In March 2021, the European Commission adopted an EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities for the period of 2021-2030. Including an external dimension, the strategy aims to improve the lives of persons with disabilities in Europe and around the world. The strategy explicitly applies to foreign affairs, as the EU commits to uphold the human rights of persons with disabilities and, crucially, support their inclusion in all external actions in it. The workshop held on 4 March 2024 analysed the EU's achievements, current practices as well as the efforts of other major humanitarian actors and donors around the world to promote disability inclusion in humanitarian settings. It took stock of the best practices and of the EU’s efforts to make humanitarian actions more accessible. Based on this discussion, the workshop also addressed open issues and provided recommendations on how to improve them.
Authors
Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, European Parliament, Akerkar, Supriya
- Catalogue number
- QA-05-24-382-EN-N QA-05-24-382-EN-C
- Citation
- European Parliament, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, Akerkar, S., Humanitarian assistance to persons with disabilities – Workshop , European Parliament, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/812839
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/091060 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/812839
- ISBN
- 978-92-848-1943-0
- Pages
- 56
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Humanitarian aid , Social
Table of Contents
- List of abbreviations 9
- Table of figures 11
- 1 Introduction 12
- 2 Evolution of the EU’s approach to disability inclusion in humanitarian response 13
- 2.1 Historic trends of the EU’s efforts to include persons with disabilities in humanitarian response 13
- 2.2 Analysis of recent developments and the EU’s progress towards disability inclusion in humanitarian projects 14
- 2.2.1 Monitoring of disability inclusion 14
- 2.2.2 Monitoring resources developed by DG ECHO 16
- 3 Good practices of other actors and donors on disability inclusion in humanitarian settings 20
- 3.1 Undertaking an intersectional approach 20
- 3.2 Quality disability data collection and disaggregation of data using WGQ 22
- 3.3 Meaningful involvement of persons with disabilities 23
- 3.3.1 Inclusive humanitarian cycle 23
- 3.3.2 Effective participation of OPDs 25
- 3.3.3 Inclusive feedback and complaints mechanism 26
- 3.4 Identification and removal of barriers for people with diverse disabilities 26
- 3.5 Capacity development of humanitarian actors 28
- 3.6 Improving reporting and monitoring of disability inclusion 29
- 3.7 Budgetary allocation for monitoring of disability inclusion 29
- 4 Areas of the EU’s efforts in disability inclusion and mainstreaming in humanitarian contexts that need further strengthening 29
- 4.1 Intersectionality 30
- 4.2 Inclusion of SADDD and WGQ 30
- 4.3 Monitoring and reporting on disability inclusion and funding 31
- 4.4 Coordination and learning among donors 32
- 4.5 Better coordination and learning between DG INTPA and DG ECHO 32
- 4.6 Capacity building of DG ECHO partners 32
- 4.7 Capacity building of OPDs and their meaningful involvement 33
- 4.8 Identification and removal of barriers for persons with diverse disabilities 33
- 5 Recommendations for the EU to strengthen its work on humanitarian assistance to persons with disabilities 33
- 5.1 Applied policy work 33
- 5.2 SADDD data collection, analysis, use of WGQ and reporting 34
- 5.3 Monitoring and reporting of disability inclusion and meaningful involvement 34
- 5.4 Coordination 35
- 5.5 OPD capacity building and partnership 35
- 5.6 Capacity building of DG ECHO partners 35
- 6 Bibliography 36
- Humanitarian assistance to persons with disabilities_WP proceed_Lay-out.pdf -1
- List of abbreviations 43
- 1 Workshop programme 44
- 2 Introduction 45
- 3 Presentation of the Briefing on ‘Humanitarian assistance to persons with disabilities’ 45
- 4 Presentation from invited expert 47
- 5 Intervention from DG ECHO 47
- 6 Debate with Members 49
- 6.1 Responses from the panel 50
- Annex 1 – Speakers’ bios 52
- Annex 2 – Photos from the workshop 53
