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GPDD Inclusive PRSP Project Launched in Maputo

The Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) Inclusive Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) Project in Mozambique, was launched in Maputo, in January. The project launch was led by Project Coordinator, Rosangela Berman Bieler, and supported by our civil society counterparts in Mozambique, Forum of Disability Organizations (FAMOD) and Handicap International. María Reina and Deepti Samant of the GPDD Secretariat were also present at the launch activities.

During the mission, we were able to establish many alliances with local and international agencies and government officials. Among the various activities in which we were involved, we had a very positive and participatory disabled people’s organizations (DPO) training with 25 leaders of FAMOD. As a follow-up to the meeting, FAMOD is now forming a working group of civil society organizations, to follow up on country projects, such as the FTI on Education for All, the Mozambique Tourism Anchor Program (IFC), School Health (MoE), HIV-AIDS and other possible entry points.

We also had a presentation meeting for general stakeholders, held at the World Bank Office in Mozambique.  The activity was a success, with a full house and many potential partners from all sectors, who are very interested in working with inclusive approaches for the next cycle of the country’s poverty reduction plan that may follow the current plan (PARPA)¹, finishing in 2009.

In addition to other Inclusive PRSP training and activities to be held in Mozambique during 2009, we are also planning with the GPDD an International Seminar on Accessibility and Inclusive Tourism, to be held in Maputo in June. We are also looking forward to being able to work in alliance with all of the agencies working in the field. Inclusive approaches in Tourism can generate local accessibility and development for those who live in the country. Mozambique can really benefit from such an initiative.

In the field of Education, we are very excited about the possibility of having the local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Networks, such as the Education for All Network that accompanied us during the events, interact and influence the school construction that will happen now, for the FTI, to make sure they are built to be accessible.

We are also working in synchrony with the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, that will continue through 2019. It is also possible that Mozambique will host the launch of the African Campaign on HIV-AIDS and Disability in October. In addition, there are two major FAMOD projects going on in the field that will hopefully generate good mainstreaming opportunities.

Our plan is to involve other Portuguese speaking countries in most of these activities, as language is another important cause of exclusion. Hopefully, development agencies working in other Lusophone countries in Africa (Angola, Cape Verde, Guiné Bissau, Sao Tomé and Prince), and also in East Timor, will be able to partner with this initiative and facilitate this process as well.

¹ PARPA is the common name for the Mozambique government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) program - "PLANO DE ACÇÃO PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA ABSOLUTA"

About GPDD

With a commitment to partnership to combat the social and economic exclusion and impoverishment of people with disabilities and their families in developing countries worldwide, the Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) represents an unprecedented alliance of agencies, organizations, and resources to accelerate change within and outside of government that targets development activities to include and promote social and economic rights of individuals with disabilities.