Geschiedenis

DCDD was founded in 2000 to unite international non-governmental organisations and individuals advocating for the inclusion of people with disabilities.

DCDD is a Dutch Foundation with a Board, a Coordinator, and a Coordination Team.
Network participants standing and talking, trying to check off their expertise bingo card
The DCDD Network is a collaboration of organisations and individuals working in the field of international development or humanitarian aid and recovery and embracing the vision of a world in which people with disabilities should enjoy equal rights, opportunities and fair treatment.
Our Team Onze deelnemers
Deelnemers aan een jaarlijkse algemene vergadering van DCDD in het jaar 2006.
Participants in an annual general meeting of DCD in the year 2006.
Jaarlijkse algemene vergadering van DCDD in 2006
Presentation on annual general meeting of DCDD, 2006.

Huib Cornielje, co-founder of DCDD:

“In het jaar 2000 kwamen Marlies van der Kroft, Cristin de Vries en ik bij elkaar om de recente ontwikkelingen in de gehandicaptenbeweging in Nederland te bespreken. Wij waren het erover eens dat er een enorm ongebruikt potentieel was en daarom richtten we de Dutch Coalition for Disability and Development op. Inclusie van mensen met een beperking stond vanaf het allereerste begin centraal en het doel was capaciteit op te bouwen binnen het veld van ontwikkelingswerk. De kracht van DCDD zat in het feit dat het een coalitie was: we hadden zowel individuele als organisatorische deelnemers en we kregen veel steun in de beginjaren. We vormden verschillende werkgroepen en nieuwe partnerschappen, er waren constante discussies over nieuwe ontwikkelingen en er was een hoge mate van betrokkenheid - het was een beweging.”

Geschiedenis

Relevant external developments:

2006

UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD).

2011

Ratification of the UN CRPD by the EU.

2016

Ratification of the UN CRPD by the Dutch Government.

Additional motion: international policies should also be inclusive.

2018

First Dutch CRPD report.

2023

Launch of the Foreign Feminist Policy

Launch of the Foreign Feminist Policy, showing growing international demand for more inclusive Dutch foreign policies and laws.

Geschiedenis

Examples of recent DCDD achievements: 

In 2020, the Power of Voices partnerships were launched by the Ministry. One of them is We Are Able! Consortium, consisting of ZOA (lead), SeeYou, Leprazending, Africa Disability Forum, VNG Internationalen The Hague Academy for Local Governance. We Are Able! focusses on amplifying the voices of people with disabilities for improved access to food and basic resources. For the period 2021-2025, this provides a unique springboard for learning and exchange on disability inclusive development. DCDD has been subcontracted to lead the lobby efforts in The Netherlands.

Various motions have been adopted, and commitments for disability inclusion have been made in the policy areas of humanitarian aid, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and youth employment and education.

20 Years of DCDD

In 2020, Vice Versa published an article about 20 years DCDD (in Dutch):

12 Consortia

Our Power of Disability Inclusion sessions have attracted 12 consortia, including 140 people, since 2022.

Since 2019

The Ministry reports annually to Parliament on their support to programmes which include people with disabilities since 2019.

4 Quick Guides

Four Quick Guides on disability inclusive programming were published as practical tools for NGO professionals, as well as several research papers that provide an evidence base for lobby advocates.