the UK-Kenya Strategic Partnership at the Global Disability Summit, the next meeting is to be held in Nairobi in early 2019. This meeting will take a closer look at how inclusive practices can be tailored to the business needs of each partner, offering a greater understanding as to how business can expand and grow whilst meaningfully engaging with communities and public sector partners. Over the longer term we hope this partnership model will be replicated and used to stimulate inclusive economic growth more broadly.
Inclusive environments in the workplace
Under our Responsible Accountable and Transparent Enterprise (RATE) programme, we have funded the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) to produce Base Code Guidance for global firms to mainstream disability inclusion in their supply chains.
The guidance is a high-level document which outlines the business case for employing people with disabilities, challenges the myths that exist around disability inclusion in the workplace and highlights best practice examples from UK and global businesses employing people with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
ETI produced this guidance between March and July 2018. It was launched on 23rd July, as part of the Global Disability Summit pre-event, at a session on inclusive business practices.
The guidance is intended for a wider audience beyond just ETI membership and will be used as a resource for businesses to draw upon when reviewing their own practices. We will promote the use of this guidance when engaging with private sector partners, and internally where appropriate. For example CDC will use the guidance to help them produce a briefing note for investment fund managers and investee businesses on tackling disability issues in the supply chain.
Other
We will launch a new six-year cutting-edge innovation and scale-up programme, called the Disability Inclusive Development (DID) programme. This will find out what works, for whom, when and why – delivered by a ground-breaking consortium led by Sightsavers, several UK INGOs and the Summit co-hosts the International Disability Alliance.
The DID programme will deliver tangible outcomes to improve the lives of persons with disabilities – including improved educational attainment and health outcomes; jobs and livelihoods and reduced stigma and discrimination. Interventions in six countries including Kenya (co-host) and Bangladesh.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
Ambition by 2023 is to enable up to 100,000 women, men, girls and boys with disabilities to access health services; up to 45,000 people with disabilities to increase their incomes; 3,000 children with disabilities to attain and improve learning and reach millions of people through interventions to tackle stigma and discrimination.