Decade Steering Committees are national structures that enable local Disabled Persons' Organisations (DPOs), government officials, the media, development organisations and donors to work together to ensure that disability and persons with disabilities are integrated into maintream policies and programmes.   

The Steps that we follow in facilitating the creation of National Decade Steering Committees are as follows:

• Conduct desk research (stakeholders analysis, existing progs / policies, etc.
• Send introduction package to selected governments (PMO / PO cc Soc Development) and DPOs
• Prepare visit to selected countries.
  Visit countries and do the following:
  Day 1: Government (PMO/PO, Soc.Dev, MOFi)
  Day 2: DPOs (Federation, blind, deaf, mental, physical)
  Day 3: Partners (HI, CBM, SHIA/DSI, ADD, UNICEF, UNESCO, etc.
  Day 4: Others (media, trade unions, employers fed, religious org, etc.)
  Day 5: Partners meeting to start up DSC
• Enter into MOU between SADPD – Government/DSC

You can access the guidelines to establish National Decade Steering Committees in our related content.