Concepts and Characteristics of the Program for Persons with Disabilities
A program should be time bound but relatively long term multi dimensional initiative having well defined goal and objectives to be achieved within the specified timeframe. The program should have to attain and maintain the following characteristics and features in its design structure:
The program have to be Rights and Needs Based: By design the program need to uphold both rights and need-based approach in interventions and activities. It means for long-term the aim of the program will be to establish rights of the disable people in the society that will includes pro-disability polices, institutional linkage and access to resources, etc.; where in short-term the aim of the program will be to address the immediate needs of the disable people that includes giving life skills, supply financial aids, assets and equipment supply for income generation.
The Program will focus the Empowerment: The focus of the program will be empowerment of the disable peoples from all different aspects like informational,technological,financial,social,and institutional linkages.
It would build the build the Capacity: The highest endeavor of the program will be capacity building of the persons with disabilities and the local organizations involved in capacity building of the disabled people so that they can gain a sustainable competitive advantage and self sufficiency.
It must be Relevant: All the selected interventions and activities must the highly relevant to address directly the problems and risks of the disable people that are identified through risks and vulnerability assessment.
It would be Demand driven: All the interventions and activities have to be addressed that are demanded by the target participants of the program. To make the program demand driven, some sorts of contributory mechanism have to be developed in the delivery of program interventions and activities which will be identified during needs assessment process.
It must have to be Participatory: The design as well as the implementation of the program require to be participatory meaning the key stakeholders will be remain involved in the entire process of program design and implementation. They have to be placed at the center of assessing progress and impacts of the program in the improvement of their livelihoods.
It would be Community managed: In the design mechanism of the program, community must has to be responsive to play a significant role in strengthening the disability movement in Bangladesh and bring the disable people at the mainstream. For this purpose, community people need to include in various committees to be proposed in the program.
It will be Cost effective: Of course, an alternative analysis has to be done while designing the program to determine in which way the goal and objectives of the program could be achieved in most cost effective way.
The approach would the Partnership: The organization requires to in a participatory manner. The program need to be designed to build more capable and motivated organizations that will come forward to work with disable people.
It would be based on Measurable Outcomes and Impacts: The program have to be designed to get some significant and measurable short term and long term outcomes and impacts that are worthwhile compared with resources utilized.
It must have to be Sustainable: Lastly the design of the program must have to ensure long term sustainability of the effects and impacts of the program. For this purpose, it should focus on the constitution and confidence building of the disable peoples, their capacity enhancement, institutional linkage and resource mobilization.
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