January 2015
TECHNICAL MEETING
Inclusive Social protection for persons with disabilities
Organised by the International Labour Office and International Disability Alliance
ILO headquarters, Geneva, 22-23 January 2015
AGENDA
Thursday 22nd January
Setting the scene
09.30-10.45 Overview of key issues around social protection and persons with disabilities: is there a positive momentum for disability-inclusive social protection globally?
Facilitator: Stefan Trömel
Key questions:
- The global policy agenda on social protection: Where do we stand today? (Christina Behrendt, ILO)
- Human rights, CRPD, DPOs and social protection – is there a positive momentum for disability inclusion and social protection? (Alexandre Cote, IDA)
- Viewpoints of multilateral and bilateral organizations (DFAT, DFID, GIZ, World Bank)
11.15- 12.45 Better data for inclusive social protection for persons with disabilities
Facilitator: Alexandre Cote
Presentation of recent research and studies:
- Inclusiveness of mainstream schemes (Matthew Walsham LSHTM)
- Cost of disability for individuals and households (Jill Hanass Hancock, HEARD)
- Disaggregation of LSMS and over relevant household surveys (Daniel Mont UCL LCD)
Towards a comprehensive and inclusive social protection system for persons with disabilities
14.00-15.30 Access of persons with disabilities to mainstream social protection schemes (non-contributory)
Facilitator: Esther Sommer, GIZ
Introduction: Abner Manlapaz, Philippine coalition on the UN CRPD
Key questions:
- How to ensure access of persons with disabilities and adequate coverage in schemes that explicitly include persons with disabilities as one of their target groups?
- How to ensure access of persons with disabilities and adequate coverage in schemes that do not specifically target persons with disabilities but from which persons with disabilities should benefit on an equal basis with others?
- How to establish/strengthen links with other support schemes such as other social protection schemes, social health protection and support services, as well as with programmes aiming at disability inclusion in employment?
15.50-17.30 Disability specific schemes: design and adequacy
Facilitator: Stefan Trömel, ILO
Introduction: Daniel Mont, UCL
Key questions:
- To what extent do schemes/programmes take into account the objective of independent living and social participation? Do they recognize and support people’s capabilities if given the right opportunities?
- How to address the diversity of needs for support while at the same time limiting the complexity of schemes?
- How to ensure coordination between non-contributory and contributory disability specific schemes; and effective linkages between cash benefits, benefits in kind and access to services? Which mechanisms are in place to support beneficiaries’ engagement in employment without creating negative disincentives?
Friday 23rd January
Recurrent operational challenges
09.00-10.30 Eligibility determination
Facilitator and introduction: Alexandre Cote, IDA
Presentation of recent research and studies
Disability assessment & international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) (Alarcos Cieza (WHO), Nenad Kostanjsek (WHO), Aleksandra Posarac (World Bank))
Key questions:
- What are the role, potentials and drawbacks of the disability status definition (disability card)?
- What are the key issues in eligibility determination, including individual assessments and means tests, of persons with disabilities in social protection schemes?
- How can governments best use the information collected during the eligibility determination process to understand better support needs and plan adequate policy responses?
10.50-12.30 Costing and financing
Facilitator: Timo Voipio, Finland
Presentation of recent research and studies:
Presentation on ILO costing approaches (Andrés Acuña Ulate, ILO)
Key questions:
- What are the key issues and way forward with regard to the costing of disability specific schemes as well as of the additional costs of making mainstream schemes disability inclusive?
- What are the key issues for a cost-benefit analysis of disability benefit schemes and the inclusion of persons with disabilities? What about impact assessments (ex ante and ex post)?
- What are the key issues in financing social protection for persons with disabilities? How to address the affordability and fiscal sustainability issues raised by some stakeholders?
13.45-14.45 Rationale for advocacy with regard to disability related social protection reforms in low and middle-income countries
Facilitator: Facundo Chavez, OHCHR
Introduction: Alexandre Cote, IDA
Key questions:
- What are the key arguments that allow the development of social protection schemes for persons with disabilities? Are those in line with the CRPD shift of paradigm?
- What are the issues that DPOs and the disability movement are facing with regards to advocacy for social protection internally and externally?
The way forward
14h45-15h45 Group work on identifying way forward with regards to research, technical resources, capacity building and advocacy in different areas tackled in the meeting
15.45-17.00 Group feedback and planning for future cooperation
- Summary by the workshop rapporteurs (Ola Abu Alghaib, Daniel Mont)
- Results of group work on the way forward
- Discussion on the way forward
- Workshop conclusions
TECHNICAL MEETING
Inclusive Social protection for persons with disabilities
Organised by
International Labour Office and International Disability Alliance
ILO headquarter, Geneva
22-23 January 2015
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Abu Alghaib, Ola |
University of East Anglia |
Acuña Ulate, Andrés |
ILO |
Araya, Jorge |
CRPD |
Behrendt, Christina |
ILO |
Bernard, Hervé |
Handicap International; IDDC |
Bertmann, Isabella |
GIZ, Germany |
Carbonez, Francois |
Licht für die Welt |
Chavez, Facundo |
OHCHR |
Cieza, Alarcos |
WHO |
Cote, Alexandre |
IDA |
Devandas, Catalina |
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities |
Giarratano, Simona |
European Disability Forum (EDF) |
Hanass-Hancock, Jill |
Kwazulu Natal University, South Africa / HEARD |
Hossein, Mosharraf |
ADD |
Kindness, Heather |
DFID, UK |
Kostanjsek, Nenad |
WHO |
Kuper, Hannah |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
Loryman, Hannah |
DFID, UK |
Manlapaz, Abner |
Philippines coalition on CRPD |
McClain, Charlotte |
World Bank |
Menze, Jürgen |
ILO |
Mont, Daniel |
University College London (UCL-LCD) |
Ottavio, Benedetta |
ILO |
Posarac, Aleksandra (per VC) |
World Bank |
Relandeau, Audrey |
Handicap International |
Rivas, Minerva |
ILO |
Schremmer, Jens |
International Social Security Association |
Sepulveda, Magdalena |
UNRISD |
Sommer, Esther |
GIZ, Germany |
Tanhchareun, Tom |
Australia DFAT |
Theemann, Yvonne |
FES / Global Coalition on social protection floors |
Thornberry James |
SENSE International |
Tripodi, Stefania |
OHCHR |
Trömel, Stefan |
ILO |
Voipio, Timo |
Finland MOFA |
Walsham, Matthew |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
The summary report of the technical meeting is available here.