4.4 Partnerships, Consortia and the Age and Disability Working Group: Approaches to Disability Inclusion

These three forms of cooperation have the potential to contribute to a more inclusive humanitarian response. The donor-recipient partnerships, NGO consortia and ADWG are excellent starting points to raise awareness on the rights of persons with disabilities and enhance the capacities of mainstream actors in collecting and analysing disaggregated data, reducing existing barriers and enhancing the participation of persons with disabilities in humanitarian activities, mainly because they allow disability-focused NGOs to work with a specific set of partners in a structured, collaborative manner.30 Each partnership or cooperation presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges for the inclusion of persons with disabilities. The following sections will discuss these in detail.