DPOD & International Development Cooperation

The work for an inclusive world for persons with disabilities is an important task, and the Danish disability sector is a growing stakeholder.

DPOD is a Danish umbrella organisation working for its member organisations. This means that the Danish member organisations can get support and funding from DPOD through the Mini-programme in order to carry out activities in developing countries.  DPOD does not support or back individuals or organisations who do not have a connection to the Danish member organisations.

In cooperation with the member organisations the DPOD Department for Development Cooperation seeks to advance the lives and human rights of persons with disabilities in the developing world. This is done in cooperation with DANIDA (the Danish Development Agency) who backs the activities through the Mini-programme administered by DPOD.

The overall goal of the DPOD Mini-programme is to improve the opportunities for persons with disabilities in the developing countries so that they can implement and achieve their rights as human beings. Thus the focus of the Mini-programme is both development and building of strong organisations of persons with disabilities in developing countries as well as lobbying and advocacing in relation to governments in developing countries in order to make them comply with the human rights for persons with disabilities.

DPOD is active in 10 developing countries and the work is carried out in accordance with the guidelines for the Mini-programme Strategy and the Partnership Strategy, which outlines the focus and working areas of DPOD and frames the economic possibilities of the activities.

Read more:

• You can read more about the work of DPOD in Denmark on our Danish web site http://www.handicap.dk/english.
• Download powerpoint show informing about DPOD