Disability Strategies and Action Plans by Country/Area

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National disability strategies and action plans can play an important role in coordinating and guiding the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities (CRPD) by highlighting areas which will be prioritized at the national level. Disability strategies and action plans typically present measures and milestones which a country intends to reach by the end of the period covered by the strategy/plan. They can also make a significant contribution towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the pledge of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that no one will be left behind.


Country/AreaStrategies and Action PlansLanguage
AfghanistanStrategy for Disability and Rehabilitation 2013-2016English
Afghanistan National Disability Action Plan 2008-2011English
AlbaniaNational Strategy on People with DisabilitiesEnglish
AngolaNational Strategy on People with DisabilitiesPortuguese
National Plan of Integrated Actions on Disability (PNAID) 
ArgentinaNational Accessibility PlanSpanish
ArmeniaNo.1 protocol decision of January 12, 2017 of the government of the Republic of Armenia on “Approving the complex programme of social inclusion of persons with disabilites for 2017-2021” and the Action plan ensuring the realization of the program.English
AustraliaNational Disability Strategy 2010 - 2020English
AustriaNATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON DISABILITY 2012–2020English
BahrainNational Strategy for the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesArabic
BangladeshFive-year National Action Plan on Disability (2006)English
Action Plan for the Implementation of National Social Security Strategy 2016-2021
BelarusCouncil of Ministers Decree N 1602 On the State program to create a barrier-free environment for people with physical disabilities in 2011-2015Russian
BelgiumThe measures that can be taken for people with disabilityDutch
BhutanDisability Prevention and Rehabilitation (DPR) and Life Style Related Disease (LSRD) ProgramEnglish
11th Five Year Plan for national development English
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)National Plan of Equality and Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disability – 2006Spanish
Bosnia and HerzegovinaStrategy for Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in the Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaEnglish
BostwanaNational Policy on Care for Persons with Disabilities (1996)English
BrazilPlano Nacional dos Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência – Viver sem LimitePortuguese
Bulgaria2016-2020 National Strategy for Persons with DisabilitiesEnglish
Action Plan for 2019-2020 for implementation of the National Strategy for Persons with Disabilities 2016-2020Bulgarian
Cabo VerdeNational Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2006-2009Portuguese
CambodiaNational Disability Strategic Plan (NDSP) 2014-2018English
National Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities including Landmine/ERW3 Survivors 2008 - 2011English
National Disability Strategic Plan (NDSP) 2019-2023 (Available upon request to @email)English
National Disability Strategic Plan 2024-2028Khmer 
China13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, Chapter 66English
ColombiaNational Plan of Action for interventions on Disability 2005 - 2007Spanish
Cook IslandsCook Islands National Policy on Disability & National Action Plan 2008 – 2012English
Costa Rica

Decree No. 40635 -MP-MDHIS-PLAN-MTSS, Harmonization of the National Disability Policy (Ponadis) and establishment of its action plan in accordance with country commitments to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

 

Costa Rica has the National Disability Policy and its Action Plan 2016- 2018. A new plan for this Policy will be formulated next year.

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CroatiaNational Strategy of Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with DisabilitiesEnglish
Plan for Deinstitutionalisation and Transformation of Social Welfare and Other Legal Entities Providing Social Care Services in the Republic of Croatia 2011 – 2016 (2018) Croatian
CubaThird National Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities 2006-2010Spanish
CyprusNational Disability Action Plan 2013-2015English
Czechia

National Plan for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 2015–2020

 

First National Disability Strategy 2018-2028-Second National Disability Action Plan 2018-2020

