Accessibility and disability inclusion in urban

development: A perspective from Ecuador and Latin

America

Outline

I. Public Policies and DisabilityII. Accessibility and disability inclusion

III. LEADING UP TO HABITAT IIIIV. Progress And Challenges In Latin America

I. Public Policies and Disability

Source: Banco Internacional de Reconstrucci[on y Fomento/Banco Mundial (2015)

Disability in Latin America and Caribbean LAC

PUBLIC POLICY EVOLUTION

New dynamic in terms of the exercise of the rights of persons with disability

From welfare states, to social inclusion and protection.

Human Rights has been placed at the core of the regulations, and strategic and programmatic interventions

AccessibilityProductive I.Participative I.Disaster Risk M

I STAGE

II STAGE

PUBLIC POLICY EVOLUTION IN ECUADOR : PUBLIC POLICY EVOLUTION IN ECUADOR : TOWARDS 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA TOWARDS 2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

II. Accessibility and disability inclusion

LAC TOWARDS INCLUSION

The institutional architecture in the region is changing to meet the challenges of the CRPD.

GOVERNMENT OF SAO PAULO PRACTICE ON ACCESSIBILITY ( HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION , EDUCATION, SPORTS , COMMUNICATION, JUSTICE ) .

CULTURE AND LEISURE INCLUSIVE CINEMAACCESIBLE PARKS

UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY

SOCIAL PROTECTION

BONO JOAQUIN GALLEGOS LARA CASH TRANSFER

CONECTAR IGUALDAD PROGRAMME

INCLUISIVE EDUCATION

INCLUISIVE PARTICPACION

COMUNA DE CHIMBARONGOCBR

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:LABOUR AND PRODUCTIVE INCLUSION

RECOGNITION SEAL FOR INCLUSIVE CORPORATIONS

LABOUR CUOTA IN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS

SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

1 MILLION BENEFICIARIES

WITH DISABILITY

Implementation of the LEARNING VIRTUAL COMMUNITY

(WEB PLATFORM)

SALVADOR

HONDURAS

PANAMÁ

Central America joins “Ecuador Lives Inclusion”

TOOL: CBR

GENERATE

EMPOWERMENT

INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC POLICY

GUARANTEE OF RIGHTS

PARTICIPATIVE INCLUSIONINCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE POLICIES

SOCIAL FABRIC

STRENGTHEN

PUBLIC , PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES

SUSTAINABILITY OF PUBLIC POLICIES ON DISABILITIES

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPACT

SOCIAL COHESION

Circuits count with a Strategy of Inclusive Community Development

Persons participated in the process

90 64.000

Intersectoral Networks of Territorial Coordination

140Public and Private Institutions are Part of the Network

500

PRODUCTIVE INCLUSION

PRODUCTIVE INCLUSION NETWORK

Network Members

PwDPerson with Disability

SETEDISTechnical Secretariat for the Inclusive Management on Disabilites

BNFNational Development Bank

PPPPublic/Private Partnerships

PPP PwD

PwD SETEDIS

BNF

OPERATION AND MONITORING

BUSINESS IMPLEMENTATION

FINANCINGMARKETING AND BUSINESS IMAGE

PwD SETEDIS

SETEDIS

SETEDIS PwD

BUSINESS PROSPECT

TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY

PwD

BUSINESS IDEA

INVESTMENT AND RESILIENCE

2015 PROJECTION1000 BUSINESSES USD 7´000.000

2015 PROJECTION1000 BUSINESSES USD 7´000.000

Trained Beneficiaries

Productive Inclusion

Businesses

Design

Brands Created

Productive Meetings

Market Access

Agreements

Strengthening

Approved Loans

Finance

Technical Visits

Monitoring

PRODUCTS

Jobs

TECHNICAL TEAMS

UNIVERSITIES

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL PARTNERS

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

INCUBATORS

ALEJO FOTOALEJO FOTOALEJO FOTO

33Intervened sectors (Baños de Agua Santa)

15.000BENEFICIARIES

192Families have inclusive emergency plans (Baños de Agua Santa)

INCLUSIVE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Source: National Survey on Living Conditions 2006 - 2014

83.168 homes of PWD left poverty

38.207 homes of PWD left extreme poverty

Poverty and extreme poverty by household consumption of Persons with Disabilities

Poverty Extreme Poverty

RESULT

PRODUCTIVE INCLUSIONBUSINESSES VS. INVESTMENT

CASH TRANSFERSBENEFICIARIES

LABOR INCLUSION EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION

0$-

PWD BUSINESSES

INVESTMENT

758

$ 5´500.000

1´113.073 20.715

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT BOND

JOAQUÍN GALLEGOS LARA BOND

15.179

80.381

PWD EMPLOYED

2009 2015

PWD STUDYING

2009 2015

13.447

72.197

2009 20152015

I. Leading up to HABITAT III

Rapid and consistent evolution on disability public policy based on endogenous development and South-South cooperation.

Adaptation of CRPD in national and local institutional structures.

Strong exchanges of civil society initiatives in each country.

STRENGTHS and OPPORTUNITIES

IV. CHALLENGES

CHALLENGES

The qualification and certification of disabilities is a pending matter requiring further work. It is the main concern of the countries of the region.

Promote the adoption and adaptation of universal accessibility norms at the global level. Promote the adoption of a Universal Accessibility Global Action Plan, envisioning the implementation of accessibility assessments and quantifiable and measurable enhancement proposals based on the best practices, including that of Ecuador.

Include universal accessibility as a cross-cutting issue in the agenda-setting discussions leading to Habitat III.