Policy paper

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA)

Updated 7 August 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

IMPORTANT: Please refer to the accompanying guidance note for advice on completing this form and please fill in all four sections in English.

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisation

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Name of organisation United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA)

Charter for Change

Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☒ Note: Already communicated per email to IDA yesterday (16 July) as per the indications on their website.

Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:

Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination

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Commitments for Inclusive Education

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Commitments for Economic Empowerment

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Commitments for Technology and Innovation

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Commitments for Data Disaggregation

(see below under G)

Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities

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Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):

• OCHA commits to appoint a dedicated focal point to foster the inclusion of persons with disabilities in our mandated activities.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

• immediate

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Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit): OCHA will:

• in full cooperation with all concerned, establish a road map to include issues of persons with disabilities in our coordination tools and mechanisms.
• continue to support the finalization of the IASC guidelines; after their launch, we will advocate for their use at field, regional and global level and coordinate their implementation
• conclude a strategic partnership with Humanity & Inclusion and work closely with DPOs to provide advice and support to make our own programs more inclusive

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

Road Map and conclusion of the strategic partnership: by end 2018 – Roll-out of IASC guidelines on inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action: from 2019 – Make our own programs more inclusive: by 2020

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OCHA will, by end 2018:

• establish a dedicated Fellowship, to work with partners (UNICEF, Humanity & Inclusion, IDA and others, including DPOs) to improve standard frameworks for humanitarian data collection and analysis
• give visibility to the need for disability disaggregated data on the HDX platform and through one event.
• build awareness-raising materials on the analysis and use of the Washington Group Short Set of questions.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

The Fellowship will be established within the OCHA Center for Humanitarian Data in The Hague for an initial duration of 2 months. Its Terms of Reference and possible extensions will be agreed with concerned partners. Building on existing projects and gaps, the Fellow will, among others, review humanitarian indicators, identify measures to strengthen disaggregated data collection and analysis, and, time permitting, support the creation of a specific data tool kit for UN Agencies.

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Other Commitments

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