Policy paper

Asian Development Bank

Updated 7 August 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.

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisation

Name of organisation Asian Development Bank

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 ☒

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

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Strategy 2030 advances social inclusion and human development, particularly of poor and vulnerable groups, under the Strategy’s operational priority area of addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities. ADB supports global and national efforts to accelerate implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. As a participant to the Global Disability Summit, ADB specifically commits to the following in the short- and medium-term:

Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination

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 has supported its development (75 words limit):

• Undertake an assessment and define a strategic framework for ADB on disability to support the new corporate Strategy 2030 (2019)
• Engage in coordinated advocacy for disability-inclusion via membership in the Global Action on Disability Network (2018 onwards)
• Actively participate in intergovernmental meetings related to the implementation of the Incheon Strategy (ongoing)

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) Ongoing, 2018 onwards

Commitments for Inclusive Education

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):

• Conduct a review of existing education portfolio, to identify the gaps and potential to more effectively support inclusion of the most marginalized children in society, including out of school girls and boys with disabilities (2019)
• Support innovations to expand the quality, scope and range of accessible materials and teaching approaches for learners with disabilities, and make their physical environment more accessible via universal design (2019)

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2019

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):

• Invest in accessible vocational training programs for people with disabilities, and in building the capacity of both government and private training institutions (ongoing)

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) ongoing

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Access to financial services

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

• Conduct research on developing inclusive insurance markets to make available risk management products which cover low-income households in case of death or serious disability (2020-2022)

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2020-2022

Commitments for Data Disaggregation

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):

• Undertake an analysis of data on social protection coverage for persons with disabilities in the Asia and Pacific region from ADB’s social protection indicator database (2019)

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2019

Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme.

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):

• Incorporate disability inclusion in universal health coverage strategies and reforms and design of “future” hospitals and health facilities (2019 onwards)