Sense International
Published 23 July 2018
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Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018
Your organisation
Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation
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Name of organisation Sense International
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: Policy, legislation and its implementation
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):
The World Federation of the Deafblind will, supported by Sense International, publish quadrennial Global Reports on deafblindness, starting in 2018, to monitor the implementation of the UNCRPD and the SDGs. These reports will present data on deafblindness; commentary on barriers and challenge; case studies and learnings; and act as evidence for recommendations to governments and other stakeholders towards full and equal realisation of the rights of persons with deafblindness globally. This commitment is funding dependent.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
The Global report on deafblindness, the first to be published in 2018 with support and assistance by Sense International, will form the baseline for future reports to be published quadrennially in 2022, 2026 and 2030 to track the implementation process and impact. The development of these reports will start 2020, 2024 and 2028 provided funding is available.
Please note this is a joint commitment with the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB). WFDB will be submitting the same commitment.
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):
Sense International commits to building the capacity of teachers and staff to include learners with deafblindness in education, in countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. This will be delivered through current programmes, and future programmes subject to funding.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) Current programmes and future programmes subject to funding.
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy, standards and regulations
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Sense International commits to working with national governments on policies, standards and regulations to ensure the inclusion of learners with deafblindness in education, in countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. This will be delivered through current programmes and future programmes subject to funding.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
Current programmes and future programmes subject to funding.
C. Commitments for Economic Empowerment:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Skills development for decent work
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Sense International commits to working with vocational training organisations to promote inclusion of learners with deafblindness in skills development for decent work, in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Uganda. This will be delivered through current programmes and future programmes subject to funding.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
Current programmes and future programmes subject to funding
D. Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities:
Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme.
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Sense International commits to promoting the inclusion of women and girls with deafblindness in education and skills development for decent work in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. This will be delivered through current programmes and future programmes subject to funding.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
Current programmes and future programmes subject to funding.