Development Cooperation Programme of
Development Cooperation Program of
Disability Partnership Finland
2013-2015
Index
2.2 Finnish Disability and Development Partnership – The Development Cooperation Program of
1.
Introduction
This Program Paper guides the work of the development cooperation of Disability Partnership Finland for the years 2013 to 2015. For other stakeholders, it serves as an introduction into the development cooperation program of Disability Partnership Finland, describing the program’s background, goals and objectives that are set for the three year program period.
Abbreviations used:
DPO – Disabled People’s Organization
NGO –Non-Governmental Organization
2.
Background
2.1
Disability Partnership Finland
Disability Partnership Finland (the Partnership), formerly FIDIDA, is a registered non-governmental organization founded in 1989. Currently only Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) are eligible to membership in Disability Partnership Finland.
Disability Partnership Finland has nine member organizations, most of which are renowned, large
Finnish Disabled People’s Organizations: Abilis Foundation, Finnish Association of People with
Disabilities (FPD), Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD), Finnish Association on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD), Finnish Epilepsy Association, Finnish Federation of the Visually
Impaired (FFVI), Threshold Association and The Finnish Federation of Swedish Speaking Hard of
Hearing. Brief introduction of the member organizations can be found in annex 1.
Disability Partnership Finland’s strategy for 2013-18 defines its values, which are:
1.
Human rights, justice and equality
2.
Global responsibility
3.
Participation of People with Disabilities
4.
Solidarity between People with Disabilities
5.
We are able!
6.
Courage
Disability Partnership Finland’s vision is derived from the values:
Disability Partnership Finland’s vision is a world where the human rights of People with
Disabilities are fulfilled and where People with Disabilities work themselves to develop their own communities at local, national and international levels.
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Disability Partnership Finland is a nationally and internationally renowned and respected expert of Disability and Development issues in the fields of development cooperation and
development policy
2.2
Finnish Disability and Development Partnership – The Development Cooperation Program of
Disability Partnership Finland
Until 2010 Disability Partnership Finland’s main activities were concentrated in Finland: it was an expert body conducting training on issues related to disability and development and enhancing the capacity of development NGOs working with disability issues through advisory services and participating in Disability and Development networks both internationally and in Finland.
In June 2010 the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland granted Disability Partnership Finland (then
FIDIDA) the Finnish Partnership Organization status and Finnish Disability and Development
Partnership (the Program) was launched. Whereas Disability Partnership Finland’s member organizations had been applying for funding for their own development cooperation projects individually from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs until then, under the Partnership Scheme, the funding is applied from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on a program basis.
The new programmatic approach gives more freedom to the program members to decide on the use of funds. The decision making regarding individual project approvals and funding decisions is shifted from the Ministry to the board of Disability Partnership Finland and therefore gives the member organizations the power and responsibility to plan and administer the project portfolio together.
The new programmatic approach also gives more responsibility to the program members in aspects related to quality and effectiveness of its work. For that reason, this Program Document has been written, followed by common guidelines which guide the work done by its member organizations and their partners in the South, which are described in the Partnership Program Manual.
These common program goals and guidelines will help to assure that the work brings the best results for the people who are at the focus of all work – the People with Disabilities in developing countries.
3.
Roles of Partners
The formal Partnership Agreement is signed between Disability Partnership Finland and the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs of Finland. But everyone who uses the funding channeled through the partnership scheme is a program partner and has a specific role in the partnership. The partners are: a) Southern partners of the seven member organizations b) Development Cooperation teams of the seven member organizations c) The Executive Board of Disability Partnership Finland d) Disability Partnership Finland Secretariat e) Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The Southern Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) – The Implementing Body in the South
Southern partners of the Finnish member organizations are the main implementing bodies of the program
activities, most often in the form of projects. The Southern DPOs are responsible for project planning, implementation, follow up, reporting and evaluation together with their Finnish partner organization. The roles and responsibilities are stipulated in project agreements.
The Development Cooperation teams of the seven member organizations – The Implementing Body in
Finland
The member organizations’ development cooperation teams are the main cooperation partners of the
Southern DPOs. They plan, implement, follow up and evaluate the projects together with their Southern partners. They are responsible for the narrative and financial reporting to Disability Partnership Finland board as per the agreement between the program and the member organizations. The common platform for program level monitoring, peer learning, information exchange and organizational development activities is the steering committee, which has at least one member from each member organization. The steering committee meets about 8-9 times a year.
