2025 has been a year of seismic shift by governments and their commitments to international development and humanitarian assistance. The cuts in Official Development Assistance (ODA) across many OECD members, the rise of anti-diversity and exclusionary narratives, and a shrinking civil society space has put significant strain on the partnerships that work together under international development and humanitarian frameworks. The climate crisis, increasing conflicts, increasing debt and macroeconomic challenges place many governments at risk for not meeting their targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Now more than ever, there is a need for collective action to ensure the SDGs are put back on track as we get closer to 2030.
Ahead of the Global Disability Summit and other key global events in 2025, (e.g. the International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) and the World Summit for Social Development), the International Disability and Development Consortium (I D D C) held a one day workshop in March in Berlin co-hosted by CBM Christian Blind Mission to discuss financing disability inclusion.
Key leaders from the Global Disability Summit, independent experts, United Nations partners, government policy makers and civil society organisations came together in the workshop to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead for financing disability rights and inclusion, the importance of monitoring and the need for solidarity during these critical moments. This report is split into topics that mirror the agenda and includes key talking points from the different sessions.