UNICEF’S WORK ON DISABILITY Rosangela Berman Bieler, Senior Advisor, Children With Disabilities,...

UNICEF’S WORK ON DISABILITY

Rosangela Berman Bieler, Senior Advisor,

Children With Disabilities, Programme Division

Doreen Mulenga, Deputy Director,

Supply Programme, Supply Division

APCD Forum, 6 - 7 July 2015, Copenhagen

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Overview

1. Equity context

2. Current programmes

3. Supply opportunities

4. Going forward

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Equity

UNICEF’s Strategic Plan (2014 -2017):

• Includes every child, everywhere

• Focuses on most disadvantaged, most excluded

• Transforms commitment into action

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Results for all children

So all children survive and thrive

1. Health

2. HIV & AIDS

3. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

4. Education

5. Nutrition

6. Child protection

7. Social inclusion

PROGRAMME

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Disability goals

1. Mainstream inclusion in development & emergencies

2. Develop leadership on the rights of children with

disabilities

3. Be an inclusive organization

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Inclusive programmes

• In 2014, around 100 Country Offices report work on inclusion in all regions

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Key programme activities

Current Flagships• Inclusive Education • Inclusive Emergencies and Humanitarian Action• Data and Evidence on Children with Disabilities

UNICEF as an inclusive organization for All• Accessibility ExDirs• Inclusive ICTs, Communications & Supplies• Employment Policies

Cross Cutting Strategy • Partnerships (IASG, UNPRPD, CRPD Committee, DPOs…)

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SDG 4 – Inclusive Education

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SDG 4 - Inclusive education

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SDG 4 - Inclusive education

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Current Flagships• Inclusive Education • Inclusive Emergencies and Humanitarian Action• Data and Evidence on Children with Disabilities

UNICEF as an inclusive organization for All• Accessibility ExDirs• Inclusive ICTs, Communications & Supplies• Employment Policies

Cross Cutting Strategy • Partnerships (IASG, UNPRPD, CRPD Committee, DPOs…)

UNICEF Disability Workplan 2015

SUPPLY

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Scale & scope

• 2014 total procurement: $3.38 billion

• Over 5,000 products

• Largest humanitarian warehouse

• Supply hubs in Dubai, Panama & Shanghai

• Nearly 1,000 staff in 89 countries

• Diversity in staff skills & specialisations

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What we do

• Service delivery

• Emergency

• Influencing markets

• Product innovation

• Strengthening supply chains

• Monitoring

• Services contracting

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AT products & unmet needs

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Procurement of AT products

Large mobility and vision project for Nicaragua

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Regional procurement (2010-14)

Medical diagnostic equipment and large projects, Zimbabwe, Tanzania

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Medical diagnostic equipment and large projects, Zimbabwe, Tanzania

Excludes procurement by Latin America & Caribbean

Braille equipment for Djibouti

Mobility for several countries

Mobility & vision for several countries

Selected regions (2010-14)

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Supply disability goals

• AT products more available, affordable & appropriate

• Universal design mainstreamed in products, facilities and construction projects

• AT products available for staff who need them

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Activities

• Universal design in products & construction

• Procurement strategies for AT products

• Guidance on AT products & services

• Innovation of products

• Partnership for greater reach & impact

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Identify and seize opportunities to

• Incorporate universal design in products & facilities

• Make products more available, affordable & appropriate

• Influence & enable decisions and actions that make a more inclusive world

Going forward together

THANK YOU!