The Executive Board of Disability Partnership Finland – The Decision Makers
Every member organization appoints one representative and one deputy representative to the Board. The
Chairperson is elected from the board members and chairmanship is rotated between all member organizations on biannual basis. The Board meets about 6-8 times a year. It makes all official decisions, represents Disability Partnership Finland and signs the program agreement with the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs. The board can set up additional working groups such as the existing steering committee and the communications committee.
The Disability Partnership Finland Secretariat – The Supporting Body
The Secretariat of Disability Partnership Finland is responsible for implementing the Executive Boards decisions such as preparing program documents and annual reports to the Ministry and monitoring the program level operational and financial performance of development cooperation program of Disability
Partnership Finland. The Secretariat also coordinates information flow within the program and gives technical advice to member organizations. The Office has a staff of four: Executive Director, two Program
Advisors and a Budget and Finance Advisor. The responsibilities of the Secretariat are stipulated in the internal rules and regulations of the program.
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs – The Funding Partner
The current Partnership Agreement for the program funding is signed between Disability Partnership
Finland and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland for a three year period, 2013-15. The Ministry and
Disability Partnership Finland representatives meet at least once a year to discuss current issues, the last year’s report and the coming year’s plans. The
Ministry funds a maximum of 92,5 percent of the
Article 32 -International cooperation program costs whereas the self-funding of 7,5 per cent is covered by the member organizations.
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Human Rights of Persons with
Disabilities as the Foundation
4.1
The UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which entered into force in
2008, serves as the ideological and normative foundation of the Partnership. The
Convention is based on the same values and principles which the program Member
Organizations in the South and in the North have been applying in their approaches for a long time already, so the Convention does not bring a drastic change in their activities.
However, the Convention provides the DPOs a strong legal framework which they can use as a tool in their efforts to raise public awareness and advocate on the Rights of the
People with Disabilities.
The 32 nd article of the UNCRPD on
International Cooperation stresses the importance of mainstreaming the disability issues into all development cooperation and the participation and capacity building of
DPOs, all of which are the Partnership’s main programmatic approaches.
1. States Parties recognize the importance of international cooperation and its promotion, in support of national efforts for the realization of the purpose and objectives of the present Convention, and will undertake appropriate and effective measures in this regard, between and among States and, as appropriate, in partnership with relevant international and regional organizations and civil society, in particular organizations of persons with disabilities. Such measures could include, inter alia:
(a) Ensuring that international cooperation, including international development programs, is inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities;
(b) Facilitating and supporting capacitybuilding, including through the exchange and sharing of information, experiences, training programs and best practices;
(c) Facilitating cooperation in research and access to scientific and technical knowledge;
(d) Providing, as appropriate, technical and economic assistance, including by facilitating access to and sharing of accessible and assistive technologies, and through the transfer of technologies.
2. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the obligations of each State
Party to fulfil its obligations under the present Convention.
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4.2
Human Rights Based Approach
The Partnership’s development cooperation program takes a Human Rights Based Approach to its work. Human rights standards, as laid out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN-
CRPD guide 1) the programming (goal setting) and 2) the processes conducted by members of the program.
The HRBA development cooperation efforts contribute to the development of the capacities of dutybearers to meet their obligations and/or of rights-holders to claim their rights.
The main characteristics of the Partnership’ HRBA programming are:
1) Raising Awareness about Human Rights and Building Capacities to Act:
Raising awareness about Human Rights of People with Disabilities among the People with
Disabilities themselves, their families and their communities is an integral element in creating sustainable changes in the society. Positive changes in people’s attitudes decrease discrimination at all levels of the society. Awareness about their rights strengthen the capacity of individual
People with Disabilities and their families to act for the fulfillment of the rights and to demand the duty-bearers the services and support they are entitled to.
Disabled Peoples Organizations have an important role in raising awareness about the Rights of the People with Disabilities on individual, family, community and national levels. Simultaneously, if their capacity is strong enough, the DPOs can act as human rights advocates and experts to help national and local duty-bearers fulfill their duties to adjust the local legislation to the requirements of the UNCRPD and later on act as watchdogs to make sure that legislation is transformed into action. That is why it is important to strengthen the Southern DPO’s expertise and skills in questions related to the UNCRPD, its implementation and monitoring.
