Policy paper

Motivation Charitable Trust

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

IMPORTANT: Please refer to the accompanying guidance note for advice on completing this form and please fill in all four sections in English.

1. Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation

If other: Click or tap here to enter text.

Name of organisation Motivation Charitable Trust

2. 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.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☒

3. 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): Motivation commits to scaling up its work to support the number of disabled role models to act as champions in Kenya, India, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this through increasing the number of peer to peer trainings – where participants gain knowledge, skills and confidence to advocate for their rights - across these countries over the life of Motivation’s new strategy, 2018-2020. In the next 18 months we will also develop a peer support network globally.

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): Motivation commits to exploring how direct digital communication platforms can better amplify the voice of, and champion the needs and rights of people with disabilities in their communities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this over the next 24 months, leveraging our partnership with University of West England.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to providing increased support and capacity building to parents and carers of children with disabilities across Kenya, India, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania to ensure that they have the skills needed to care for their children, advocate on their behalf and ensure the fulfilment of their children’s rights.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this by increasing the number of parent support groups we help to establish and the number of parent/carer trainings we provide to these groups, across these countries, over the life of Motivation’s new strategy, 2018-2020.

B. Commitments for Inclusive Education

C. Commitments for Economic Empowerment

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Other

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to tackling the barriers children with disabilities face in accessing mainstream education through provision of innovative mobility solutions.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this by increasing our focus on intermediate wheelchair provision and increasing the number of wheelchairs provided to children through WHO-compliant wheelchair services across our focus countries over the life of Motivation’s new strategy, 2018-2020.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Access to decent work

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to gather evidence and make a case for informed programming and progress of inclusive employment opportunities – informal and formal.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this by using our new two year pilot project in Kenya - Ready Willing and Able – which aims to ensure disabled people in Nairobi have access to employment, in line with national legislation; and our existing project in Tanzania supporting disabled people to access income generation opportunities. Through these projects Motivation will gather evidence and make a case for informed programming and progress to ensure the scale up across East Africa.

D. Commitments for Technology and Innovation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Join Global Partnership for Assistive Technology

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to providing technical expertise into the Global AT Partnership and ensure the voice from disabled people and our community partners informs the strategic direction of the Partnership.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this on an on-going basis, over the life of the Global AT Partnership.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: New programmes or services

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to exploring how digital technology can revolutionise wheelchair design, manufacture and provision with pilot initiatives in India and Kenya to be launched in September 2018.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this by using our new two year DFID-funded research and development project, to be announced at the Global Disability Summit. We will use this seed funding to leverage other funding and scale up work in this area.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: New programmes or services

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to engaging with numerous and multi-sector partners to promote greater understanding and awareness of both the importance of WHO-compliant wheelchair provision and the role they can play to support disability inclusion and the achieving of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this over the life of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020 using all available opportunities including the Global Disability Summit.

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): Motivation commits to exploring possibilities to replicate technology transfer (currently being implemented in India in collaboration with the National Government) and, through the application of this model, building mechanisms for the national sustainability of wheelchair provision.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will document learning and explore replication of our current Technology Transfer activity in India, over the next five years, with an initial focus on Kenya.

E. Commitments for Data Disaggregation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit resources to support strengthened disability data

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to establishing at least two new partnerships with academic institutions to gather robust data and make a compelling case to multi-stakeholders on the role of quality assistive technology and service delivery on disability inclusion.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this in the next 12 months as part of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit resources to support strengthened disability data

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to ensuring a stronger focus on evidence and learning within all programmes using, where relevant, the Washington Group questions and social impact measures (for example in our peer-to-peer work).

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this over the life of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Sign up to the Inclusive Data Charter

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Motivation commits to signing up to the new Inclusive Data Charter and develop an Inclusive Data Action Plan with strong actions on disability data.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) We will sign up immediately and develop the action plan over the next six months.

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): Motivation commits to increasing our understanding of the gender dynamics in our programmes and creating an action plan to address this going forward.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

We will do this over the next 12 months as part of our new Strategic Plan, 2018-2020.

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G. Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts

H. Other Commitments

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

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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):

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4. Your contact details (this will not be published)