Policy Dialogue on Disability inclusion in Social Protection interventions

Sector: Disability

Event Objectives:

• To identify current challenges and opportunities across Disability inclusion initiatives, and within the overarching social protection framework
• To strengthen the engagement of Disabled People Organisation (DPOs) in the implementation of
• 1) Disability identification and disability cash transfer;2) ID poor certification; and

  3) Cash Transfer Program for Poor Households with Equity Cards to contribute to the protection and stabilisation of livelihood of the poor and the vulnerable during COVID-19

Expected Participants:

• Department of Welfare for Persons with Disabilities (DWPD), Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY)
• Department of Social Welfare, MoSVY
• Department of ID-Poor, Ministry of Planning (MOP)
• Cambodia Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO) and DPOs
• Representative from United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• Representative from UNICEF
• Representative from Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT); and
• Australia-Cambodia Cooperation for Equitable Sustainable Services (ACCESS)

Chaired by: CDPO and ACCESS Program

Expected number of participants: 60 people