Wissenbach, Lars
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Publication Access status: Open Access , Challenges of inclusion : local support systems and social service arrangements for persons with disabilities in Suhum, Ghana : Baseline Study ReportThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) obliges States Parties to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of person with disabilities. The Republic of Ghana ratified the CRPD in 2012 and started to adopt legislative and policy measures for its implementation at all government levels. But how are these legislative and policy measures being taken up in Ghanaian districts? Which approaches for a local implementation of the CRPD prove to be effective in Ghana? These and further questions were addressed by researchers of the Department of Social Work at the University of Ghana and the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Social Services (ZPE) at University of Siegen, Germany in a Pilot Project at Suhum Municipal, in the Eastern Region of Ghana, implemented between July 2017 and June 2018. This report presents the findings of a qualitative baseline study on support systems and social service arrangements for persons with disabilities in Suhum, which was conducted in late 2017 as part the pilot project.Source Type:BookDOI:10.25819/ubsi/33Series:ZPE-SchriftenreiheVolume number:521364 795 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Conceptual framework(2019)Recent developments in the field of international cooperation call for renewed attention to the role of local governance in development and emphasize the role of local governments and local communities for processes of inclusion and public well-being. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) obliges States Parties to make local development processes inclusive of persons with disabilities. The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, the UN HABITAT III New Urban Agenda and further global policy frameworks reaffirm the role of the local level for sustainable development and emphasize the need to foster accessible public infrastructure in cities and municipalities. Today, local governments across the globe, exert a decisive influence over the living conditions and quality of life of a nation’s citizens, including persons with disabilities. This raises the need for an in-depth discussion on the role of organizing the immediate physical and social environment of cities and municipalities with regard to the elimination of barriers and the provision of opportunities for participation and living a self-determined life. This concept paper was produced in cooperation with the GIZ Global Project ‘Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities’ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It provides a strategic perspective and a basic conceptual framework for disability-inclusive local development. It aims to equip policy makers and practitioners in the fields of international cooperation and local development with a conceptual approach and practical entry points for disability mainstreaming in cities and municipalities.Source Type:BookSeries:ZPE-SchriftenreiheVolume number:55673 827 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Facilitating the interaction between citizens and local governments through information and communication technology (FACIL-ICT)FACIL-ICT is a Pilot project in Nsawam/Adoagyiri and Suhum municipalities in the Eastern region of Ghana. The project seeks to discover new possibilities for effectively improving communication between the people in rural communities and local government structures in the Municipalities through Information Communication Technology (ICT). It intends to build on current structures and practices to develop a two-way communication system between local government structures and the people in dispersed rural communities within the municipalities to provide information on health and social welfare service delivery.Source Type:BookSeries:ZPE-SchriftenreiheVolume number:58487 199 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Local Medium-Term Development Planning for People in Vulnerable SituationsThis research report was prepared as part of the project Local Development for the Inclusion of People in Vulnerable Situations (LOCDEV). The report draws on an empirical analysis of Ghana’s National Medium-Term Development Policy Framework 2022–2025 and 33 municipal and district development plans, as well as survey data and group discussions with local planning actors and social welfare officials. It examines the extent to which the country’s medium-term development planning system provides opportunities for a systematic mainstreaming of the rights and needs of people in vulnerable situations into local development processes. The report presents findings on the structures, processes, and practices through which vulnerability is addressed within local planning. It concentrates on group–specific aspects of vulnerability, as reflected in planning documents, including childhood, youth, old age, gender, disability, and mental health. Both the substantive treatment of these issues and their institutional integration within planning structures and processes are examined. Findings suggest that despite uniform national planning guidelines, local planning practices exhibit a variety of approaches and patterns for addressing these issues. This variation indicates, on the one hand, a degree of discretion that local governments can exercise. On the other hand, it reveals opportunities for peer exchange and collective learning to strengthen vulnerability-responsive local development planning. Therefore, the report also aims to encourage the development of peer exchange and collective learning processes on vulnerability-responsive planning among local government stakeholders.Source Type:BookSeries:ZPE-SchriftenreiheVolume number:6128 50 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Access status: Open Access , Planung und Entwicklung von Sozialen Diensten für Menschen mit Behinderungen(2022); ; ; ; Rohrmann, AlbrechtSocial services to support persons with disabilities have developed dynamically in recent years and are currently subject to considerable pressure to change. The research work collected in this volume has actively accompanied the development towards inclusion-oriented support in numerous projects at different levels.Source Type:BookSeries:ZPE-SchriftenreiheVolume number:57945 2291