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Mainstreaming Disability in Development

Cooperation - Experience, vision and future

Case Finland

Ronald WimanSenior Advisor on Social Development

Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Policy

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Contents

• ”Vision 1990”: A Society for All• Current Finnish policies• Some practices• Evaluations and lessons

learned • What to do next• Guide to knowledge resources

Background: UN-DESA initiative already in the 1990’s

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”Vision 1990”

• ” In a Society for All the needs of all citizens constitute the basis for planning and policy. The general system of society is made accessible for all.

• By accommodating its structures and functioning to the needs of all, a society mobilizes the potential of all its citizens, and consequently, strengthens its development potential....

• The concept of ”A Society for All” encompassing human diversity and development of all human potential, can be said to embody, in a single phrase, the human rights instruments of the UN.”

• Report of the UN Secretary-General to the 49th GA ( 1991)

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The New Development Cooperation Policy of Finland 2007, Some Highlights

• A Global perspective• Comprehensive approach to

development: – Economic, ecological,

societal, cultural– Comprehensive

social/societal policy– Think globally - act locally

”Eradication of poverty through ecologically, economically and socially sustainable development”

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Cross-cutting Themes (CCTs) in the Policy

– Gender equality; – Social equality; – Rights and equal opportunties of vulnerable

groups incl. people with disabilities, children, indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities

– HIV/AIDS as a health and societal challenge

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Finnish ”3-track” Disability and Development Approach (2004)

1. Mainstream disability as a cross-cutting quality issue in all sectors and accommodate people with disabilities on basis of the equal & universal Human Rights Approach ( re: The Convention)

2. Complement universal provisions with targeted, additional support and services to equalize access and opportunities for people with disabilities

3. Empower people with disabilities collectively to help them have a stronger voice (support DPOs) and access to decisionmaking

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A Long Track Record by Finland on Disability-sensitive Policy Coherence

Support to intergovernmental organizations

Communiques by Nordic Countries’ Ministers for Development Cooperation 2000 and 2005 and follow up (2009)

Finnish Government Report on Disability (2006): Rights-based approach; all sectors responsible

Disability included as crosscutting issue in development policies

The Convention will be ratified

EU-positions on disability supported

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Examples of Disability Mainstreaming Initiatives

• Cooperation with the UN (”DESA”) in 1990s resulted in the ”Manual on Inclusive Planning” and radiated into the 1995 Social Summit themes

• Support to the Word Bank to include disability aspects to PRSP sector analyses (expetise and trust funds)

• Sector-specific mainstreaming in bilateral cooperation: e.g. inclusive education initiatives (e.g Ethiopia, South Africa, the Balkans)

• EFA (Education for All) flagship for inclusive education secretariat at the Univ. of Jyväskylä, Finland

• Global Partnership on Disability and Develoment (GPDD, funded with Italy, Norway and the World Bank)

• Disability component included in the training at the Ministry

• DPOs as contracted expert bodies in project appraisal and implementation - ”nothing about us without us”

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The Main Stream Is StillDisability - Specific Activities

• Gov funding (ODA) channeled mainly through NGOs/DPOs

• Preferential treatment: Disability projects by NGOs/DPOs require only 7.5% own funding (others 15%)

• In bilateral assistance ups and downs

• Some earmarked funding to multilateral organizations

Headquarters of the EthiopianDisabled Womens’s Association

(c) RW

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Evaluations:A Self-Critical Look at Policy and Practice

Goverment Evaluation Unit audit concerning the cross-cutting themes (2009) :

– Expertise of DPOs used well and their ownership created• But disability-specific activities are not ”mainstreaming”

– Mainstreaming, can it be outsourced? • Ultimate responsibility for Human Rights cannot be outsourced?

– Isn’t every agency responsible for mainstreaming?• But everybody’s responsibility is nobody’s responsibility.

– Good intentions have not always materialized (- in Finland, either).But: Lessons learned are now being implemented

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GOAL: FROM STAND-ALONE DISABILITY PROJECTS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTAL INTERVENTIONS

The beneficiaries and agentsof actionof the Ethiopianmicro-creditscheme of theCBR -network(CBR= CommunityBased Rehabilitation)(c) RW

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Why Good Policies Tend to Evaporate?What to Do?

• Make strategic decision at high level as part of the mainstream Managing for Results (MfR) - framework (Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action on Aid Effectiveness)

• Revise management framework– Responsibilities– Accountability– Resources and capacity building– CCT support team to be established– Terms of Reference of Quality Assurance Board to be revised

• Revise guidelines for programme design and all documentation– Terms of Reference (TOR and procurement guidelines)– Include CCTs in all steps (stakeholder analyses and impact assessment) – Include Price Tags and Budget Lines in plans– Establish indicators, monitoring and evaluation procedures

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A Recent, Very Good Toolbox

”Make Development Inclusive”

IDDC / CBM for the EU Commission

- A how to practical manual on mainstreaming (2009)

- Step-by-step advice on including the disability perspective in EU Project Management Cycle (PCM)

• The on-line PCM toolbox at http://www.inclusive-development.org/cbmtools/

http://www.inclusive-development.org/cbmtools/

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Steps towards Implementing Mainstreaming

Make a Decision Connect it with mainstream policies and priorities Manage for Results and enforce accountability Provide tools for desk officers, train and support Get organized for the above Budget realistically Monitor and evaluate

Learn from mistakes Do not overdo! Be aware of what is relevant in each intervention.

The best can be an enemy of the very good.

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Contact Details

Ronald Wiman

Senior Social Development Advisor

KEO-20/ Department for Development Policy

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Katajanokanlaituri 3

P.O.Box 511; FIN-00023 Government, Helsinki, Finland

Tel: +358-9-1605559; GSM: +358-40-556 4812

e-mail: [email protected]

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Reference Material (1)

• Convention (ICPRD) implementation toolkit by DPI: <http://www.icrpd.net/implementation/en/index.htm>

• Label us Able. Evaluation of Finnish Development Cooperation from the Disability Perspective. Min. for Foreign Affairs, 2003 <http://formin.finland.fi/public/download.aspx?ID=13528&GUID={C2043295-F121-4ED1-984D-B394F821C13D}>

• Making PRSP Inclusive.by HI and CBM (2007)<http://www.handicap-international.de/images/pdfs_multimedia/prsp_manual_eng_1.pdf>

• Make Development Inclusive. How to include the perspectives of persons with disabilities in the Project Cycle Management Guidelines of the EC by Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) 2009

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Reference Material (2)

• Wiman, R (ed): Disability Dimension in Development Action. Manual on Inclusive Planning. STAKES for the UN (1997, 2000, 2003) <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/publications/FF-DisalibilityDim0103_b1.pdf>

• Wiman, R, Voipio, T, Ylönen, M (2007): Comperhensive Social Policies for Development in a Globalizing World. Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Finland <http://info.stakes.fi/ssd/EN/comprehensive/index.htm>

• Working on Disability in Country Programmes. DFID How to Note (2007) <http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/DisguideDFID.pdf>


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