Recommended actions

Preparedness Response Recovery
1. Assessment, analysis and planning
Invite survivors, persons with disabilities, and organizations that represent persons with disabilities (OPDs) to participate in efforts to understand how mines and ERWs affect communities. Involve them in setting priority areas for clearance and marking. X X
Ensure that planning addresses the specific requirements of persons with disabilities, and the risks they face. Involve persons with disabilities in setting priorities for the mine action sector. X X X
2. Resource mobilization
Make sure that proposals on mine action systematically consider persons with disabilities regardless of the cause of their impairment. X X
3. Implementation
Take steps to make sure that community liaison activities take into account, and involve, persons with disabilities, OPDs, and survivor organizations. Consider capacity-building at community level to enable persons with disabilities and OPDs to assess risk, manage information, develop local risk reduction strategies and advocate for mine action and other assistance interventions.224 X X
Integrate case studies and discussions of disability and disability inclusion in core trainings for staff involved in mine action. Include community outreach staff, protection focal points and committees. X X
Ensure that persons with disabilities are involved in decisions on the handover of cleared land to communities, and decisions on the use of cleared land. X
Ensure that reparations are not replaced by social protection schemes.225 X
Involve persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in designing, implementing and evaluating risk education activities, including through peer-to-peer education activities. X
Ensure that risk education information is presented in multiple accessible formats; adapt education materials. X
Consult persons with disabilities and OPDs to identify their preferred communication channels. X X
Involve persons with disabilities and OPDs in designing and delivering peer-to-peer education activities. X
4. Coordination
Systematically include persons with disabilities in mine action coordination forums. X
Coordinate with all relevant sectors to ensure that referrals of persons with disabilities are made regardless of the cause of their impairments. X X
Engage persons with disabilities and OPDs in mine action coordination meetings and provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate their meaningful participation. X X
5. Monitoring and evaluation
Monitor and provide information on measures that are taken to improve access to risk education and analyse the various impacts of mines and ERW on the lives of persons with disabilities. X X