Policy paper

Impact Initiative for International Development Research

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

Your organisation

Type of organisation: Other

If other: The Impact Initiative for International Development Research is a collaboration between the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the University of Cambridge’s Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre in the Faculty of Education, designed to increase the uptake and impact of two programmes of research funded through the ESRC-DFID Strategic Partnership. These are: (i) The Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation, and (ii) The Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems programme.

Name of organisation: The Impact Initiative for International Development Research

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: X

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

A. Commitments for Inclusive Education

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):

The Impact Initiative for International Development Research pledges to promote and disseminate ESRC-DFID funded evidence which focuses on both barriers and solutions for addressing the education of children with disabilities; and to create spaces where policy makers, practitioners and researchers can identify synergies and collaborations to deliver inclusive quality education for children with disabilities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Present-March 2020