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DenmarkThe World 2030 Denmark’s strategy for development cooperation and humanitarian actionEnglish
Disability policy action plan 2013English
Dominican RepublicPlan for the Decade of the Americas: for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities of the Dominican Republic 2006-2016 
EcuadorPLAN ESTRATÉGICO INSTITUCIONAL DEL CONSEJO NACIONAL PARA LA IGUALDAD DE DISCAPACIDADESSpanish
Agenda Nacional para la Igualdad de DiscapacidadesSpanish
EstoniaWelfare Development Plan 2016–2023English
EthiopiaNational Plan of Action of Persons with Disabilities (2012-2021)English
European UnionEuropean Disability Strategy 2010–2030English | French | Spanish
FijiDisability Action Plan (2002)English
A National Policy on Persons Living with Disabilities 2008-2018English
FinlandFinland’s Disability Policy Programme VAMPO 2010–2015English
FrancePlan 2010-2012 for the deaf or hard of hearingFrench
National Plan for the social and socio-medical organization for rare disabilities 2009-2013French
Plan for visual disabilities 2008-2011French
GambiaThe National Development Plan (NDP) (2018–2021)English
GeorgiaNational Strategy on Human Rights for 2014–2020. 15th strategic objectiveEnglish
Human Rights Action Plan for 2018-2020English
GermanyAction plan for the inclusion of people with disabilitiesGerman
National Action Plan to Implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesEnglish
GhanaNational Strategic Plan on Disability 
GreeceNational Action Plan for Human Rights 2014-2016Greek
GuatemalaNational policy on disability 2006
Plan of action on disability 2017-2021
Spanish
HaitiFive year National Plan for the Integration of People with Disabilities (2010) 
HungaryNational Disability Program 2015-2025English
IcelandParliamentary Resolution on a Plan of Action on Disabled Persons’ Affairs until 2014English
IndiaTwelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017)English
IndonesiaIndonesia National Plan of Action (INPOA) of Disabled People 2004-2013 
National Human Rights Plan of Action 2015-2019Indonesian
IrelandNational Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021English
ItalyBiennial action plan for the promotion of the rights and the integration of people with disabilitiesItalian
JamaicaVision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan. Persons with Disabilities Sector Plan 2009 – 2030English
JapanBasic Programme for Persons with Disabilities 2003 - 2012English
JordanNational Strategy for People with Disabilities 2010 - 2015Arabic
KazakhstanNational Action Plan to Secure the Rights and Improve the Quality of Life of Persons with Disabilities (2012 – 2018) 
KenyaNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION on implementation of recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities in relation to the initial report of the Republic of Kenya, September 2015-June 2022English
KiribatiKiribati National Disability Policy and Action Plan 2018 – 2021 English
Lao People's Democratic RepublicAction Plan of the National Strategy for People with Disability in Lao PDR (2000) 
LatviaPolicy on the implementation of the UN Convention on rights of persons with disabilities 2014-2020Latvian
LebanonNational Plan for Human Rights: Rights of People with DisabilitiesArabic
LesothoNational Disability Mainstreaming PlanEnglish
LithuaniaNational Program on Social Integration for People with Disabilities 2013-2019Lithuanian
Action Plan for 2014-2020 on transition from institutional care to care in the family and the community for people with disabilities and children without care of parentsLithuanian
LuxemburgAction plan for the implementation of the CRPDFrench
MalawiStrategic Plan on Disability (2004 - 2007)English
MalaysiaNational Action Plan for Disabled Persons 2007-2012 
Plan of Action for Person with Disabilities (2016-2022) 
MaliAfrican Decade of People with Disability 1999-2009 – Mali National Action Plan 
MaltaNational Policy on the Rights of Persons with DisabilityEnglish
MauritiusNational Policy Paper and Action Plan on DisabilityEnglish
MexicoPrograma Nacional para el Desarrollo y la Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad 2014-2018Spanish
Micronesia (Federated States of)National Policy on Disability and Implementation Plan 
MongoliaNational program for supporting disabled people (2006) 
MontenegroStrategy for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities in Montenegro (2008 – 2016)English
MozambiqueStrategy for persons with disabilities in the public sector 2009-2013Portuguese
National Plan of Action for the Area of Disability - PNAD II 2012-2019Portuguese
MyanmarMyanmar National Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities 2010 – 2012 
NamibiaDisability Mainstream Programme 2011 – 2013 
NepalNational Policy and Plan of Action on Disability 2006English
NetherlandsVisiedocument gehandicaptenzorg (Vision document for persons with disabilities)Dutch
New ZealandNew Zealand Disability Strategy 2016 - 2026English
Disability Action Plan 2014-2018English
North MacedoniaNational Strategy on Achieving Equal Rights for the Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Macedonia (2010 – 2018)English
2016-2020 NATIONAL EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION STRATEGY
Northern IrelandDisability Action PlanEnglish
NorwayJob strategy for people with disabilitiesNorwegian
Norway Universally Designed by 2025English
A Society for All: The government’s strategy for the equality of persons with disabilities for the period 2020–2030English
Government’s action plan for equality for persons with disabilities 2020-2030Norwegian
Equality for all: Norway’s strategy for disability-inclusive development (2022–2025)English
Pacific Islands ForumPacific Regional Strategy on Disablility 2010 - 2015English
PakistanNational Plan of Action to implement the National Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2006 - 2011English
PalauPalau National Disability Inclusive Policy, 2017-2020 Palau CBID Action Plan, 2019-2021

