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Good Practices for Inclusive Local Governance in West Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo DISCLAIMER GOOD PRACTICES FOR INCLUSIVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN WEST AFRICA Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo DISCLAIMER The “Rights in Action” initiative is part of a broader regional project - DECISIPH - which addresses the issues of rights, equality, citizenship, solidarity, and inclusion of people with disabilities across six countries in West Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this report are entirely those of the authors and its contributors and should not be attributed in any manner to Handicap International’s donors or partners. Only Handicap International/Regional DECISIPH Coordination is directly responsible for the materials published in the «Rights in Action» report. For copies of this report, please contact Handicap International Regional DECISIPH Coordination ([email protected]) or visit the Making it Work website (www.makingitwork-crpd.org). © Handicap International owns the copyright to this publication, which can be used and reproduced, provided the source is mentioned (© Handicap International) and it is not for commercial use. Rights in Action - Good Practices for Inclusive Local Governance in West Africa, Handicap International, 2010. THE MAKING IT WORK INITIATIVE For more information contact [email protected] or visit www.makingitwork-crpd.org. 2 - Rights in Action ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Priscille Geiser, Catherine Dixon, Philippe Chervin. This report has been realised thanks to the financial support of: AFD, the European Union and Handicap International. The authors are also thankful to the numerous colleagues It has been produced within the framework of the DECISIPH and partners from regional, national and local organizations regional project, financed by AFD and the European Union and (including the members of regional and national Rights in implemented by Handicap International across six countries in Action advisory committees), who provided information West Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and and shared their experiences regarding the themes of local Togo. governance and the social and political participation of people with disabilities in their countries. This report serves as Author: Francesca Piatta (Handicap International). testimony to their commitment and efforts to achieve positive Contributing author: Michael Guy (Handicap International). changes in these sectors. Coordination: Cathy Dimbarre Kpehounton (Handicap The authors are very grateful for their valuable comments and International). recommendations during the report’s elaboration. Contributors from DECISIPH project teams: Ousseini Badini (Burkina Faso), Issa Toure (Mali), Roukayatou Konate (Niger), Translation and proof reading: Roland Baghnyan. Faly Keita (Senegal), Issa Turay (Sierra Leone), Hyacinthe Editor of the English translation: Michael Guy (Handicap Bankati (Togo). International). Field Researchers: Nab Leonard Nabire (Burkina Faso), Farouk Proof-reading: Perle Jonot (Handicap International). Adamou Gaoh (Niger), Nanaber Hassane Toure (Mali), Ousmane Photographs: From DECISIPH project teams and Olivier Thiendella Fall (Senegal), Andrew Kondovoh (Sierra Leone), Asselin for Handicap International. Ebenezer Agordome (Togo). Design, layout and publication: AK-Project. Contributors and technical advisors, Handicap International: Rights in Action - 3 n West Africa, as with many other regions of the world, people with disabilities are largely excluded from the process of development, with extremely limited opportunities to engage I in public consultations and decision-making. This exclusion only serves to reinforce the marginalisation, critical poverty and isolation experienced by people with disabilities in the region. However, there is a growing political shift towards and proposes a series of practical recommendations for decentralization across West Africa, with decision- key stakeholders on how to replicate or ‘scale up’ this good making and resource allocation increasingly deployed to practice. In most cases, the good practices have been government authorities at the local level. This shift now developed with very limited financial resources, but with offers greater opportunities for people with disabilities the strong involvement of disabled people’s organizations and their representative organizations to influence local (DPOs) and the willingness of local authorities. development and decisions about the provision of public “Rights in Action” is a call for action. The goal of a more goods and services. equal and inclusive society cannot be achieved without considering the needs and interests of marginalised groups. People with disabilities must be given the opportunity to engage in decision-making about the provision of public goods and FOREWORDS services. This right is enshrined in the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This report should be used as a tool to support This “Rights in Action” report has been developed as part of key stakeholders to understand their role and their DECISIPH, a regional project which addresses the issues responsibilities towards making this right a reality. of rights, equality, citizenship, solidarity, and inclusion of people with disabilities across six countries in West Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. All feedback and comments on this report are very welcome: DECISIPH is implemented with the financial support of the [email protected] French Ministry of Foreign Affairs/AFD and the European Union. The “Rights in Action” initiative aims to document and disseminate examples of people with disabilities actively Cathy DIMBARRE KPEHOUNTON participating in local governance and influencing decision- Regional DECISIPH Coordinator making in West Africa. The report analyses these examples 4 - Rights in Action Rights in Action - 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Forewords .................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 About this report ..............................................................................................................8 Objective of the report ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Readership .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Structure of the report ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Acronyms and abbreviations .......................................................................................11 Part I. Presentation of the « Rights in Action » initiative ....................................................................................12 Objective..........................................................................................................................13 The framework for implementation ............................................................................14 About the DECISIPH project .................................................................................................................................................... 14 « Rights in Action » methodology ..............................................................................15 The international « Making It Work » initiative ........................................................................................................................ 15 The next steps after the report ....................................................................................16 Part II. Conceptual framework ............................................................................................................................................................................................18 Disability as a development issue ..............................................................................19 Disability and the millennium development goals ...................................................................................................................20 Understanding disability as a human rights issue ..................................................21 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ............................22 The principles of inclusive development ...................................................................26 Inclusive local development .....................................................................................................................................................27 The decentralization process ...................................................................................................................................................28 Citizen participation and inclusive local governance ..............................................30 What is the link between inclusive local governance and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities? ....33 6 - Rights in Action Part III. Disability and
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