Monitoring – international perspective

RI’s role

“Nothing About Us Without Us"

A landmark book by James I. Charlton• The culture always existed, but the

acknowledgement of it did not. • A crucial call for action which ensured

disabled people were around the table • Implementation promise

3 areas of responsibility

• Bengt Lindqvist (1st Special Rappateour)

– Mainstream the responsibility with an enforcement mechanism

– The government of the country always has the final responsibility

– Disability community, headed by DPOs, must assume responsibility for advocating change and progress

THE LESSONS LEARNTGlobal Advocacy Campaign

Implementing the changes

In implementing the UN CRPD for states and with civil society in countries where

there is willingness to realize partnerships

with international and regional organizations

Advocacy

Capacity building

Share expertise

Relative to Art. 32 of the UN CRPD.

Beyond Lobbying Laura Hershey has written:

"No community can survive and thrive for very long solely on

the strength of lobbying, legislation, litigation, and

protest. ..more is needed to feed a people's quest for identity

and autonomy, and to change a minority group's relationship

to the larger society”.

• Adding to the tool kit

• Workable solutions

Toolkit

• Consistency • Consensus • Collaboration

• Communication• Context

• Comprehensiveness• Confrontation/

negotiation • Change • Courage

Outcome

• Paradigm shift from welfare to rights• Getting people into work• Get children into schools• Access to health; rehabilitation; assistive

technology and interpreters• Have choices where and with whom I live• Access to justice

Strategies

• Informed disability community– accessible formats– Discussion on what is in the UNCRPD– Rural areas – Indigenous people and minority groups

• Organised civil society– Working collectively– Building relationships– Building connections

Strategies

• Build alliances and partnerships – Who is best to have the dialogue and with whom

• Clear goals and plan of action with clear objectives – Means and outcomes– Consistent with Principles – Data, statistics and research– Best practice solutions – Consider the integrated nature of the elements – Short, medium and long term goals – Sell inclusiveness

Strategies

• Capacity building of:– Civil society– Legislatures– Executive – Teachers– Employers As Partners and not targets

• Evaluate the success

Strategies

• Effective monitoring mechanisms with good baseline data

• Understand governmental budgetary processes and the machinery of government

• Answer “this is not possible” question• Disability part of all national plans• Training of professionals and stakeholders

reflect the social model

Strategies

• Tackle the hard questions – Supported decision making

• Take some risks

• Strategies, tools and capacity to effectively use the media

The journey

We have an increasing knowledge of where we have been and where we are going. (Thomas C. Nelson “Disability Culture”)

It takes a whole culture of people • producing idealizations of what everyone

should be • system of measures ("Culture as Disability" by

McDermott and Varenne)

Teamwork

“Now we have all embarked on one canoe, let us be

careful we do not pull backwards. Let us pull in the

same direction, as those sit in the bows; do not let

those in the stern paddle in the

opposite direction “ Wiremu Pohe 1860