2) The Principle of ’Nothing about us without us’
People with Disabilities are rights-holders and experts of disability by their own means and therefore they are the key persons to advocate for their rights and equal participation. People with Disabilities and their organizations must have a key role in defining the developmental needs and goals and they must participate in a meaningful way in all phases of the programming process.
The project cooperation between the Finnish DPOs and the Southern DPOs is based on the principles of peer support and partnership. Individuals share their common experiences and expertise about disability. At organizational level, the long history of Finnish DPOs and the advocacy work that they have been doing, often serve as a benchmark for the Sothern DPOs. To ensure sustainable project results, it is crucial to build the Southern DPOs’ capacity to independently carry out their work for the fulfillment of the human rights of People with
Disabilities.
3) Advocacy
Advocacy and lobbying are crucial parts of the Partnership Program both in the South and in
Finland. In the South the partner DPOs advocate and lobby the local and national decision makers and service providers to fulfill their obligations towards the rights-holders. The dutybearers are enforced to respect, protect and fulfill the Rights of People with Disabilities by making required changes in local legislation, sector-specific policies and implementation practices as stipulated by the UNCRPD.
The need to build expertise in advocacy and lobbying continues long after the UN Convention on the Rights of the People with Disabilities has been ratified, since its implementation on national and local levels is generally a long process.
In Finland, the development cooperation program of Disability Partnership Finland works with
Finnish stakeholders to mainstream disability issues into all development policies and its implementation.
4) Development of Services
The DPOs - experts of their own needs - have an important role in developing local solutions to provide services that serve the needs of the People with Disabilities. They can also develop local skills and training packages related to the service provision to be able to hand over the services to the duty-bearers once they have enough capacity to carry their responsibilities. Development of services within the program covers for example removing physical barriers, training of sign language interpreters and developing school curriculum and study material for students with disabilities.
5) Participation of Women and Children with Disabilities and other vulnerable groups
Special attention is given to the vulnerable of the most vulnerable groups: women, children, poorest of the poorest, ethnic or religious minorities. They must be identified and they must be ensured meaningful participation in the programming.
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5.
Program Goal and Vision
The goal of the Program is to promote the human rights, participation in the society and the living conditions of the People with Disabilities in developing countries.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the people with Disabilities serves as the basis for the program vision, which is
A world in which the rights of People with Disabilities in developing countries have realized and in which the disability policy is a part of the general development policy.
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6.
Main Approaches for Reaching the Goal
6.1
Development Work
Development cooperation program of Disability Partnership Finland has three essential components:
Enhancing the capacity of DPOs, Life Long Learning and Advocacy and Lobbying. These components complement and supplement each other and they are expected to serve the Partnership longer than the current program period (2013-15).
6.1.1
Enhancing the Capacity of DPOs
Building the capacity of the DPOs in the South is an essential part in making the
“nothing about us without us” principle sustainable. Through education and peer learning the program aims to strengthen the Southern DPOs’ capacity to develop and administer their organization and mobilize resources for their future activities.
6.1.2
Life Long Learning
With Life Long Learning we don’t only mean the People with Disabilities Right to
Education, but also the importance of education and training on the fulfillment of other rights of the People with Disabilities. Despite the last decades’ positive achievements in global access to education, children and youth with disabilities have been left out of the positive progress and still face high barriers when trying to access primary, secondary or university level education. This diminishes the children and youth with disabilities’ employment opportunities and raises poverty as adults.
6.1.3
Advocacy and Lobbying
Advocacy and lobbying at local, national and international levels is an essential part
People with Disabilities when applying the Human Rights Approach to development work. Finnish program member organizations have decades of experience in being the advocates of the rights of their members, and this knowledge on the advocacy process and the encouraging example provide a fruitful ground for peer support and learning.
The Southern DPOs, however, are of course experts in their own culture, and will find their own approaches to advocate their issues to decision makers.
6.2
Advocacy and Mainstreaming in Finland and Globally
People with Disabilities are worldwide one of the most discriminated and poorest minorities. That is why People with Disabilities should be given special attention in all development work. This can be done either by designing disability specific projects or by mainstreaming disability issues into all development work. The third essential way to ensure that the issues of People with Disabilities are seen and taken into consideration is to advocate and remind the decision makers on the Human
Rights issues of the People with Disabilities and the state’s responsibility in safe guarding the rights of
People with Disabilities.
