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How to include the perspectives of persons with disabilities in the project cycle management guidelines of the EC

9. Implementation and Monitoring: Practical tools for including a disability perspective

These tools are to assist you with the inclusion of a disability perspective at the implementation and monitoring phase. This section does not cover the information requirements as listed in the PCM, because all are determined (and can be found already) at the formulation stage.

  1. To guide the EC task manager towards key disability questions at the implementation phase

    2. This table presents the key questions and related available tools for including a disability perspective for each task in the implementation and monitoring phase as listed in the PCM guidelines.

    Tool: 'Guidance for task manager to include a disability perspective at the implementation phase'

    This guidance is crucial for projects which require a high level of disability inclusion. To determine the level of disability inclusion required see 'different degrees of inclusion' : Word (169 Ko) - PDF (86 Ko)

  2. To include a disability perspective within the Monitoring and Evaluation system

    3. We present here a series of three tools that you can use depending on which level of disability inclusion you would like to reach.

    The first tool refers to the lowest level of disability inclusion. It consists of monitoring and evaluating the implemented projects and see whether they exclude or have negative effects on persons with disabilities. This scenario would bring you valuable data at the end of your project, in terms of sustainability and impact of your activity. The data will especially be useful if your project focuses on poverty alleviation and delivery of basic services.

    Use: 'Low level of disability inclusion required in M&E' : Word (170 Ko) - PDF (88 Ko)

    The second tool refers to the next level of disability inclusion. It consists of identifying the barriers to access faced by persons with disabilities (whether they are created by your project or not), and possible low-cost options for reorientation.

    Use: 'Medium degree of disability inclusion required in M&E' : Word (178 Ko) - PDF (92 Ko)

    The third tool is the highest level you may choose. In this case, you decide to integrate a disability perspective throughout your M&E system and your indicators. You may choose this tool if you want to develop a body of evidence for the next phase of the on-going project or, if you are exploring new potential projects.

    Use: 'High level of disability inclusion required in M&E' : Word (168 Ko) - PDF (87 Ko)

  3. To prepare a disability-inclusive terms of reference- ready to use formats

    4. Use: 'Preparing terms of reference- at implementation phase' : Word (159 Ko) - PDF (70 Ko)

  4. To monitor the progress of disability inclusion in the project

    5. All the tools presented so far are about the monitoring and evaluation of activities implemented while a project is in its implementation phase. But how can the process of including a disability perspective be monitored throughout the overall project cycle? This tool is specifically designed to provide you a grid of indicators that will help you monitor the inclusion of a disability perspective.

    Use: 'Monitoring the progress of including a disability perspective' : Word (178 Ko) - PDF (77 Ko)

    This manual is part of the project "Disability mainstreaming in Development Cooperation", supported by DG Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission. The contents of this manual are the sole responsibility of CBM.