Wissenbach, Lars
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Publication Challenges of Inclusion(2019-07-11); ; ; The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) obliges States Parties to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of person with disabilities. Governments at all Levels are called upon to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all spheres of life. The local Level plays a particular role with respect to provisions made by the CRPD, which states that disability arises from the interaction between a person and her/his physical and social environment. Persons with disabilities are particularly affected by social, environmental and cultural barriers. lt is the social and physical environment of local communities, where these barriers take concrete shape, and where local planning approaches have to manage the dismantling of barriers and the implementation of inclusive structures. 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:BookSeries:ZPE-Schriftenreihe - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Planning inclusive cities and human settlements. Entry points for International Development Cooperation(2020-01-10)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 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 Deutsche Gesellschaft fürr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Global Project 'lnclusion of Persons with Disabilities', on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). lt provides a strategic perspective and a basic conceptual framework for disability-inclusive local development. lt 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-Schriftenreihe3 7