Policy paper

National Democratic Institute (NDI)

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

1. Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation

Name of organisation National Democratic Institute (NDI)

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): NDI will advance its efforts to mainstream participation of people with disabilities and DPOs throughout all NDI programs to expand their access to political life, increase their positive visibility and support policies that address their priorities. This effort will prioritize young and adult women with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

NDI will encourage all its field offices to expand new, or strengthen existing, relationship with DPOs, in particular DPOs representing women, to facilitate increased program participation by people with disabilities.

B. Commitments for Data Disaggregation

C. Commitments for Data Disaggregation

D. Other Commitments

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): NDI will conduct research and produce a manual on gender-sensitive disability-inclusive monitoring and evaluation practices for democracy assistance programs.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) NDI will begin work on the manual in summer 2018 and produce the manual in 2019.

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): NDI will consider reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities in all program budgets.

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): NDI will strive to ensure that all field offices and event spaces are accessible and that all program activities provide reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities.

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Adopt the voluntary OECD-DAC disability marker

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

People with disabilities will be directly involved in program design and implementation, including monitoring, data collection, interpretation and analysis for disability-focused NDI programs.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) NDI will pilot a disability-inclusive program design, monitoring and evaluation methodology in its next disability-focused program, anticipated to begin fall 2018.