Country Checkpoint

Are you aware of whether your country has:

  1. A national development action plan or programme?
  2. A national action plan on disability?
  3. other sectoral plans (for example, a national education plan, a national plan for older persons, or a child rights action plan)?

Use the examples below as a reference of different types of National Action Plans.

Examples of Types of National Action Plan that relate to Disability[1]

General Development Plan with Disability-Inclusive Elements

  • Uganda: Second National Development Plan (NDPII) 2015/16 – 2019/20 “Strengthening Uganda’s Competitiveness for Sustainable Wealth Creation, Employment and Inclusive Growth” in support of Uganda Vision 2040 “A Transformed Ugandan Society from a Peasant to a Modern and Prosperous Country within 30 years”, available at: http://npa.ug/wp-content/uploads/NDPII- Final.pdf
  • Jamaica: Vision 2030 Jamaica - National Development Plan . Persons with Disabilities Sector Plan 2009 – 2030
  • Qatar: Qatar National Development Strategy
  • Czech: National Plan for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 2015-2020
  • Estonia: Welfare Development Plan 2016–2023
  • Thailand: 11 National Economic and Social Development Plan (2012-2016)

General National Human Rights Action Plan with Disability-Inclusive Elements:

Examples of Thematic or Sector Plans that relate to Disability:

  • South Africa: National Plan of Action for Children in South Africa, 2012-2017, available at: http:// www.unicef.org/southafrica/SAF_resources_npac.pdf
  • Sierra Leone Education Sector Plan, 2007-2015, available at: http://planipolis.iiep. unesco.org/upload/Sierra%20Leone/Sierra_Leone_ESP.pdf
  • Cambodia: National Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities including Landmine/ERW3 Survivors 2009 – 2011
  • Thailand: Women with Disabilities Development’s Strategic Plan: B.E.2556-2559 (2013-2016)
  • Croatia: Plan for Transformation and Deinstitutionalization of Social Welfare Homes and Other Legal Entities Providing Social Welfare Services in Croatia for the period 2011 -2016 (2018)
  • Lithuana: Action Plan on the Transition from Institutional Care to Family and Community Services for Disabled Persons and Children without Parental Care (2014-2020)

Disability-Specific Action Plan:

  • Australia: National Disability Strategy 2010–2020 (Australian Government Action Plan)
  • Mozambique, National Plan of Action for the Area of Disability, 2012-2019
  • Ethiopia: National Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities (2012 – 2021), MOLSA, Addis Ababa 2012
  • Albania: National Action Plan on Persons with Disabilities 2016–2020
  • Thailand: The 4th National Plan on Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities B.E.2555-2559 (2012 - 2016)
  • Philippines: National Plan of Action for the Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2003 – 2012
  • New Zealand: 5. New Zealand: Disability Action Plan 2014-2018
  • Nepal: National Policy and Plan of Action 2006 – 2016
  • Cyprus: Disability Action Plan 2018-2020 (National Disability Action Plan 2013-2015)
  • Norway: Government’s action plan for equality for persons with disabilities 2020-2030
  • Germany: National Plan of Action of the Federal Government for the implementation of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2011 – 2021
  • Kosovo: National Disability Action Plan for the Republic of Kosovo 2009-2011
  • Peru: Plan for the Equalization of Opportunities for People with Disabilities 2009-2018

Regional Action Plan

  • African Union: Revised African Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2010-2019): http://www.africa-union.org/child/Decade%20Plan%20of%20Action%20-Final.pdf
  • Council of Europe: Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015
  • The Pacific Plan 2005: Disability (Initiative 12.5)
  • European Union: European Disability Strategy 2010–2030

Global Action Plan

  • WHO Global Disability Action Plan 2014 – 2021.

[1] For a full list see: 1. European Union Agency for fundamental Rights: FRA FOCUS 05/2015: Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 2. See UNDESA for full list: Disability Strategies and Action Plans by Country/Area.