Implementing the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy:
Tools and Resources
The tools and resources on this page are intended to support the implementation of the UNDIS, from headquarters to the field and across programmes and operations – whether in our work on human rights, development, peace and security or humanitarian action.
Entity Accountability Framework Technical Notes
The technical notes provide guidance on the 15 performance indicators of the Strategy’s Entity Accountability Framework, and guide entities to implement and report on the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy.
Technical Notes
HLCM Procurement Network: Guidelines on the Implementation of Indicator 8 – Procurement
The guidelines provide practical and implementable guidance for UN entities on disability-inclusive procurement by elaborating on Indicator 8 (Procurement) of the Strategy’s Entity Accountability Framework.
Guidelines
Guidelines on Indicator 5: Consulting Persons with Disabilities
The Guidelines provide practical guidance on how to consult persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in all disability-specific and general decision-making processes across the UN’s work.
Guidelines
Easy-to-read version
ePub
UN Disability-Inclusive Communications Guidelines
The Guidelines provide practical information on how to include and represent persons with disabilities in communications, and how to make UN communications inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities.
Guidelines
Easy-to-read version
ePub
UN Evaluation Group: Guidance on Integrating Disability Inclusion in Evaluations
Training
Disability Inclusion 101 Webinar: Basic Concepts and Approaches
Other Related Resources
- Disability Inclusion and COVID-19 Response and Recovery
- IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action (2019)
- Disability-Inclusive Language Guidelines (Guidance on using appropriate language related to persons with disabilities.)
- United Nations Accessibility Guidelines for UN Websites
- The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Webpage
UN Documents and Resolutions
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- UN Security Council Resolution 2475 (2019)
- UNGA Third Committee Resolution ‘Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities’ (2020)
- UNGA Third Committee Resolution ‘Implementation of the CRPD and optional protocol thereto: accessibility’ (2019)
- Human Rights Council Resolution (2020) A/HRC/RES/43/23 on welcoming the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy