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  A Home, a Cafe and Employment to Promote Deinstitutionalization

  In 2016, the Psychoanalytic Association set up a training café to employ ten people with psychosocial disabilities who had previously lived in closed institutions. As of 2018, the supportive independent living (SIL) programme oversees six group homes, two cafés, and 20 employed beneficiaries, all of whom now live on their own.
  Psychoanalytic Association, SIL programme, Kazakhstan

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  Five-Year Plan for Mental Health Care in Rural Areas

  BasicNeeds Ghana capacitates physicians and health workers about mental health issues, how to treat them, and how to gain knowledge about appropriate medication. Since its founding in 2002, the programme has benefitted more than 19,000 poor and marginalized living people with mental health issues or epilepsy.
  Basic Needs Ghana, Ghana

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  Persons with disabilities employing their assistants

  In this employer model councillors who are themselves persons with disabilities accompany and support their peers. All decisions are made by the persons with disabilities. To this end, VbA offers a payroll accounting service, an internet-based platform for assistance, and a travelling service for wheelchair users.
  Independent Living e.V. Munich, Germany

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  Preparing people with psychosocial and mental disabilities to live in their own homes

  Residents in one of the "Preparation for Independent Living Centres" are provided with personalised professional support, counselling, and training to prepare them for living independently. From 2012 to 2018, 50 people had received support services and 16 had successfully moved on to their own independent lives and accommodations.
  Pro ACT Suport Association, Romania

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  Engaging persons with disabilities in all levels of politics

  DEC-N conducts regular dialogue with political parties and local public and non-government bodies to encourage inclusive policies, and an organizational taskforce supports voter registering and participation. Since 2012, some 200 people with disabilities have participated in local planning, 1,055 have registered to vote.
  DEC-Nepal - Disable Empowerment and Communication Center, Nepal

• Enfranchising People with Disabilities in Zimbabwe

  The program has sought to secure the inclusion of people with disabilities in Zimbabwe’s governance systems by advocating for their accessibility to polling stations. The program also aimed at ensuring proportional representation of people with disabilities in decision-making bodies or a quota system in employment.
  Jairos Jiri Association, Zimbabwe

• Enfranchising people under guardianship

  Till 2013 Japan’s Election Law deprived people under adult guardianship of their right to vote and to stand for elections. In a spectacular court case, the Tokyo District Court condemned this as unconstitutional. The repeal of the discriminatory article led to the enfranchisement of more than 136,000 persons.
  Tokyo District Court, REVISION OF ELECTION LAW, Japan

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  Young Volunteers as Agents for Social Inclusion

  Unidos trains young people as volunteers – called "Allies" –, who then accompany people with disabilities to participate in the various Unidos social programmes. Through social franchising the programme has been rolled-out to six cities across the country, supporting 1,877 people with disabilities in 2017.
  Unidos Somos Iguales, Mexico

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  Billing information and customer support in simple language

  PIKSL uses the competences of people with and without disabilities to develop products and services for everyone. One of its services helps E.ON, a German utility company, to better communicate with all of its customers. In 2016 approximately 300 people with intellectual disabilities used this service during the pilot phase.
  PIKSL - Living in the community gGmbH, Germany

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  Training volunteers to teach entrepreneurship development

  Volunteers are selected by the community to act as a driving force and role model. They lead self-help groups that develop business plans for individuals and joint initiatives, both farm and non-farm. In 2020, 25,965 people in 599 villages received direct support, including 7,000 people with disabilities.
  Naman Seva Samiti, Ujjawal – Disability Inclusive Livelihood Initiative, India