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/Area Strategies and Action Plans Language
Afghanistan Strategy for Disability and Rehabilitation 2013-2016 English
Afghanistan National Disability Action Plan 2008-2011 English
Albania National Strategy on People with Disabilities English
Angola National Strategy on People with Disabilities Portuguese
National Plan of Integrated Actions on Disability (PNAID)  
Argentina National Accessibility Plan Spanish
Armenia No.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
Australia National Disability Strategy 2010 - 2020 English
Austria NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON DISABILITY 2012–2020 English
Bahrain National Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Arabic
Bangladesh Five-year National Action Plan on Disability (2006) English
Action Plan for the Implementation of National Social Security Strategy 2016-2021
Belarus Council of Ministers Decree N 1602 On the State program to create a barrier-free environment for people with physical disabilities in 2011-2015 Russian
Belgium The measures that can be taken for people with disability Dutch
Bhutan Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (DPR) and Life Style Related Disease (LSRD) Program English
11th Five Year Plan for national development  English
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) National Plan of Equality and Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disability – 2006 Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina Strategy for Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina English
Bostwana National Policy on Care for Persons with Disabilities (1996) English
Brazil Plano Nacional dos Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência – Viver sem Limite Portuguese
Bulgaria 2016-2020 National Strategy for Persons with Disabilities English
Action Plan for 2019-2020 for implementation of the National Strategy for Persons with Disabilities 2016-2020 Bulgarian
Cabo Verde National Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2006-2009 Portuguese
Cambodia National Disability Strategic Plan (NDSP) 2014-2018 English
National Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities including Landmine/ERW3 Survivors 2008 - 2011 English
National Disability Strategic Plan (NDSP) 2019-2023 (Available upon request to dac@dac.org.kh) English
China 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, Chapter 66 English
Colombia National Plan of Action for interventions on Disability 2005 - 2007 Spanish
Cook Islands Cook Islands National Policy on Disability & National Action Plan 2008 – 2012 English
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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Croatia National Strategy of Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities English
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
Cuba Third National Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities 2006-2010 Spanish
Cyprus National Disability Action Plan 2013-2015 English
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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Denmark The World 2030 Denmark’s strategy for development cooperation and humanitarian action English
Disability policy action plan 2013 English
Dominican Republic Plan for the Decade of the Americas: for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities of the Dominican Republic 2006-2016  
Ecuador PLAN ESTRATÉGICO INSTITUCIONAL DEL CONSEJO NACIONAL PARA LA IGUALDAD DE DISCAPACIDADES Spanish
Agenda Nacional para la Igualdad de Discapacidades Spanish
Estonia Welfare Development Plan 2016–2023 English
Ethiopia National Plan of Action of Persons with Disabilities (2012-2021) English
European Union European Disability Strategy 2010–2030 English | French | Spanish
Fiji Disability Action Plan (2002) English
A National Policy on Persons Living with Disabilities 2008-2018 English
Finland Finland’s Disability Policy Programme VAMPO 2010–2015 English
France Plan 2010-2012 for the deaf or hard of hearing French
National Plan for the social and socio-medical organization for rare disabilities 2009-2013 French
Plan for visual disabilities 2008-2011 French
Gambia The National Development Plan (NDP) (2018–2021) English
Georgia National Strategy on Human Rights for 2014–2020. 15th strategic objective English
Human Rights Action Plan for 2018-2020 English
Germany Action plan for the inclusion of people with disabilities German
National Action Plan to Implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities English
Ghana National Strategic Plan on Disability  
Greece National Action Plan for Human Rights 2014-2016 Greek
Guatemala National policy on disability 2006
Plan of action on disability 2017-2021
Spanish
Haiti Five year National Plan for the Integration of People with Disabilities (2010)  
Hungary National Disability Program 2015-2025 English
Iceland Parliamentary Resolution on a Plan of Action on Disabled Persons’ Affairs until 2014 English
India Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) English
Indonesia Indonesia National Plan of Action (INPOA) of Disabled People 2004-2013  
National Human Rights Plan of Action 2015-2019 Indonesian
Ireland National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 English
Italy Biennial action plan for the promotion of the rights and the integration of people with disabilities Italian
Jamaica Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan. Persons with Disabilities Sector Plan 2009 – 2030 English
Japan Basic Programme for Persons with Disabilities 2003 - 2012 English
Jordan National Strategy for People with Disabilities 2010 - 2015 Arabic
Kazakhstan National Action Plan to Secure the Rights and Improve the Quality of Life of Persons with Disabilities (2012 – 2018)  
Kenya NATIONAL 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 2022 English
Kiribati Kiribati National Disability Policy and Action Plan 2018 – 2021  English
Lao People's Democratic Republic Action Plan of the National Strategy for People with Disability in Lao PDR (2000)  
Latvia Policy on the implementation of the UN Convention on rights of persons with disabilities 2014-2020 Latvian
Lebanon National Plan for Human Rights: Rights of People with Disabilities Arabic
Lesotho National Disability Mainstreaming Plan English
Lithuania National Program on Social Integration for People with Disabilities 2013-2019 Lithuanian
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 parents Lithuanian
Luxemburg Action plan for the implementation of the CRPD French
Malawi Strategic Plan on Disability (2004 - 2007) English
Malaysia National Action Plan for Disabled Persons 2007-2012
Plan of Action for Person with Disabilities (2016-2022)  
Mali African Decade of People with Disability 1999-2009 – Mali National Action Plan  
Malta National Policy on the Rights of Persons with Disability English
Mauritius National Policy Paper and Action Plan on Disability English
Mexico Programa Nacional para el Desarrollo y la Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad 2014-2018 Spanish
Micronesia (Federated States of) National Policy on Disability and Implementation Plan  
Mongolia National program for supporting disabled people (2006)  
Montenegro Strategy for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities in Montenegro (2008 – 2016) English
Mozambique Strategy for persons with disabilities in the public sector 2009-2013 Portuguese
National Plan of Action for the Area of Disability - PNAD II 2012-2019 Portuguese
Myanmar Myanmar National Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities 2010 – 2012  
Namibia Disability Mainstream Programme 2011 – 2013  
Nepal National Policy and Plan of Action on Disability 2006 English
Netherlands Visiedocument gehandicaptenzorg (Vision document for persons with disabilities) Dutch
New Zealand New Zealand Disability Strategy 2016 - 2026 English
Disability Action Plan 2014-2018 English
North Macedonia National 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 Ireland Disability Action Plan English
Norway Job strategy for people with disabilities Norwegian
Norway Universally Designed by 2025 English
A Society for All: The government’s strategy for the equality of persons with disabilities for the period 2020–2030 English
Government’s action plan for equality for persons with disabilities 2020-2030 Norwegian
Equality for all: Norway’s strategy for disability-inclusive development (2022–2025) English
Pacific Islands Forum Pacific Regional Strategy on Disablility 2010 - 2015 English
Pakistan National Plan of Action to implement the National Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2006 - 2011 English
Palau Palau National Disability Inclusive Policy, 2017-2020 Palau CBID Action Plan, 2019-2021 English

