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Panel on mainstreaming disability in MDG processesNew York, 3 September 2009
Mainstreaming disability in the MDG process
Maria Martinho
United Nations Statistics Division
DESA, New York
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
Outline
1. Global MDG monitoring
2. Mainstreaming disability
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
MDGs
● The MDGs are based on the commitments made by UN Member States in the Millennium Declaration in 2000
● An Inter-agency and Expert Group (IAEG) was created to translate these commitments into operational targets and measurable indicators
● The resulting MDG framework includes 8 Goals, 21 targets and 60 indicators
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
Global monitoring
● UNSD, in collaboration with the IAEG on MDG indicators*, is responsible for the global and regional monitoring
UNSD maintains the MDG Indicators database
and assesses trends based on regional and
global figures
The international agencies compile data for countries
worldwide and produce regional and global aggregates
Countries produce data
Countries send data to agencies
Agencies send data to UNSD
* The IAEG is now composed of over 25 international agencies, UN Regional Commissions and national statistical offices
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
Outputs
● Annual MDG Reports, Progress Charts, MDG database and website
– The report is distributed to the General Assembly, policy makers, the media and the general public
– The regional data are also presented as part of the annual Secretary-General’s Report on the Work of the Organization
● Other outputs, focusing on special topics or regions, such as Africa and the MDGs, gender brochure, etc.
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
MDGs & Special population groups
● To achieve the MDGs, it is essential to involve the less advantaged groups
● Like women and the refugees, persons with disabilities are often denied their rights to education, a decent employment, proper health care and accessible sanitation facilities
● Contrary to women and the refugees, persons with disabilities were not included in the Millennium Declaration
How to mainstream disabilities in the MDG monitoring process now?
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
Mainstreaming disability into MDGs
● Challenges:
– Lack of good quality data: Sound methodology to collect data yet to be developed,
though positive steps have already been taken by WHO and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
Lack of data for most MDG areas - although an increasing number of countries are collecting data in their censuses and surveys on education and employment of persons with disabilities
Lack of comparable data across countries: different methodologies are leading to non-comparable results
– Short time: we are already in 2009 – MDGs to be achieved by 2015!
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
Mainstreaming disability into MDGs
Some steps to address these challenges
● Improve data
– Develop sound methodology for data collection– Support initiatives, like the Washington Group, to establish
internationally applicable methods leading to comparable data– Encourage and train countries to produce data on persons with
disabilities– Sensitize data producers to the need to collect data on persons
with disabilities
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
Mainstream disability into MDGs
Some steps to address these challenges
● Plan for future events
– Profit from 2010 special event on MDGs, which will bring wider visibility, and require a larger number of MDG outputs Prepare event/output on persons with disabilities and the
MDGs? – Start planning for after 2015
Will the MDGs still be the common framework for development efforts? Will the goals be replaced or expanded?
The relevant parties are starting to discuss these issues now. Need to make all stakeholders aware of the importance of including persons with disabilities
Development for All: Integrating Disability into the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 11 June 2009
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