Public Policy: a key for right based approach to development

What role for

Handicap International ?

Atelier de travail sur la RBA – Handicap International – 27 Juin 2007

A need for public policy ?

• The principles of accountability, Reference to international human rights instruments, non discrimination, participation for the development of public policy because

• It implies ultimate responsibility of state (state shall ensure, guaranty…) and universality of rights and entitlements for all

Needs, rights and policy?

Public Policy

Social innovation

Governance

RightsLocal

legislation

International binding legal instruments

Needs

Survival Full Participation

Resources

State Community

What is Public Policy?• A set of defined or at least definable values; • A clear vision of a desirable future that is based on these values that should

foresee positive change in life of population• Appropriate strategies that can be implemented in order to realize that vision.

Implementation package includes:• Legislation• Adequate Procedures• Enforcement body• Implementation plan• Dedicated resources• Monitoring and Evaluation

• public policy is the output of politics and his most of the time the results of strong negotiation whether we talk a bout legislative, budgetary issues… the interaction between policy and politics can be define has policy making

Which level?

• International policy / agenda : EU/ WB. Accession process, structural adjustment, aid conditionality

• National Agenda: PRSP…• National Disability Strategy• National specific policy (health care, education,

employment, child protection…)

• Local level (community development, local disability action plan , agenda 22…)

Stakeholders…International organisation

Local authorities

Civil sectorInterest groups

Disabled people organistaion

SocialService providers

Private sector

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National authorities

A process

People’s lives :Level of autonomy, quality of life Degree of participation in the community life.The impact of politics and output of policy

Practice :How does it work on the fieldThe outcome of politics and output of policy

Policy :The output of the politics.

Polis :The rules and the stakeholders

Politics :The political power play . Ideology and interest

Policy making

WHAT ROLE FOR HI?

Policy making

Bring practice in people lives

People’s lives :Level of autonomy, quality of life Degree of participation in the community life.

Practice :How does it work on the field

Policy :The outcome of the politics.

Polis :The rules and the stakeholders

Politics :The political power play . Ideology and interest

Bring new practice in people lives (2)

• HI support local stakeholders in their social innovation

• HI Develop and Support pilot projects that target new categories of population, usually left apart by existing systems to show that it s possible demonstrating feasibility of new services or programs (Tunisia, Madagscar, Burkina faso on inclsuive education

Brings people’s life in

People’s lives :Level of autonomy, quality of life Degree of participation in the community life.

Practice :How does it work on the field

Policy :The outcome of the politics.

Polis :The rules and the stakeholders

Politics :The political power play . Ideology and interest

From consultation to lobbyingPolicy making

Brings people’s life in PM(2)• The quality of participation of DPOs and the way

authorities involve them is a key indicators of their empowerment

• HI Support to DPOs capacity building for them to become credible counter part in policy making process

• HI Support to advocacy initiatives of DPOs and civil society (Sheepac, Sapesh, Mali, Togo, India, Bangladesh, SEE, Honduras..)

• HI Campaigning and Monitoring about challenges faced by people (Togo, SEE, Mero, Madgascar, India, Bangladesh…)

• Supporting state capacity to assess situation of people with disabilities (Maroc, Togo, Afghanistan, BiH…)

• Supporting consultation process (médiation between state and civil society- PRSP process)

Bring practice in

Policy making

People’s lives :Level of autonomy, quality of life Degree of participation in the community life.

Practice :How does it work on the field

Policy :The outcome of the politics.

Polis :The rules and the stakeholders

Politics :The political power play . Ideology and interest

Bring practice in PM (2)

• HI support social innovation, assessing and Promoting good practices. It bring lessons learn from HI pilot projects and from others stateholders (capitalisation / study visit / promotion about experiences / Use experience to develop advocacy tools…)

(Balkans, India, Emploi rapport insertion…)

• HI support association of professionals and service providers to give a voice to practioners, link DPO services providers and states

Policy making

Support policy development

People’s lives :Level of autonomy, quality of life Degree of participation in the community life.

Practice :How does it work on the field

Policy :The outcome of the politics.

Polis :The rules and the stakeholders

Politics :The political power play . Ideology and interest

HI

Support policy development (2)

• HI bring technical support to authorities in charge (Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Rwanda, Kosovo, Mozambique, India,…)

• Formulation of scenarios

• Support to planning and monitoring design

• Support for consultation process

• In some case use STEPS for expertise

Bring policy to practice

Policy making

People’s lives :Level of autonomy, quality of life Degree of participation in the community life.

Practice :How does it work on the field

Policy :The outcome of the politics.

Polis :The rules and the stakeholders

Politics :The political power play . Ideology and interest

Bring policy to practice (2)

• Staff training (on the job or initial training) (Albania, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon, Rwanda, …………….)

• HI Support implementation process in general (Rwanda, Albania)

Public policy in challenging environment

• Public policy on disability issues will not have the same shape and content in functionning or in fragile or failed states

• State guaranty in the logic of progressive realisation means:

- At least plan and facilitate

- Then regulate

- Then pay for and/or deliver

Who Regulate, Who Deliver, Who advocate?

WHO SHOULD? WHO CAN? WHO WANT?

Central authorities?

Local authorities?

Community?

DPOs?

NGOs?

Central authorities?

Local authorities?

Community?

DPOs?

NGOs?

Central authorities?

Local authorities?

Community?

DPOs?

NGOs?

WILL

CAPACITY

Direct or indirect Influence towards policy makers

-non state mechanisms to develop policies- Identifying the strengths and

weakness of potential policies

-Supporting Users’ awareness raising and advocacy activities

- Advocacy towards Donors to bring resources

- direct or indirect substitution to duty bearers

- Capacity building of providers - strategy for supporting empowerment of users

- advocacy and awareness raising

SUPPORTING THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

AND THE MONITORINGBY PEOPLE CONCERNED

-Advocacy towards Donors to bring resources

-capacity building of policy makers

and service providers- Supporting advocacy by users - beneficiaries

WHETHER DUTY BEARERS WILLING AND ABLE TO DO IT? (from DFID “improving services delivery in difficult environment” )