Guidance Note on Disability and Development for European Union Delegations and Services : This note provides guidance to EU delegations and services on how to address disability issues effectively within development co-operation ; The note draws on material produced by the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
| Alternative title: | Leitlinie zu Behinderung und Entwicklung für Delegationen und Dienste der Europäischen Union Note d’orientation sur le handicap et le développement à l'intention des services et des délégations de l'Union européenne. La présente note fournit aux services et délégations de l'UE des orientations sur la manière de traiter efficacement les questions de handicap dans le cadre de la coopération au développement. Elle s'appuie sur des informations fournies par le Forum européen des personnes handicapées (FEPH) et l'International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC). |
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| Year of publication: |
2004-07-01
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| Institutions: | Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung |
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| Publisher: |
Amt für Amtliche Veröffentlichungen |
| Subject: | Behindertenhilfe | assistance for the handicapped | Behinderung | handicap | Entwicklungshilfe | development aid | Geschlechtsrolle | gender role |
- 2003 - The European Year of People with Disabilities
- Background
- Approaches to disability
- Key issues
- Exclusion, marginalisation and vulnerability
- Basic resources – food, health care, education
- HIV and AIDS
- Employment
- Exploitation
- Poverty
- Access barriers
- Political processes
- Specific concerns of disabled women
- The way forward – principles for EU delegations and services
- Understand the scale and impact of disability in the country setting and recognise the diversity of the disabled population
- Advocate and support the human rights model of disability rather than the charitable or medical approach
- Pursue a twin-track approach
- Assess, as part of the mid-term review, to what extent the country programme is inclusive of persons with disabilities
- Ensure EU funded projects are truly inclusive of disabled persons and their families
- Recognise women and children with disabilities in programmes
- Include disabled people in the workforce
- Ensure that the EU’s own services are accessible for disabled persons
- Facilitate and support capacity building of representative disability organisations
- Facilitate communication between disability organisations and Government and other stakeholders
- For further information
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