Local Implementation of the CRPDAgnes van Wijnen

Getting Ready to RatifyDublin May, 17 2013 DFI /CDLP

Situation NL

• Little awareness on CRPD

• Little awareness on human rights

• NL has signed, not ratified CRPD

Coalition for Inclusion

Developing to work together on CRPD

• Organisations of personswith mental impairments

• Organisations of people with intellectual impairments

• Organisations of people with physical/sensory impairments

Treaty around the corner

o Spread Knowledge

o Connect stakeholders• Make Plans

o Monitor

Target groups

What did we do?

• Foto vertelpunt/monitor

Results so far

• 20 to 140 participants locally each meeting

• Local and regional governments involved

• 50 CRPD ambassadors connected

• 5 local governments ratified CRPD so far

• Plans are made

Lessons learned

• To get people involved you need to meet them, invest in connecting

• The efforts before the meeting are as important as the meeting itself

• Local governments are open to work for all citizens instead of 85%

• People have little knowledge on human rights, continuing attention is needed

• 12% extra sales might convince business

If you think you are too small to have an impact, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room…Together we can move mountains!