Ongoing field projects by HI, CBM and GTZ

Togo

Status of PRSP and disability: Togo is in the formulation phase of PRSP. It has already produced a PRSP some years ago, but it had not been approved by the World Bank. The new draft of the PRSP did not include disability in the beginning, but Handicap International contacted UNDP and they gave FETAPH the possibility to make suggestions.

Implementing organisations: FETAPH (Fédération Togolaise des Associations de Personnes Handicapées), Handicap International and UNDP

Contact: Patrick Senia [psenia[at]hi-togo.org] (Programme Director)

Initially Handicap International contacted UNDP - a key player in Togo's PRSP formulation and asked to include disability issues. UNDP then suggested writing a document about the situation of people with disability in Togo which might be included in the PRSP. Handicap International proposed FETAPH for this task - as a national stakeholder has a bigger legitimacy to participate in such a process. So FETAPH wrote a paper and UNDP included one chapter on disability into their strategic document about the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) which will serve as basis for the PRSP document. Until now disability is treated in a separate chapter, but it is not yet a cross-cutting issue. To achieve this Handicap International and FETAPH do intensive lobbying and try to cooperate with other donor organisations (e.g. World Bank).