 

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Panama National Strategic Plan for the Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and their families 2011 – 2014 Spanish
Papua New Guinea National Disability Policy 2015-2025 English
Peru Plan for the Equalization of Opportunities for People with Disabilities 2009 – 2018 Spanish
Philippines Health and Wellness Program of Persons with Disabilities 2014 English
National Plan of Action for the Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2003 – 2012 English
Poland Government Program for People with Disabilities and their Integration with the Society  
National Action Program for Equal Treatment 2013-2016 Polish
Strategy for People with Disabilities 2020-2030 English
Portugal National Strategy for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Portuguese
1st Action Plan for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities 2006-2009 Portuguese
Qatar Qatar National Development Strategy English
Republic of Korea The 4th Comprehensive Policy Plan for Persons with Disabilities Korean
Republic of Moldova National Program of Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities for the years 2017-2022 Romanian
Action Plan for the the implementation of the National Program for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities for the years 2017-2022
Romania National 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 Federation State programme of the Russian Federation - Accessible environment 2011-2015 Russian
State program of the Russian Federation - Accessible environment 2011-2020 Russian
Rwanda NCPD Strategic Plan and Its Operational Plan for the Implementation 2013-2018 English
Samoa Samoa National Policy on Disability 2011 - 2016 English
Scotland A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: delivery plan English
Senegal National Action Plan on Disability 2017-2021  
Serbia Strategy for Improving the Situation of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Serbia 2007 - 2015  
Singapore 3rd Enabling Masterplan 2017 - 2021 English
Slovakia National Program for the Development of Living Conditions of Persons with Disabilities for 2014-2020 Slovak
Slovenia Action Programme for Persons with Disabilities 2007-2013 Slovenian
Action Programme for Persons with Disabilities 2014-2021 Slovenian
South Africa Integrated National Disability Strategy White Paper English
Disability Framework for Local Government 2009-2014 English
Strategic Policy Framework on Disability for the Post-School Education and Training System (2018) English
Spain Spanish Strategy on Disability 2012-2020 Spanish
Plan of Action for the Spanish Strategy on Disability 2014 - 2020 Spanish
Sri Lanka 2014 National Action Plan for Disability  
Sweden A Strategy for the Implementation of Disability Policy, 2011-2016 Swedish
National Action Plan for the disability politics  
Switzerland Action Plan on e-Accessibility German
Syrian Arab Republic National Plan for the Care and Habilitation of People with Disabilities (2008) English
Thailand Third National Plan on Quality of Life Development of Persons with Disabilities 2007-2011 English
Trinidad and Tobago National Policy on Persons with Disabilities (2018) English
Turkey Stratejik Plan 2008 - 2012 (Strategic Plan) Turkish
Uganda National Policy on Disabilities, 2006  
National Plan for Children with Disabilities  
Ukraine Action 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 2020 Ukrainian
United Kingdom Disability Inclusion Strategy 2018 to 2023 English
Easy read strategy English
Disability Inclusion Strategy Delivery Plan English
United Republic of Tanzania National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy 2010 – 2015  
Vanuatu NATIONAL DISABILITY POLICY AND PLAN OF ACTION 2008-2015 Egnlish
Viet Nam National Action Plan to Support People with Disabilities 2006-2010 English
Wales Action on disability: the right to independent living framework and action plan English
Action on disability: the right to independent living framework and action plan (easy read)
Yemen National Disability Strategy 2014 - 2018 Arabic
Zambia Disability Strategic Plan 2017-2021 English

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