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PanamaNational Strategic Plan for the Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and their families 2011 – 2014Spanish
Papua New GuineaNational Disability Policy 2015-2025English
PeruPlan for the Equalization of Opportunities for People with Disabilities 2009 – 2018Spanish
PhilippinesHealth and Wellness Program of Persons with Disabilities 2014English
National Plan of Action for the Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2003 – 2012English
PolandGovernment Program for People with Disabilities and their Integration with the Society 
National Action Program for Equal Treatment 2013-2016Polish
Strategy for People with Disabilities 2020-2030English
PortugalNational Strategy for the Inclusion of Persons with DisabilitiesPortuguese
1st Action Plan for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities 2006-2009Portuguese
QatarQatar National Development StrategyEnglish
Republic of KoreaThe 4th Comprehensive Policy Plan for Persons with DisabilitiesKorean
Republic of MoldovaNational Program of Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities for the years 2017-2022Romanian
Action Plan for the the implementation of the National Program for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities for the years 2017-2022
RomaniaNational Strategy on social protection, integration and inclusion of people with disabilities for the period 2006 – 2013. “Equal opportunities for people with disabilities – towards a non-discriminatory society”English
Russian FederationState programme of the Russian Federation - Accessible environment 2011-2015Russian
State program of the Russian Federation - Accessible environment 2011-2020Russian
RwandaNCPD Strategic Plan and Its Operational Plan for the Implementation 2013-2018English
SamoaSamoa National Policy on Disability 2011 - 2016English
ScotlandA Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: delivery planEnglish
SenegalNational Action Plan on Disability 2017-2021 
SerbiaStrategy for Improving the Situation of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia 2007 - 2015 
SingaporeSingapore Enabling Master Plan 2030English
SlovakiaNational Program for the Development of Living Conditions of Persons with Disabilities for 2014-2020Slovak
SloveniaAction Programme for Persons with Disabilities 2007-2013Slovenian
Action Programme for Persons with Disabilities 2014-2021Slovenian
South AfricaIntegrated National Disability Strategy White PaperEnglish
Disability Framework for Local Government 2009-2014English
Strategic Policy Framework on Disability for the Post-School Education and Training System (2018)English
SpainSpanish Strategy on Disability 2012-2020Spanish
Plan of Action for the Spanish Strategy on Disability 2014 - 2020Spanish
Sri Lanka2014 National Action Plan for Disability 
SwedenA Strategy for the Implementation of Disability Policy, 2011-2016Swedish
National Action Plan for the disability politics 
SwitzerlandAction Plan on e-AccessibilityGerman
Syrian Arab RepublicNational Plan for the Care and Habilitation of People with Disabilities (2008)English
ThailandThird National Plan on Quality of Life Development of Persons with Disabilities 2007-2011English
Trinidad and TobagoNational Policy on Persons with Disabilities (2018)English
TurkeyStratejik Plan 2008 - 2012 (Strategic Plan)Turkish
UgandaNational Policy on Disabilities, 2006 
National Plan for Children with Disabilities 
UkraineAction plan to implement the recommendations set out in the concluding observations submitted by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to the first report of Ukraine on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the period up to 2020Ukrainian
United KingdomDisability Inclusion Strategy 2018 to 2023English
Easy read strategyEnglish
Disability Inclusion Strategy Delivery PlanEnglish
United Republic of TanzaniaNational Disability Mainstreaming Strategy 2010 – 2015 
VanuatuNATIONAL DISABILITY POLICY AND PLAN OF ACTION 2008-2015Egnlish
Viet NamNational Action Plan to Support People with Disabilities 2006-2010English
WalesAction on disability: the right to independent living framework and action planEnglish
Action on disability: the right to independent living framework and action plan (easy read)
YemenNational Disability Strategy 2014 - 2018Arabic
ZambiaDisability Strategic Plan 2017-2021English

Disability policies, strategies, laws and standards for disability also available at the World Health Organization’s MiNDBank.