UN Special Rapporteur on Disability

Monitoring implementation of the Standard Rules

Global Overview South-North Center
For the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Disability, June 2006

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Rule 20:
Monitoring
States are responsible for the continuous monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of national pragrammes and services concerning the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities
Information presented was gathered from 113 countries that responded to the Global Survey on Government Action on the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities
What actions has your government taken to ensure monitoring of the implementation of national programmes and services for the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities?
- Establishing a formal definition of disability
- Creating a specialized monitoring body
- Collecting census data
- Conducting a sample Survey
- Using records from service providers (ministries, hospitals, educational institutions)
- Using information gathered by DPOs
Establishing a formal definition of disability
- 54 countries answered No
- 54 countries answered Yes
- Answers from 5 countries were unclear
Creating a specialized monitoring body
- 66 countries answered No
- 43 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Collecting census data
- 54 countries answered No
- 55 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Conducting a sample survey
- 63 countries answered No
- 46 countries answered Yes
- answers of 4 countries were unclear
Establishing a national registrar
- 82 countries answered No
- 27 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Using records from service providers
- 55 countries answered No
- 54 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Using information gathered by organizations of people with disabilities
- 54 countries answered No
- 55 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Does monitoring and evaluation cover
- Size, scope and prevalence of disability
- Types of disability
- Age distribution
- Gender distribution
- Geographic distribution
- Organizations of PWD
- Programmes for PWD
- Service provision organizations
- Service provision personnel
Size, scope and prevalence of disability
- 59 countries answered No
- 50 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Types of disability
- 47 countries answered No
- 62 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Age distribution
- 54 countries answered No
- 55 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Gender distribution
- 57 countries answered No
- 52 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Geographical distribution
- 59 countries answered No
- 50 countries answered Yes
- answers from 4 countries were unclear
Organization of PWD ( including number, size, type, scope, coverage, activities)
- 65 countries answered No
- 43 countries answered Yes
- Answers from 5 countries were unclear
Programmes for PWD ( including nature, number, capacity, scope, activities, effectiveness
- 65 countries answered No
- 43 countries answered Yes
- answers from 5 countries were unclear
Service provision organizations (number, type, capacity, scope, locations, gender)
- 72 countries answered No
- 38 countries answered Yes
- answers from 3 countries were unclear
Service provision personnel (number, type, training, specialization, gender, age)
- 82 countries answered No
- 28 countries answered Yes
- answers from 3 countries were unclear
Is information from monitoring and evaluation used in
- Policy making
- Adaptation and improvement of services
- Revision and restructuring of programmes
- Public dissemination
- Awareness raising programmes
- Annual and periodic national development reports
- Research
Policy making
- 48 countries answered No
- 63 countries answered Yes
- answers from 2 countries were unclear
Adaptation and improvement of services
- 53 countries answered No
- 58 countries answered Yes
- answers from 2 countries were unclear
Revising and restructuring programmes
- 55 countries answered No
- 56 countries answered Yes
- answers from 2 countries were unclear
Public dissemination
- 70 countries answered No
- 41 countries answered Yes
- answers from 3 countries were unclear
Awareness raising programmes
- 57 countries answered No
- 54 countries answered Yes
- answers from 2 countries were unclear
Annual and periodic national development reports
- 56 countries answered No
- 55 countries answered Yes
- answers from 2 countries were unclear
Research
- 69 countries answered No
- 42 countries answered Yes
- answers from 2 countries were unclear
What does that mean?
- In more than 50% of countries that responded to our survey, no action was taken to ensure monitoring and evaluation of disability programmes in the implementation of the Rules.
- Less than 50% applied one measure or more.
- Even when measures were implemented, there was a no consistency of the procedures taken
- Establishing definition 47%
- Creating specialized monitoring 38%
- Collecting census data 48%.
What does that mean?

In more than 50% of countries that responded to our survey, no action was taken to ensure monitoring and evaluation of disability programmes in the implementation of the Rules.
Less than 50% applied one measure or more.
Even when measures were implemented, there was a no consistency of the procedures taken
Establishing definition 47%
Creating specialized monitoring 38%
Collecting census data 48%.