Policy paper

CBM

Published 23 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

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Charter for Change

Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.

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Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries

A. Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Representation and empowerment of persons with disabilities

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM is committed to being fully accountable to persons with disabilities, their families and representative organisations in all areas of the work we do. In line with CRPD article 3 we believe persons with disabilities should be their own agents of change. With our partnership approach we commit to working with more DPOs to promote all rights of persons with disabilities and their families across all areas of our programmes, advocacy, humanitarian and advisory work.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

This is a central commitment of CBM’s 2023 strategy and a core CBM programme standard. We will continue to work to improve our engagement with persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in all areas of our programming, advocacy and technical advisory work with a specific focus to address the stigma and discrimination experienced by persons with disabilities and support transformative change for all. Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme.

B. Commitments for Inclusive Education:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Capacity building: teachers and staff

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM is committed to equitable, quality, lifelong inclusive education provision for all, with a specific focus on persons with disabilities living in low income settings. This commitment is in line with the CRPD, SDG 4, and the IDDC Costing Equity Call to Action, Inclusive Education Statement of Action.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

By 2023 in line with our programmatic commitments, CBM commits to working in partnership with persons with disabilities and their families for systemic change in education. This means: supporting the educational workforce; the transformation of special schools into inclusive education resource centres; strengthening education systems and building the capacities of person with disabilities to becoming teachers; and advocating for disability inclusive education in the countries we work in.

C. Commitments for Economic Empowerment:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to Inclusive environments in the workplace

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM is committed to modelling inclusiveness by establishing a disability inclusive workplace. In making this commitment we are taking steps to ensure that all of our offices worldwide take steps to increase the number of staff with disabilities in their workforce.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

CBM has a strong commitment to inclusive employment with alignment of CBM’s human resources practice, recruitment standards and other human resources processes. CBM is committed to building on our worldwide work delivering accessible and inclusive development programmes. This is an ongoing commitment by CBM.

D. Commitments for Technology and Innovation:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM commits to playing a key role in bridging the gap between technology and inclusion through digital accessibility. That is why, in line with the CRPD, CBM is committed to ensuring and promoting the use of accessible Information and Communication Technologies in all spheres of our work, including with partners and in international cooperation.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

In June 2018, CBM launched its Digital accessibility toolkit and we will continue to promote and build on this. The toolkit, pdf 1MB.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Washington Group Questions Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM, alongside IDA and IDDC member organisations, is committed to supporting and using the Short Set of Questions developed by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, as well as additional tools such as the module on Child Functioning developed in conjunction with UNICEF, in all development and humanitarian situations, including measuring progress towards SDG implementation, where disaggregation is feasible and appropriate, while also exploring alternative and complementary tools.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

CBM will continue through its alliances and advocacy work to contribute to the debate and exchange of learning on the use of the WGQ. Through our programme work, we will develop effective methods for collection and use of data that can ensure that persons with disabilities are effectively counted and included across all programmes and services.

E. Commitments for Data Disaggregation:

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Washington Group Questions

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM, alongside IDA and IDDC member organisations, is committed to supporting and using the Short Set of Questions developed by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, as well as additional tools such as the module on Child Functioning developed in conjunction with UNICEF, in all development and humanitarian situations, including measuring progress towards SDG implementation, where disaggregation is feasible and appropriate, while also exploring alternative and complementary tools.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

CBM will continue through its alliances and advocacy work to contribute to the debate and exchange of learning on the use of the WGQ. Through our programme work, we will develop effective methods for collection and use of data that can ensure that persons with disabilities are effectively counted and included across all programmes and services.

F. Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities:

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM is committed to rights and equality for women, men, girls and boys in all our programmes, ensuring equal value, participation and decision-making by all; and addressing all forms of violence, discrimination, intimidation and exploitation for women, men, boys and girls so they can fulfil their aspirations.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

By 2023, we will have taken significant steps to: promote the voice, choice and autonomy of women and girls in our programming and advocacy work; conduct and apply gender analysis to ensure programme design addresses barriers and discrimination on the grounds of gender; and monitor and measure the equality of both opportunities and outcomes of women, men, girls and boys involved in our programme work.

G. Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts:

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):

CBM commits to continue supporting Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) to foster cooperation, exchange and knowledge among DPOs, humanitarian actors and local stakeholders to practice and promote inclusive humanitarian assistance. To meet this commitment, CBM is working with International Disability Alliance, Humanity and Inclusion and the BRIDGE CRPD SDGs initiative to develop a specific training on Article 11 of CRPD.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

By 2023, CBM in alliance with IDA and HI will have a well-established curriculum and lead trainers group drawn from DPOs and humanitarian expert allies, able to effectively build capacity to promote delivery of the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disability in Humanitarian Action

H. Other Commitments

Please enter the exact wording of any other commitment/s that do not fall under the themes above, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): A specific focus on accessibility is needed.

CBM is committed to ensuring that all programmes are fully accessible in line with the principles of universal design.

By 2023, it is CBM’s commitment, in line with the CRPD, to ensure and promote accessibility based on the principles of universal design in all spheres of our work and, where accessibility is not possible, to support reasonable accommodation in line with the CRPD.