Local Implementation of the CRPDAgnes van Wijnen
Getting Ready to RatifyDublin May, 17 2013 DFI /CDLP
Situation NL
• Little awareness on CRPD
• Little awareness on human rights
• NL has signed, not ratified CRPD
Coalition for Inclusion
Developing to work together on CRPD
• Organisations of personswith mental impairments
• Organisations of people with intellectual impairments
• Organisations of people with physical/sensory impairments
Treaty around the corner
o Spread Knowledge
o Connect stakeholders• Make Plans
o Monitor
Target groups
What did we do?
• Foto vertelpunt/monitor
Results so far
• 20 to 140 participants locally each meeting
• Local and regional governments involved
• 50 CRPD ambassadors connected
• 5 local governments ratified CRPD so far
• Plans are made
Lessons learned
• To get people involved you need to meet them, invest in connecting
• The efforts before the meeting are as important as the meeting itself
• Local governments are open to work for all citizens instead of 85%
• People have little knowledge on human rights, continuing attention is needed
• 12% extra sales might convince business
If you think you are too small to have an impact, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room…Together we can move mountains!