Lesson Learned: For Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Disaster and Climate Risk Governance in the Philippines
With sufficient capability-building interventions, Persons with Disabilities, at both the individual and organizational levels, can be highly capable and dynamic contributors to local governance processes. However, the shift in dynamics, whereby some decision-making powers, including the allocation of resources for Persons with Disabilities, are shared between the Local Government Units and the Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, should be managed effectively by providing additional project inputs on socio-political change.
This project works to empower people with disabilities to participate in disaster risk reduction approaches in 20 local government units in Cebu Province. It will build capacity for 20 organizations of persons with disabilities to have a real voice in formal community planning processes, with the goal of influencing local government to break barriers, open spaces for inclusion, and encourage at-risk populations to take an active role in disaster preparedness, risk reduction and other community development agenda issues.