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 The International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) and its members aim to promote inclusive development. Inclusive development means respecting the full human rights of every person, acknowledging diversity, eradicating poverty and ensuring that all people are fully included and can actively participate in development processes and activities regardless of age, gender, disability, state of health, ethnic origin or any other characteristic.
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Disability and Development at the European Development Days 2008  The EU Task Group and IDDC member, Leonard Cheshire Disability, cooperated to ensure the presence and visibility of disability and the rights of persons with disabilities as a theme in development cooperation. The focus of this third edition of the European Development Days, the European Commission's major annual event, was on Local Development.
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"Access For All" photo exhibition at European Parliament 
Together with Member of the European Parliament Gay Mitchell, CBM's EU Liaison Office are holding a photo exhibition at the European Parliament from 2 - 5 December this year. The exhibition opens on the eve of World Disability Day and marks the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
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IDDC collaboration with UN Millennium Campaign  IDDC has started to build links with the UN Millennium Campaign to work together on including disability in the MDGs. As a result, we launched the website www.includeeverybody.org which acts as a portal for information about disability and the MDGs. A leaflet is available summarising and promoting the website. |
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