6.2.1
Advocacy Work in Finland and Globally
The UN-CRPD calls for global cooperation between nations and DPOs to realize the
Rights of the People with Disabilities. The Convention states that People with
Disabilities must benefit from international development programs and meaningfully
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Consortium (IDDC).
6.2.2
Mainstreaming the Disability Issues into Finnish Development Cooperation Policy
Development efforts can widen the gap between beneficiary groups if the special needs of the most vulnerable groups such as People with Disabilities are not taken into consideration already at project design phase. To avoid such an unwanted situation, the program is strengthening the efforts to mainstream disability issues in all Finnish development work. The Partnership provides training and advice to Finnish
Development NGOs and to newly recruited outbound technical advisers and Finnish UN experts. Disability Partnership Finland has found the International Coordination Group on Disability Policy a fruitful networking platform in regard to mainstreaming the disability issues in Finnish Development Policy.
6.3
Information and Global Education
Information work complements the advocacy and development cooperation work done through the program. The partnership’s information work aims to
1) Raise the profile of Disability Partnership Finland among the Finnish development policy actors and increase the knowledge about disability and development issues in Finnish development policy.
2) Increase Finnish People with Disabilities’ knowledge about development cooperation issues and get more People with Disabilities to work actively in development cooperation field.
3) Provide the general public with reliable and current information on the People with
Disabilities of the developing countries, on the Disability and Development issues and the
UN-CRPD.
A separate communication plan has been created for development cooperation program of
Disability Partnership Finland. The plan which provides a framework for the implementation and follow up of communication activities of the Partnership and its member organizations.
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7.
Program Objectives and Indicators
Derived from the program goal, the objectives for the 2013-15 program are:
1. Partner DPOs in the South are strengthened and development cooperation projects achieve results which enhance the situation of the People with Disabilities and reduce poverty.
2. Mainstreaming of disability issues into the development policy and instruments has proceeded significantly in Finland and monitoring has been institutionalized.
3. The awareness about the global connections of the UN Convention on the Rights of the
People with Disabilities of members of Disability Partnership Finland as well as the general public has risen.
To reach these objectives, a set of expected results and corresponding indicators have been created. These are laid down in the chart in annex 2. The chart is the main tool for monitoring and analyzing the reaching of the goal and results at the program level. The data for indicators is derived from both project and program levels.
8.
Quality and Effectiveness in the Partnership’s work
8.1
Program Level Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanisms
Indicators for measuring the program level progress have been set and data will be collected regularly for monitoring purposes. A more detailed program monitoring and evaluation plan will be created during this financial period. At project level, common criteria for a good disability project, common monitoring guidelines and internal and external mid-term reviews and evaluations are crucial for maintaining and measuring quality in all phases of the project. The project cycle management tools aim to be such which will create learning while doing for the project management teams, so that the quality does not only show in results but also in processes.
Disability Partnership Finland is member in the quality and effectiveness group of Finnish partnership organizations, which provides needed peer support and benchmarking.
8.2
Ensuring Sustainable Results
To ensure sustainable results of the program, we concentrate on:
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Longstanding partnerships with Southern DPOs, which allows the processes of capacity building and change of attitude take the time that they need to achieve sustainable change
2.
Capacity building of the partner DPOs and capacity building and training of People with
Disabilities, their communities, service providers and decision makers
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Strong ownership in the South. All projects are based on the initiatives of the People with
Disabilities of the south and their organizations, which ensures high ownership and commitment.
4.
Human Rights perspective to work
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Strengthening the resource mobilization capacity of the Southern DPOs
8.3
Coordination with Other Stakeholders
The program members in the North and South coordinate their actions with national plans and frameworks where possible and are strongly recommended and advised to network with other DPOs and likeminded organizations to avoid overlapping and combine efforts to fulfil the Rights of the
People with Disabilities. The Istanbul Principles and the International Framework for CSO
Development Effectiveness” are used as a guideline.
8.4
Good Governance and Risk Reduction
Through good governance risks that the Program faces can be reduced. Good guidelines for essential program components (division of responsibilities, project management tools, financial management rules, resource mobilization strategies etc.) reduce the risk of getting into situations where unexpected internal or external events disturb the program implementation and risk reaching the program goal. Proper process monitoring methods which incorporate early warning mechanisms help preventing unwanted situations. The basic mechanisms are already in place in the Program, but a more comprehensive risk reduction plan will be created during this financial period.
