International Advocacy and Alliances (IAA)
Promoting inclusive development
IAA overview
-
©IDDC/Nicholls
-
Mr. Murali Pradmanabhan, who works for CBM in India, presenting the IDDC and its approach to inclusive development to the European Parliament Committee on Development
Advocacy and alliances are inherent parts of CBM's development work. In every context in which CBM works, we prioritise working with others, and using our combined efforts to build, and to advocate for, an inclusive society.
CBM has increasingly recognised the importance of tackling the barriers faced by persons with disabilities – inaccessible public services and infrastructure, the lack of work, training and educational opportunities, barriers to information and communication and a culture of discrimination towards persons with disabilities.
Working within the guiding frameworks of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the global partnership of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Community-Based Rehabilitation which forms the basis of our programme work, CBM's advocacy and alliance work aims ‘to mobilise resources in other organisations for Inclusive Development through Advocacy and Alliances’ (CBM Strategy 2012–2015).
In CBM's 7th Inclusive Development Newsletter, we focused on how advocacy is an inherent component of CBMs development work, from the grass roots to the international level: to read advocacy stories from around the world click here.
CBM has increasingly recognised the importance of tackling the barriers faced by persons with disabilities – inaccessible public services and infrastructure, the lack of work, training and educational opportunities, barriers to information and communication and a culture of discrimination towards persons with disabilities.
Working within the guiding frameworks of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the global partnership of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Community-Based Rehabilitation which forms the basis of our programme work, CBM's advocacy and alliance work aims ‘to mobilise resources in other organisations for Inclusive Development through Advocacy and Alliances’ (CBM Strategy 2012–2015).
In CBM's 7th Inclusive Development Newsletter, we focused on how advocacy is an inherent component of CBMs development work, from the grass roots to the international level: to read advocacy stories from around the world click here.
IAA in more detail
In January 2011, CBM established a department for International Advocacy and Alliances (IAA). The team (see below) leads our advocacy and alliances work at an international level and also supports, coordinates and strengthens our advocacy and alliances work across CBM’s member associations.
The goal of CBM’s International Advocacy and Alliances Department is to make all international development efforts inclusive of persons with disabilities. Inclusive development is about how we work and what we work towards. Persons with disabilities are central to how we plan, carry out, monitor and evaluate our development work. The IAA team is also focused on ensuring that our international advocacy is firmly grounded in CBMs global development work and that persons with disabilities are included in every aspect.
Who we are:
What IAA works towards
Advocacy and alliances objectives
Building on our programme experience, we have developed objectives to achieve our goal of promoting disability inclusive development and ensuring that the rights of persons with disabilities are included in development strategies, policies, programmes and research initiatives.
How will we know we have achieved our objectives?
In order to assess whether we have achieved our objectives we will monitor to what extent stakeholders have mobilised the following resources for inclusive development, as a result of CBM’s advocacy and alliance work:
- Political endorsement
- Budget allocation
- Policy and programmes
- Human resources
- Technical resources
- Monitoring and evaluation
At the international level, success will be when:
- Persons with disabilities are included in the post-2015 MDG agenda
- Inclusive international cooperation policies and processes exist at national level
- Tangible steps have been taken to implement and monitor the CRPD with regard to international cooperation (with a focus, but not limited to Article 32).
- Inclusive development advocacy is supported by research and is based on priorities set by people with disabilities in developing countries.
- CBM has promoted the inclusion of persons with disabilities in emerging development issues
- CBM influences international humanitarian processes to include persons with disabilities in humanitarian response, in line with CRPD
CBM international advocacy initiatives
- Making the MDGs inclusive
- Promoting Inclusive Development at the European Union (EU)
- Promoting the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in International Cooperation
CBM policy submissions
Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights – General Discussion on women and girls with disabilities
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will hold a half Day of General Discussion on Women and Girls with Disabilities on Wednesday 17 April 2013. The Committee underlines the importance of holding this discussion, given the multiple forms of discrimination experienced by women and girls with disabilities that hinder their meaningful participation on an equal basis with other individuals in all spheres of life. The Committee invites all persons with disabilities and their representative organisations to submit their inputs to the Committee. Here is CBM's input:
UN DESA called for input on the realising the Millennium development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond. Read CBMs input here:
International Alliances
CBM is engaged in alliances with like minded organisations to achieve our key objectives. We work together at the international level, at national level and also at local or community level, in line with CBM's tagline - 'together we can do more'.
