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International Cooperation

EDF is made of an energetic team working on international cooperation and humanitarian action.

We believe that EDF has an active role to play to ensure persons with disabilities and organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) are included in EU international cooperation.

To achieve it, we collaborate with a range of partners on various projects, advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities around the world.

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EDF in the world

We collaborate with a range of partners on various projects, advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities around the world. Our team works actively to pursue the following achievements: 

  • Influence the European Union
    We want the EU to become a global leader in disability-inclusive development!
  • Strengthen regional level advocacy among regional DPOs
    We believe in working closely with our sister regional DPOs to learn from each other, build our organisational capacity, and influence together policies at the regional level.
  • Advocate for evidence
    We work actively towards documenting best practices, advocating for data disaggregation, and monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). There are some of the key elements to inform truly inclusive international cooperation policies and programmes.
  • Promote the engagement of DPOs in international cooperation
    We advocate for persons with disabilities and European organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) to actively be engaged in international cooperation – not just as beneficiaries but also as experts.
  • Innovate and learn
    We champion innovation by supporting creativity, ideas, and challenges to engage in non-traditional international advocacy activities for EDF.

Our achievements

International Cooperation Projects

Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters (CovidResilience, RESOPP)

CovidResilience project aims to contribute to strengthened resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities in the Western...

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The Ascend Project: Capacity building of disabled people’s associations in Central and Eastern Europe

Logos of the partners, EDF and Citi Foundation. News Ascend Phase 2 Activities in Hungary (November 2023) Digitalisation,...

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Ukraine war: OPD led disability inclusive response and recovery (Phase 1)

This one year project - funded by CBM - aims to provide support to persons with disabilities in Ukraine and in neighboring and nearby countries who have been impacted by the Ukraine war

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WHO Europe - Inclusive and accessible public health messages about COVID-19

About the project The purpose of the project was to make key WHO public health messages more accessible...

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Mapping disability inclusiveness of European member states’ development and humanitarian aid

As part of EDF’s international cooperation strategy, EDF would like to assess the extent to which European Member States’ development aid official development aid is inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities.

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VIVID:T Project

In a nutshell, VIVID:T project’s main aim is to create a global community of practice working towards disability inclusion in humanitarian action and volunteering.

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Innovation to Inclusion (i2i)

Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) aims to address key challenges persons with disabilities experience in accessing economic opportunities and waged employment in low and middle-income countries.

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Building Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: Empowering Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (India)

The overall objective of the project is for women and men with disabilities to engage in, shape and monitor SDGs implementation in India.

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Inclusion in European’s Union Development Cooperation

In September 2015, a new sustainable development agenda has been adopted by world leaders to end poverty, protect...

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Bridging the Gap II – Inclusive Policies and Services for Equal Rights of persons with Disabilities

This initiative supported the implementation of the UN CRPD and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through capacity building and empowerment of government institutions, NGOs, and DPOs.

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Our latest news

| Humanitarian Action
European Humanitarian Forum: Ensuring inclusion of persons with disabilities throughout the humanitarian cycle is essential

EDF participated in the third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) on 18 and 19 March in...

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| International cooperation
EU in the World: reporting our efforts to advance global disability rights

EDF’s International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action team introduced their inaugural 'EU in the World Report', highlighting our global...

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| Humanitarian Action, International cooperation
The Parliament adopted a resolution on the innovative humanitarian aid strategy 

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on how to build an “innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current...

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| Disability Card, Humanitarian Action, Political Participation
European Parliament’s Disability Rights Week days 3, 4 and 5

The European Parliament organised its first “Disability Rights Week” to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It...

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| International cooperation, Social Policy
Disability-Inclusive Budgets, Programmes, and Policies Worldwide

In November 2023, the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network organised an...

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| International cooperation
EU-ASEAN Civil Society Forum - Advancing Human Rights

The European Disability Forum actively participated in the European Union -Association of Southeast Asian Nations Civil Society Organisations...

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