This toolkit aims to provide you with the tools and guidance needed to establish and run a Disability Working Group within a Humanitarian Coordination Mechanism. It also give you the tools and guidance required to ensure the working group can engage meaningfully with different cluster/levels across the coordination structure.

The toolkit has three parts:

In Section 1: Setting up a working group you will find guidance and tools to establish a working group, develop ToRs, establish a theory of chance for the working group, develop actions plans, complete assessments on the inclusivity of clusters/HNRPs, and promote meaningful participation

In Section 2: Engaging in Humanitarian Coordination you will find guidance to ensure the working group has the capacity to support actors in disability inclusive proposal development, project design, and programming; collect disability disaggregated data; review HNRPs from a disability inclusive lens; and strengthen awareness on disability inclusion in humanitarian action amongst humanitarian actors.

In Section 3: Useful studies and reports you will find case studies, comparative case studies, examples of disability inclusion in coordination, along with examples of the types of outputs generated by disability working groups in different contexts.

Here you will find everything you need to help set up and run a disability working group, along with examples from other contexts. You may download and adapt as needed.

This guidance brief will provide a description on possible starting points to set up a working group, how to maintain its functioning, and how to close it if necessary.

The self-assessment can be used to generate an overview on the level of alignment of clusters, working groups, and the HNRP to the IASC guidelines. It can also support a participatory approach to annual action planning.

This tip sheet will provide guidance on how to develop a Terms of Reference for Disability Working Groups or similar structures. You can find examples of ToRs, a sample job description of a working Group Coordinator, and a sample Theory of Change:

Provides working group leads with guidance to enhance meaningful participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in humanitarian coordination.

Provides key actions in link with key stages in the HPC to ease planning.

Here you can find tools and guidance designed to help your working group effectively engage in the humanitarian coordination mechanism.

This guidance will support CBPF managers and teams to operationalize the provisions of the CBPF in accordance with global guidelines pertaining to disability inclusion. It provides an overview of minimum standards and other desirable good practice around disability and contributes to the roll-out of global guidelines for a more harmonized approach across CBPFs.

This example of a guidance from Afghanistan provides considerations and quality criteria for humanitarian actions – including disability working groups – for developing and reviewing proposals.

This two-hour course has been designed to support humanitarian program staff to understand, plan for, and use the Washington Group Questions (WGQs) in order to identify persons with disabilities in humanitarian action. With case studies, practical examples, and a wealth of supporting resources, this e-learning is an essential entry-point for all humanitarian staff. It is available in several languages and is free of cost.

These tools can be used ensure Food Security and Protection data collection tools are disability inclusive.