1. Capacity Development for Inclusive CBR Muhammad Atif Sheikh Pakistan

2. About STEP
A cross disability organization run by persons with diversified disabilities since 1997

3. About STEP
Developing Leadership among Persons with Disabilities across the country

4. Lobbying and advocacy with policy makers
About STEP
Lobbying and advocacy with policy makers

5. Training corporate sector on disability equality at workplace
About STEP
Training corporate sector on disability equality at workplace

6. About STEP
De-sensitization of society on charity and medical models at community level

7. Major Endeavors
Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction is part of National DRR Plan

8. Major Endeavors
Disability Inclusive Electoral System is part of Strategic goals of Election Commission of Pakistan

9. Economic empowerment of persons with disabilities
Major Endeavors
Economic empowerment of persons with disabilities

10. Empowering Women with Disabilities
Major Endeavors
Empowering Women with Disabilities

11. PPAF (Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund)
A Specific Case
PPAF (Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund)
Cumulatively financed over 6.9 million microcredit loans,
Completed 33,000 health, education, water and infrastructure projects,
Conducted over 17,000 skill development and managerial training events
Developed a grassroots network of over 125,000 community organizations.
Coverage has simultaneously increased to include 121 districts through 127 partner organizations across all provinces and regions

12. Pakistan’s largest Program for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities based on CBR approach
Identification of PWDs through carpet survey
Arrangements of medical camps to make their rehabilitation plans
Distribution of assistive devices
Skill development
Ensure PWDs employment
Teachers training to ensure inclusive education
Awareness raising of communities for removal of social barriers

14. Strategic Roadmap
PPAF has institutionalized the disability mainstreaming agenda within PPAF with the POs and at the community level through:
Advocating the significance of this agenda amongst key stakeholders (government, donors, and the civil society organizations)
A Twin track approach on one end included preparing human resources in partner organizations through training of trainers on Inclusive development coupled with disseminating advocacy material and on the other side introducing strategic interventions and orientation of decisions makers in PPAF followed by establishing a taskforce for ensuring inclusive development

15. Recommendations:
Capacity building program need to be participatory and for all the stakeholders, from the grassroots to the management of implementing organizations
Concerns and experiences of persons with disabilities should be integral dimension of the design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic and societal spheres so that disabled people benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated.