Public Private Partnership Projects

The public-private partnership projects acts as a supplement, utilizing the private sector’s experience, experts, and connection with local community in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) sector. The Incheon Strategy’s public private partnership also devotes to endorse the capacity building of DPOs and related offices to carry out international cooperation projects and widen the international cooperation in disability sector by holding grants, facilitating workshops and forums. The secretariat expects the partnership to promote the implementation of the Incheon Strategy and the goals and targets of the MRR Fund.

Online Lecture for on International Cooperation in the Field of Disability

Background
The Secretariat produced a new online course titled 'International Efforts to Realize the Rights of Persons with Disabilities'. The lecture aims to provide education on various global efforts and international cooperation to realize the rights of persons with disabilities.

Activities
Through this course, participants will be able to learn about world-wide efforts, action plans, and projects in the International Cooperation in the Field of Disability.

The course is consisted of 3 separate parts: ▲ World-wide efforts to realize the rights of persons with disabilities (Lecture 1) ▲ Korea's efforts to realize the rights of persons with disabilities (Lecture 2) ▲ International Cooperation projects to realize the rights of persons with disabilities (Lecture 3). The course is provided in Korean and Korean sign language and is available on KODDI's E-learning Centre and Youtube page.

[International Efforts to Realize the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2021)]

Make the Right Real (MRR) Fund Grant

Background
To activate the public-private partnership in the means of effective implementation of the Incheon strategy, the secretariat holds grant projects since 2015. A Discretely composed judging committee made their selection considering the compliance and necessity regarding the Incheon strategy, performance capability, and reasonable compilation of budgets, etc.

Activities
The selected organizations in 2015 were Korea Parents’ Network for People with Disability (KPNPD) (hosted a workshop) and DPI Korea (hosted a forum), in 2016 were Korean Society for Rehabilitation of Person with Disabilities (hosted a conference), DPI Korea (hosted a forum), Universal Progress Independent Living Centre of Mongolia (implemented a capacity building program). In addition, in 2017, RI Korea held a Side Event for CSO Working Group’s midpoint review of Incheon Strategy during the ‘High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Midpoint Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022.’ In 2018, DPI and KDF were selected as project implementing organizations. DPI held the ‘Incheon Strategy Asia-Pacific international seminar for Youth with disabilities’ and KDF held the ‘International Conference on Disability-Inclusive SDGs and Incheon Strategy.’ Since 2020, the Fund Grant targeted the non-profit and non-governmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region (outside of Korea). In 2020, the final grantees were NFDN Gandaki Province Office (Campaign for disability inclusive national census) from Nepal and Saksham (Development of online training materials for persons with visual impairments) from India. In 2021, there were 4 final grantees from 4 different countries: YPSA(Prioritizing Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities living in Bangladesh) from Bangladesh, ADWLE(Building gender and legal rights knowledge among organisations for disabled persons) from Lao PDR, NDFN(Nepali Sign Language (NSL) Interpreting Profession Development Training) from Nepal, and SLCFD(Self-Employment training for enhancing the Deaf individuals’ self-independences in the society) from Sri Lanka. In 2022, two CSOs have been selected which are Cricket Association of the Blind, Nepal (Empowering girsl with visual disabilities through the game of cricket), and Joy Foundation, Pakistan (Inclusive education through inclusive education centers).In 2023, there were 4grantees from 3 different countries: MJF (Enhancing Capacity of OPDs) from Bangladesh, CN (Building Access to Education for Early Age Children with Disabilities Project) from Nepal, CWSN (Empowering the Persons with Disabilities in Tanahun District of Gandaki Provice, Nepal) from Nepal, and LCDPFI (Enabling and Empowering Persons with Disabilities through Inclusive Employment and Livelihoods) from the Philippines.

[Online MOU Ceremony for MRR Fund Grant 2023]

International Forum on A Decade of Incheon Strategy

Background
Internatioanl Forum on A Decade of Incheon Strategy has been held to lead the international discussion on its termination in 2022 and future direction of Incehon Strategy, which is the world’s first regional disability-inclusive development goals to realize the rights of persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific region, hoted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea International Cooperation Agency and KODDI.

Activities This Forum has been aired through Youtube channel on 16th November 2021, and had 17 countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Canada and Egypt with around 90 organizations as participants. The theme of the forum is ‘A Decade of Incheon Strategy: Past and Future’ with 1st session about UNESCAP-KODDI Project, 2nd session about Global Partnership on MRR Fund Project and 3rd session about Towards Post-Incheon Strategy as a panel discussion time. Through this, close partners of KODDI such as UNESCAP, Gross National Happiness Commission of Bhutan and Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation of Fiji have shared of its project details and achievement. Furthermore, achievement of Incheon Strategy and its evaluation research have been shared and discussed.

Forum

Program Book

Meeting for the Promotion of International Cooperation for Incheon Strategy

Background
The Ministry of Health and Welfare established a consortium for the implementation of Incheon Strategy (Later, renamed as a consortium for the promotion of international cooperation for Incheon Strategy). The secretariat came to manage this consortium by providing the related materials, holding meetings, etc. In 2013, the meetings for the implementation of Incheon Strategy were held two times, and since 2014 when it was renamed, the meetings were held for 13 times so far until 2019, under the current name of Meeting for the Promotion of International Cooperation for Incheon Strategy.

Activities This meeting provides opportunities to share the current status of the various organizations in terms of implementing the international cooperation projects in the field of disability as well as the Incheon Strategy and to maximize the synergies between public and private institutions.
In 2020, the 14th meeting was held to share the result of the UN ESCAP project; titled ‘Towards the Incheon Strategy to Ensure the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific’.
In the following 15th meeting, the outcome and output of projects under the Incheon Strategy by various entities were shared.

The 15th Meeting (2021)