In 2018, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) introduced the “disability policy marker” – a tool to monitor how far Official Development Assistance (ODA) aims to be inclusive of persons with disabilities. The marker allows the DAC members to track their own projects in international cooperation and humanitarian action and see on a scale from 0 to 2 how much they target persons with disabilities. The European Commission has rapidly adopted the OECD-DAC disability policy marker, screened 100% of its applicable ODA projects using the marker. EDF monitors the use of the DAC Disability Marker by the EU and advocates for more projects inclusive of persons with disabilities. We are working in collaboration with CONCORD Inequality workstream. 

One Pager: Global Gateway and  OECD-DAC Disability Policy Marker  – PDF (February 2024) (Word version)

One Pager: Inequality Marker and OECD-DAC Disability Policy Marker  – PDF (February 2024) (Word version)

Annual report – Towards equality: assessing EC funding for disability inclusion worldwide: Data from the OECD-DAC disability policy marker (December 2023)

Annual report – EC spending on disability inclusion in global actions 2018-2020: Analysis of data from the OECD-DAC disability policy marker (November 2022)

Information on the DAC Policy Marker on Disability (May 2020)