PUBLIC FINANCE FOR INCLUSION

Laws, policies, regulations, and programs are important tools in ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities. However, to be effective they must be properly funded. Government spending should support the aims of the CRPD and not undermine them.

In 2019, CIP published the first note seeking to clarify the meaning of CRPD compliant budgeting in response to questions arising from the growing interchangeable use of terms such inclusive budgeting, disability budgeting, disability responsive budgeting. Though they offer an entry point for stakeholders to engage with the budget process and public financial management (PFM), they might lack the comprehensive guidance required to ensure that maximum available resources are used to implement the CRPD.

Since then, CIP has partnered with OPDs to help build their capacity to monitor their governments’ budgets. You can also see what that type of monitoring looks at for India, which we have monitored for several years. (add link).