Recommended actions

Preparedness Response Recovery
1. Assessment, analysis and planning
Review policies, guidelines, tools and standard operating procedures using the IASC guidelines on inclusion of persons with disabilities. X
Form partnerships with OPDs. Invite them to explore areas of collaboration and train CCCM staff and stakeholders on disability. X
Build the skills and knowledge of CCCM actors and stakeholders on inclusion of persons with disabilities. X
Conduct identification and accessibility audits of collective/ evacuation centres, including site set-up. X X
Identify and analyse risks and barriers. During planning, design mitigation measures to address these. X
Map stakeholders. Include national interest organizations and government agencies with a disability portfolio (such as Ministries of Health, Education, Social Services, Housing, Public Works...). Reinforce existing networks. X
Involve, consult and seek feedback from persons with disabilities and OPDs on access to services, assistance and protection. Identify barriers and actions to remove them, as well as measures that will facilitate access. X X
Using trained staff, organize and implement inclusive registration systems and processes that identify persons with disabilities by means of differentiated data matrices for gender, age and disability. Take steps to include the full range of disabilities.113 X X
Include persons with disabilities in assessments, operational planning, strategic design, programme implementation, and monitoring activities. X X
Ensure that plans incorporate exit and solution strategies, and that these are accessible to persons with disabilities and can accommodate their requirements. X X
Ensure that the collection, storage and processing of sensitive personal data is carried out with appropriate data protection. X X
2. Resource mobilization
Consider the needs of persons with disabilities from the outset, and mainstream inclusion into all aspects of the displacement response, including emergency evacuation, access to sites, access to services, identification of durable solutions, etc. X X X
Identify the skills and experience needed in the team. Consider recruitment to secure sufficient technical expertise. Recruit staff with disabilities or staff who know how to include persons with disabilities. Involve OPDs, if feasible. X
Ensure funding is flexible. Carry out site improvements to remove obstacles. Make necessary accommodations to ensure that persons with disabilities have direct access to services and can participate in governance structures and other activities. (Consider provision of transport, interpreters, etc.) X
3. Implementation
Involve persons with disabilities and OPDs in site planning and improvement meetings. Seek their advice on how to remove barriers and reduce protection risks. X X
Support or establish governance mechanisms that ensure persons with disabilities can participate in formal and informal processes of consultation and decision-making. X X
Ensure information campaigns and complaint and feedback mechanisms are accessible to all, independent of disability, and are disseminated in multiple accessible formats (oral, print, sign language, easy-to-read/plain language, etc.), and in languages spoken by the affected community. X X
Monitor the degree to which persons with disabilities successfully obtain access to general services and to services targeting persons with disabilities. X X
Set up or support committees, interest groups, or peer-support groups of persons with disabilities in the camps. Take steps to ensure that camp groups and OPDs inside and outside the camp adequately represent the diversity of persons with disabilities. X X X
Ensure that camp infrastructures (latrines, water, shelter) are maintained. Make changes and identify resources to improve accessibility. X X
Involve persons with disabilities in all activities and decision- making processes related to durable solutions. Arrange ‘go and see’ and ‘come and tell’ visits. X
4. Coordination
Coordinate and promote the implementation of international standards in camps (including these guidelines). Agree standards and monitor and evaluate their application.114 X X X
Ensure that meeting spaces are accessible. Take steps to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities (provide sign language interpreters, easy-to-read materials, additional lighting, etc.). X X X
Support efforts by national authorities to address barriers to access and inclusion that persons with disabilities face. Discuss solutions and offer appropriate support (for example, training and capacity-building). X
Advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities; for the removal of barriers that impede their inclusion and their access to services and protection; and for the integration of targeted services for persons with disabilities in sectoral responses and programmes. X X X
5. Monitoring and evaluation
Make complaint and feedback mechanisms accessible to persons with all types of disability, including those who stay in their shelters or homes. X X
Involve women, men, girls and boys with a representative range of disabilities in monitoring activities and teams. X X Monitor site and services accessibility, as well as protection risks (including GBV) that might affect persons with disabilities. Do so by regular audits. Consult persons with disabilities as well as protection teams, OPDs, etc. X X
Conduct evaluations and use their findings to adjust programming and ensure better inclusion. Share lessons learned and integrate good practices in preparedness plans. X X X