Policy paper

DRC Ministry of Social Affairs

Published 23 July 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

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Name of organisation Minister of Social Affairs

Charter for Change

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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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Production of the national policy of protection disabled people: in DRC protection interventions these people are based on the sectoral policies of each ministry. This document will give the country’s vision of their participation in the active life of the community as a person with rights and duties like all other compatriots. It will also determine the role of stakeholders and identify the institution under whose leadership each will work. It will provide a set of programmatic and organizational strategies.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

a specialized firm will be recruited to produce this participative management document with all the public and private stakeholders of all disabled people with the same. we plan to do before the end of next year (2019)

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Policy, legislation and its implementation

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Advocacy for the adoption of the law on the promotion and protection of persons with disabilities, which has been in parliament since 2013

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) we plan to do before the end of next year (2019)

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Commitments for Inclusive Education

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Inclusive education sector plans (governments only)

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• direct support for children with disabilities and their families in inclusive community development at the local level,
• improvement of services (education, social, health),
• Capacity building of sign language education, Braille writing and differentiated psychology to optimize the school supervision of children with disabilities;
• popularization and strict respect of the directives on school building standards in the DRC to promote the accessibility of schools in the DRC.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) By 2021

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Commitments for Economic Empowerment

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Reasonable accomodation in the workplace and training institutions

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Coordinate and supervise economic reintegration projects for persons with disabilities; - Organizer of consultations with partners and public and private companies for the needs of the professional promotion of disabled people.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) By 2020

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Commitments for Technology and Innovation

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance

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Facilities for importing these aids (tax exemption by including them in the list of essential medicines). The process of signing an interdepartmental order is underway; - Training health teachers and users of this material by integrating it into health education schools;

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Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities

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Set up a database. This will serve as a source of inspiration for the design of government policy and guidance strategies, the framework for project development by the organization of people with disabilities, the tool for verifying progress and innovation achievement of rehabilitation goals and social reintegration of persons with disabilities. The methods and periodicity of implementation of the database on people with disabilities are programmed in a formalized and detailed six-month action plan.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) By 2019

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