Annex 1: Member Organizations
ABILIS Foundation is a development fund, founded by people with disabilities in Finland in 1998. Its mandate is to support the activities empowerment of disabled persons in the Global South (developing countries). ABILIS has hundreds of projects all over the world.
ABILIS Foundation gives small grants to activities that contribute toward equal opportunities for disabled people in society through human rights, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. Special priority is given to projects on advocating for human rights of disabled people and to activities developed and implemented by disabled women. ABILIS Foundation supports organizations that are run by persons who have a disability, be it related to mobility, vision, hearing or any other type of disability, or organizations that are run by parents of children with disabilities. Abilis has its own MFA agreement. The projects are not be funded by development cooperation program of Disability Partnership Finland.
FDUV is a nationwide interest organization working on behalf of Swedish-speaking persons with intellectual disability and their close relatives. FDUV also works for persons with other learning or communication difficulties. FDUV stands for Förbundet De Utvecklingsstördas Väl (Association for Swedish-speaking persons with intellectual disability in Finland).
Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities (FPD) is a diversified nationwide organization representing the interests of, and providing services for, people with musculoskeletal disabilities. It was founded in 1938. The FPD functions within the community in such a way as to enable everyday life to be independent and fulfilling for people with musculoskeletal disabilities. FPD has for years had development cooperation projects in Zambia and neighboring areas of Finland.
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The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD) promotes equality and participation for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and others who need support with learning, understanding and communicating. It also develops services and promotes research in the field.
FAIDD was founded in 1952.
FAIDD actively participates in a wide range of international activities and is a member of many European collaborative networks and projects. FAIDD has taken part in development cooperation schemes in Zambia and Mozambique already for twenty years. FAIDD has also carried out several projects in St Petersburg,
Russia.
Finnish Association of the Deaf was founded in 1905 and international activities were started in the middle of the 1980s when the first cooperation agreements were signed with Zambia and Tanzania. The FAD carries out development cooperation work in Africa, Asia, the Balkans and North West Russia and has about
10 ongoing projects.
Together with development cooperation partners the FAD promotes human rights and democratization from the perspective of a linguistic minority. Following its principles the FAD supports organization of the
Deaf associations, and development of organizational training for the Deaf associations in the project countries. FAD offers expertise to its cooperation partners in Deaf rights, education, research of sign language and training of sign language interpreters. FAD has a tight relationship with World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), as WFD headquarters is in Finland.
The Threshold Association is a cross-disability organization that was founded in 1973 by disabled people and its main mission is based on three elements: human rights, independent living and culture - all to empower disabled people in Finland.
The Threshold Association also has development projects in third world countries: a partnership program with separate sub-projects in Ethiopia and specific projects in Central-Asia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Zambia.
The Threshold has a strategy to support and empower disabled people in different countries to participate and work actively for improvements of the conditions. The main component of the projects is the peer support.
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired is a special service provider with a social element as well as an advocacy organization for the blind and the partially sighted. It was founded in 1928. The aim of the
Federation is to secure the blind and visually impaired an equal status with other Finnish citizens. To achieve this, the Federation seeks to improve the capabilities and skills of the visually impaired, while also trying to influence the society at large.
FFVI also has had many development cooperation projects since 1970’s in Namibia, Zambia, Palestine and
Ecuador.
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Annex 2: Program Matrix
Program Goal
The goal of Disability Partnership Finland ’s program is to enhance the human rights, participation in the society and the living conditions of the People with Disabilities in developing countries.
Expected Results Indicators Means of Verification Program Objective
A) In the South
1. Partner DPOs in the South are strengthened and development cooperation projects achieve results which reduce poverty and enhance the situation of the
People with Disabilities.
1.1 The partner DPOs’ capacity to develop, administer, find resources and implement activities to enhance the fulfillment of the human rights of People with
Disabilities has risen.
1.1.1 The training needs of the staff and active members of
Southern partners have been assessed and they have received training and peer support to develop their organization for example in questions related to administration, programmatic planning, implementation, monitoring and financial sustainability.
Project reports, project evaluation reports
1.1.2 The quality of project plans and reports has increased. Project plans and reports, Annual program reports
1.1.3 Number of paid members and active female and male participants has increased
Membership registers, annual reports of the organizations and project documents.
