Local and International Agency/Institutions on Situation Analysis of People with Disability in Azerbaijan1. Program information: Program (No. & Name) : Policy, Planning and Advocacy 2. Background and Context: (Attach background documents, if necessary) Azerbaijan is one of the first countries in the Region that ratified UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. There are ongoing debates and actions undertaken in the country for establishing better conditions, both in term of infrastructure and integration. People with disabilities are one of the most disadvantaged groups of population in Azerbaijan. Several organizations are active in promoting rights of people with disabilities and improving the quality of their lives. As per the Azerbaijan health care statistics, 2009, the disability rate is 24.0 per 1000 population . They were very successful in changing policy and organizing public awareness campaigns to attract public’s attention to this problem. However, many of these projects function as one-time projects (trainings, publishing brochure and posters, etc) and targeted on general public rather on people with disabilities themselves. At the same time people with disabilities and their family member are in need of direct services. However, the community based services available at the moment for children do not have analogies for adults. In Azerbaijan parents often abandon children with disabilities because of emotional and financial burden. The improvement of the level of care and availability of the services in the community will help reduce the number parents leaving children at the boarding schools. Having a child with disability is very disappointing for parents because it ruins their dreams of having a perfect child. Sometimes parents cannot still realize that their child is different and still demand from him more then s/he can do. Therefore, in addition to preventive services, many parents need counseling and supportive services.
The study aims at getting insight into the situation and the needs of people with disability in Azerbaijan. This situation analysis will underline the main obstacles they face in everyday life, as well as the factors that facilitate their daily lives. The study will also gain insights on the legislation and laws, as main tool of securing Human Rights of people with disability, and its implementation at country level. The situation analysis will focus on Physical Disability, Mental Disability, and Sensory disability. Partnership: UNICEF will be partnering with UNDP, MHI and MoLSP and HAF as national partners to conduct the study.
6. Major tasks to be accomplished: • Conduct desk review of the current laws, rules and regulations on rights of people with disability in comparison with international conventions, standards and frameworks. The respective organization is required to develop an innovative and effective quantitative and qualitative research methodology to carry out the research study. The organization is also required to propose specific tools for data collection, data entry and processing, and data analysis (including an analytic mechanism either manual or computerized). The respective organization should propose software for data entry, data validation, cross-checking, tabulation and analysis, if they wish to use any.
8. Time-Frame: 60 days spread over 01 November – 31 December (tentatively) 9. Qualifications or specialized knowledge/experience required: For further clarification on the project, kindly contact Ms. Hossai Wardak, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, at hwardak@unicef.org.
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Hossai Wardak 13. Approved by: Rashed Mustafa Submission Deadline: 16:00, 26 October 2010. Proposals submitted after the closing date Ms. Hossai Wardak Nabi
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