7/31/2019 Disability Mainstreaming (1)

1/2

Version2

DISABILITY MAINSTREAMING IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION : SAFEGUARDING THE GAINS

THEME: LESSONS IN MAINSTREAMING DISABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY IN ORGANIZATIONALDEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Venue: Safari Park Hotel

Dates: August 30th 31st 2012.

Adopting international standards in the

realization of MDGs & vision 2030

Training Mission Creating an inclusive society:

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Constraints

7/31/2019 Disability Mainstreaming (1)

2/2

IntroductionFollowing the National conference National Conference on Disability and accessibility rights that wasorganized by the National Council for Persons with Disabilit ies at KICC (25th 27th June 2012), there is anurgent need to mainstream the important resolutions into organizational development agenda. This workshopseeks to insert disability in the world of cooperation, in the politics that create cooperation, in employment, indevelopment, in public sector, in the private sector and in the design of institutional/organizational projects aswell as take stock of the achievements so far in line with the disability act of 2003, the new constitution andVision 2030 while brainstorming on what needs to be done.

Themainfocusoftheprogrammewillbe:1. Establish formal frameworks and mechanism and for mainstreaming disability at the workplace.

2. Accessibility compliance issues3. Evaluate the ISO standards for effective inclusion of disability for certification purposes.4. Engage the development partners, private sector and public service on the frameworks in place to

achieve minimal accepted mainstream levels and establish evaluation mechanisms for the same5. Examine the lesson s learnt and best practices from the mainstreaming of gender at the workplace in

both the developed and developing world.6. Establish a consensus on a targeted and concrete strategy for Promoting inclusion of disabled people in

to the development agenda in order to accomplish disability mainstreaming in the long run7. Interrogate the application of the laws in the new constitutional dispensation on disability mainstreaming8. exchange good practices in the field of disability mainstreaming in the framework of the European

Employment Strategy

ImpactoftheprogrammeCreatinganinclusivesociety:Mainstreamingdisabilitybasedonthesocialeconomyexample:Social Economy is a specially favourable environment for equal opportunities. The needs of disadvantagedpeople need to be taken into account in the design of all policies and measures, and that action for the samepeople is not limited to those policies and measures which are specifically addressing their needs.Disabilitymainstreamingintheemploymentstrategy:People with disabilities are one of the groups whoare most disadvantaged as regards their participation in the labour market. The Employment Strategy has agreat deal to offer for people who run a high risk of exclusion from the labour market. Relevant elements shall bepresented for discussion.ISOCertification,disabilityandergonomicsattheworkplace:From your visual comfort at the computerscreen (ISO 9241) to the mental workload experienced at the office (ISO 10075), ergonomics is at the centre ofall types of work situations and how comfortable we are in those working situations. The goal of ergonomics inthe workplace is to eliminate worker exposure to occupational hazards e.g presence of ramps at every staircase

is a score on disability inclusionISO/IWA 2:Quality management systems Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 ineducation,industryandpublicsector:Gettingthebalancerightforanallinclusivesociety.Socialinclusionofpersonswithdisabilitiesthroughinformationandcommunicationtechnologies

(ICTs): The use of ICTs in all stages of education, training and human resource development should bepromoted, taking into account the special needs of persons with disabilities and disadvantaged and vulnerablegroups.Internal awareness and knowledge programs: there is a lack of internal awareness and knowledge ofdisability issues in administrations and institutions. There is a need for human resource development andmanagement.Millennium Development Goals MDGs and disability

Previous Participating

organizationsUniversityofNorthTexas,UniversityofNairobi,KisiiUniversitycollege,JKUAT,KU, KCAA,KAA,KFS,KWS,CentralBank,KEMRI,KARI,Ministries,KURA,ERC,AON,KPA,KPC,BrandKenya,PCPB,KEPHIS,TSC,EuropeanUnion,KMA,KIM,KPLC,EABL,MMUST, GIZ,IMF,WorldBank,KNEC,NHC,ASK,Govt.Institutionsandmanymore.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? HumanResourceDevelopment (HRD),HRM,Academia,TrainingDepartments,SocialResearchers,CEOs,parastatalheads,departmentalheads,supervisors,Humanresourcefirms,publicrelations,Publicsector,Privatesector,developmentpartners,donors.

In case of further questions concerning the project Disability Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation please contact Ann,Project Coordinator Tel.: 020-2101620, Fax: +254 2 275 00 93, Email: info@envirofit-consultants.org, OR visit the sponsoringsite at www.includeeverybody.org