1.2
Through projects, best practises to a) inclusive formal education, which promote life-long learning and consider the special needs of the girls, boys, women and men with disabilities and b) non-formal education and support services which strengthen the life skills and employment opportunities of youth and adults
1.2.1 Through the projects
Skills and knowledge about inclusive education of especially primary school teachers have improved
Number of teachers with sign language skills and the number of teachers trained to teach visually impaired person has increased
Physical accessibility of schools and universities and availability of accessible school material has improved.
Discrimination of People with Disabilities in schools
Project reports, project evaluation reports
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Life skills, vocational skills and employment opportunities of People with Disabilities have improved through trainings.
1.3 The partner DPOs’ advocacy and lobbying work to promote the rights of the disabled persons and remove the barriers has increased and strengthened
1.3.1 The knowledge about the Human Rights of People with
Disabilities and about gender issues of the members of the partner organization has increased and the members disseminate the knowledge in their communities.
1.3.2 The volume of advocacy and lobbying work done partner organizations towards decision makers, government officers and service providers has increased.
Project reports, case studies
1.3.3 Some of the partner organizations are involved in the monitoring of the implementation of the UN Convention on the right of the People with Disabilities (the UN-CRPD).
B) In Finland
2. Mainstreaming of disability issues into the development policy and instruments has proceeded significantly in
Finland and monitoring has been institutionalized.
2.1 The Finnish Development
Cooperation Actors’ awareness about the rights of the People with
Disabilities and their skills and commitment to enhance and implement measures to enhance them in their projects and programs has strengthened.
2.1.1 Disability Partnership Finland has developed a comprehensive set of training materials on the rights of the
People with Disabilities and on their integration in development policy and development work.
2.1.2 Finnish Development NGOs and other development actors have received training and advice about the rights of the People with Disabilities and the Disability and
Development issues.
Training material
Feedback given by cooperation partners, training reports
2.1.3 Finnish Development NGOs who have received training from Disability Partnership Finland are using the services and knowledge of Southern DPOs and People with
Disabilities when planning, implementing and monitoring the projects.
Follow up surveys after the trainings
2.2 The Equal Rights of the People with Disabilities are taken into
2.2.1 Disability Partnership Finland and its member organizations have participated in the drafting process.
Meeting memos
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Finnish Development Cooperation
Policy Papers and Guidelines.
2.3 Finland will ratify the UN CRPD and obey the 32nd article on international cooperation.
2.2.2 Disability Partnership Finland s recommendations on how to ensure equal rights of the People with Disabilities in development cooperation are included in the Policy Papers and Guidelines.
Disability Partnership Finland’s recommendation papers, Policy
Papers and Guidelines
2.3.1 Disability Partnership Finland’s statements on including the Rights of the People with Disabilities on development cooperation programs and ensuring the participation of DPOs and People with Disabilities in international cooperation and development cooperation activities has been taken into consideration in Finnish government’s Development
Cooperation Policy Papers.
Disability Partnership Finland’s statements, Policy Papers
2.3.2 The Rights of the People with Disabilities are mentioned in the Finnish government’s and NGOs’ statements on EU’s development policy, sustainable development and post MDG process.
Disability Partnership Finland’s recommendations in the statements of Kehys and Kepa, Finnish government’s statements
3. The awareness about the global connections of the UN
Convention on the Rights of the People with Disabilities of members of Disability
Partnership Finland’s member organizations as well as the general public has risen.
3.1 The knowledge about development cooperation issues of
Finnish People with Disabilities has strengthened and more People with
Disabilities are active in development cooperation work.
3.2 The general public has been provided with reliable and current information on the People with
Disabilities of the developing countries, on the Disability and
Development issues and the UN-
CRPD.
3.1.1 The number of likes on Facebook (FB) grows steadily and the number of visitors at vammaiskumppanuus.fi web site increases.
3.1.2 Member organization’s magazines publish at least 2 articles on development cooperation annually.
3.2.1 The number of likes on Facebook (FB) grows steadily and the number of visitors at vammaiskumppanuus.fi web site increases.
3.2.2 The UN-CRPD booklet in Finnish has been distributed to at least 200 individuals annually
Visitor counters on www.vammaiskumppanuus.fi and the
FB site.
Magazines
Visitor counters on www.vammaiskumppanuus.fi and the
FB site.
Annual program report of Disability
Partnership Finland
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