Policy paper

Japan International Cooperation Agency

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.

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Donor Government

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Name of organisation Japan International Cooperation Agency

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:

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):

In Mongolia, the Project for Promoting Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities supports establishing structure of persons with disabilities in collaboration with the Government of Mongolia, DPOs, and other stakeholders. The project adopts approaches such as building capacity of organization to promote social participation of people with disabilities, promoting accessibility, and conducting the Disability Equality Training.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) Implementation plan of the Project for Promoting Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Ulaanbaatar City in Mongolia (2016-20).

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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):

In South Africa, the project for the Promotion of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Disability Mainstreaming supports the National Department of Social Development in order to promote empowerment of person with disability in collaboration with DPOs and other stakeholders. The project focuses on two approaches namely disability-specific approaches (e.g. organizing peer counseling and strengthening Self-help group) and disability - mainstreaming approach (e.g. promoting Community-based Inclusive development). The project will publish the guideline on those approaches.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) Implementation plan of Project for the Promotion of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Disability Mainstreaming in South Africa (2016-20) Implementation plan of Knowledge Co-Creation Program JFY 2018(Independent living and Mainstreaming for Persons with Disabilities in Africa)

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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):

Aiming to realize SDGs4, JICA sets equity and inclusion as one of the guiding principles to strengthen its project implementation in education.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Implementation plan of the Project for Strengthening Teachers Ability and Reasonable Treatments for Children with Disability in Mongolia (2015-19), Project of Strengthening Teacher Education on Special Needs Education Phase2 in Afghanistan (2013-17), The Project for Strengthening Education for Children with Special Needs Through Inclusive Education Approach in Sri Lanka (Planning), The Project for the Improvement of the Facilities for Primary and Secondary Education in Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia (2017-21), Knowledge Co-Creation Program JFY2018 (Education system for Children with Disability, Strengthening Effective Teaching toward Inclusive Education, Planning the lessons for children with disabilities in the context of special needs education)

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Commitments for Economic Empowerment:

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

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JICA implements Knowledge Co-Creation Programme and Country- Focused Training which focus on the enhancement of economic opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Implementation plan of the Knowledge Co-Creation Program JFY 2018(Social Participation and Livelihood of Persons with Disabilities through a Community-based Inclusive Approach, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Community Activities). Implementation plan of the Country-Focused Training JFY 2018 (LEP2.0 Construction of Employment Transition Support System for Persons with Disability).

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Commitments for Technology and Innovation

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):

JICA will promote information accessibility utilizing technology to realize the CRPD article 9, “Accessibility”. JICA will put effort into adopting universal design of publication considering the needs of people who have difficulties to read printed material.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Implementation plan of the Project for improvement of inclusion of people with disabilities through improvement of information accessibility in Egypt (Planning). Implementation plan of the Collaboration Program with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technology for Accessible Multimedia DAISY Production Software for Persons with Print Disabilities in Egypt (2018-2019)

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Commitments for Data Disaggregation

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

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In Mongolia, the Project for Promoting Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Ulaanbaatar City supports the collection of various information related to persons with disabilities. The project newly published the Disability in Mongolia 2017 Facts and figures in collaboration with DPOs and other stakeholders.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Implementation plan of the Project for Promoting Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Ulaanbaatar City in Mongolia (2016-20).

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Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities

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The JICA guidelines for environmental and social considerations including aspects such as gender and disability was developed, which promotes the integration of issues in terms of women and girls with disabilities into JICA operations. For instance, ex-ante evaluations of JICA projects is examined based on the gender and disability lens.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Measures in line with the JICA guidelines for environmental and social considerations

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Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts

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JICA adopted the concept of Human Security which refers to the safeguarding of people’s freedom from fear and want, ensuring that they (e.g. refugee group) can live in safety and dignity. Under the umbrella of the concepts of Human Security, Japan committed to disaster management by sharing its knowledge and experience with the international community, and pledged to include those with disabilities in disaster risk reduction planning. Thus, JICA will advocate Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Management.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Implementation plan of the School-based Disaster Education training for students with intellectual disabilities in Turkey. Implementation plan of the Feasibility Survey for Development of Accessible TV Set-Top-Box for Persons with Visual or Auditory Disabilities in Support of Disaster Risk Reduction in Ecuador (JFY 2018) 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):

Mainstreaming Disability into JICA Operations JICA adopted the concept of the CRPD and the Act for Eliminating Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities of Japan in order to realise the human rights of person with disability. For example, JICA promotes the social participation of person with disabilities (e.g. promoting dispatch of volunteers and experts with disabilities), providing reasonable accommodation, and prohibiting discrimination against individuals with disabilities etc.

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