The Living Inclusion Network Café – 4 December 2024
Get inspired by smart solutions as we talk about the upcoming Global Disability Summit (GDS), 2025 in our next Inclusion Café! Background The Global Disability Summit is a unique global mechanism with the goal of improving the lives of persons with disabilities worldwide. Its main aim is to bridge the gap between disability inclusion and development […]
Guideline on Inclusive Architectural Design Concepts and Strategies for TVET
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Sciences & Technology [KNUST] in Ghana collaborated with Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in 2022, to produce a Guideline on Inclusive Architectural Design Concepts and Strategies for Technical Vocational Education Training, with funding from BMZ and support by GIZ. Congratulations to the editors of this publication: A. Oppong, A. Plummer, […]
Recap from the 2nd Living Inclusion Network Café
The Living Inclusion Network hosted yet again another successful inclusion café on September 18th, 2024. In light of the so called “super election year” 2024, the focus this time was on the inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in electoral processes. The cafe was therefore aptly themed “The Super Election Year 2024: Participation without […]
Living Inclusion In Practice: The IT Bridge Academy -The Programme Bridging Gaps
The Bridge Academy, launched in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2021, offers young people with disabilities and a passion for IT the chance to train and get hands-on experience in the sector. Young people with disabilities, especially young women, are among the most disadvantaged groups when it comes to securing a job in the formal sector […]
A Milestone in Disability Rights in Africa – Entry into Force of the African Disability Protocol
The African Disability Protocol (ADP) is a vital legal framework guiding African Union member states in developing disability laws and policies. Inspired by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the ADP reflects a social and human rights approach to disability. It aligns with the commitment to Leaving No One Behind […]
Launch of the Commitments Platform for the Global Disability Summit 2025 at COSP17
The new commitments portal for the Global Disability Summit 2025 was launched on 11th June, 2024 as part of a side event of the 17th Session Of The Conference Of States Parties To The CRPD (COSP17). As a central new tool of the GDS Commitment Mechanism, the platform allows stakeholders to make concrete pledges ahead […]
Recap from the Annual Living Inclusion Network Forum
The Annual Living Inclusion Network Forum, 2024. Picture by GIZ. On 5th June 2024, we hosted the Annual Living Inclusion Network Forum, which saw close to a hundred participants coming together to discuss crucial issues surrounding inclusion. The event focused on the three topics in which many network members had expressed an interest in advance: […]
Living Inclusion in Practice: Advancing Inclusive TVET in Vietnam
The Vietnamese economy has been growing rapidly over the past few decades, and every year more and more young people are entering the labour market. However, most of them do not have formal vocational qualifications and do not meet the requirements of enterprises. This is where Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) becomes essential. […]
Ensuring Inclusion in Political Processes
The year 2024 is the biggest election year in history with half the world’s adult population potentially going to the polls. This provides an unprecedented opportunity for people to have their voices heard. But who gets to vote and who gets to stand for election – a key indicator of a healthy democratic election remains […]
Advancing Inclusion: New Human Rights Approach in German Development Cooperation
In November 2023, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) released a new human rights concept for German development cooperation. The new human rights concept envisions a world where everyone is free of hardships and there is equal social, economic, political participation of people regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation and […]
