Disability Inclusive Development

The Development for All strategy, developed in close consultation with people with disability and their representative organisations, is the first strategy to guide Australia's overseas aid program towards development that includes people with disability. The strategy reflects the Government's commitment to social inclusion, progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is framed in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which Australia is party. The primary outcome of the strategy is improved quality of life for people with disability and including people with disability across all aspects of the Australian aid program. Other outcomes include reduced preventable impairments, effective leadership on disability and development, AusAID skilled and confident in disability-inclusive development, and improved understanding of disability and development. From 2008-09 to 2009-10 this initiative funded early planning and implementation of the Development for All Strategy. From 2010-11, this initiative will comprise both budget measure and base program funding for further planning, implementation and monitoring of Development for All. The total value of this multi-country initiative is $56.9 million over 6 years, starting 2008-09.