FEDERATION OF DISABILITIES ORGANISATIONS IN MALAWI (FEDOMA)

Communities of Practice in Disability Advocacy for Mainstreaming (COPDAM)

MAINSTREAMING IN MALAWI

6th OCTOBER 2014Presentation by: Perpetual Yotamu Mtamula

Presentation Outline• Introduction• History• Key Partners• 2014 Progress• Purpose of Taskforce• Composition of Taskforce• Focus Areas • Outstanding Activities

Introduction Aims• Facilitation of mainstreaming of disability in

plans and programmes of government.• Creation of institutional arrangements for

promoting disability as an integral component of government’s development agenda;

Introduction Aims• Development and monitoring of a National

Disability Mainstreaming Strategy (NDMS); • Capacity building of FEDOMA in disability

mainstreaming & creation of awareness on rights based approaches to disability and development.

History• 1. Road map developed in 2011• 2. Establishment of Govt focal points 2011• 3. Appointment of a Technical Advisor at

Ministry 2012• 4. Drafting of NDMP 2012• 5. Capacity Building of Focal points 2013• 6. National Taskforce 2013

Key Partners

• FEDOMA• NAD• CBM• DDEA• MACOHA

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Mainstreaming 2014 Progress - “Finalisation” of the National Disability Mainstreaming

Strategy- Establishment of a National Coordinating Committee on

Disability Issues (NACCODI)- Mobilisation of resources for finalisation of NDMS as well as

for capacity building- Dialogue on Ambassadorial Award

4. NDMP Task ForcePurpose • Development of a Mainstreaming Action

Plan/Strategy.• Monitoring & Evaluation of the

Mainstreaming Strategy.

NDMP task force Composition2 Government Officers2 Malawi Council of the Handicap Officers4 FEDOMA representatives2 NGO rep & Faculty of Law rep 1 Technical Advisor1 Malawi Human Rights Commision Officer

5. Focus Areas of the NDMP• Health• Education• Social• Empowerment• Crosscutting

2014 Outstanding Activities• Ambassadorial Award• Finalisation of the NDMP by end November

2014• Continued engagement with Ministries• Dissemination/Stakeholders Workshop

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