DAC-Disability Sector

Responsible Ministry: Ministry of Health

Develop effective evaluation monitoring and evaluation mechanism to monitor its existing policies (Exception, health equity fund…etc to avoid discrimination and corruption)
To increase health staff salary to encourage them to provide good health services with no corruption and discrimination for the poor and people with disabilities
To coordinate with Ministry of Public Affairs and Transport in issuing Driving License to people with disabilities
MoH should take serious actions on the exception of health fee

Responsible Ministry: Ministry of Public Affairs and Transport

MoSVY and MoPAT with coordination of DAC will update the exiting Accessibility Guideline of DAC (developed in 2001)
To form an Inter-ministerial working group to discuss on accessibilities of people with disabilities
Accessibilities should not only on physical accessibilities but access to services and information
All the streets in Phnom Penh should have a space for people with disabilities for travel, especially for wheelchair users
Should form a National Accessibility Committee (Should high level people from the government such as H.E Sar Kheng who has power to manage and provide guidance all 24 government officials include local authorities to mainstreaming people with disabilities)

Responsible Ministry: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

All school building including toilets (public and private) should accessible by people with disabilities
MoEYS should consider to include servers people with disabilities in their education programs/plans
In all public school should at least has a class for intellectual disabled children
Leadership of MoEYS should meet with MoH for early identification, DAC could coordinate for this meeting
Update the Policy of recruiting teacher by giving priority to people with disabilities become a public school teachers
Please MoEYS makes sure that there is free of education service provides to children (because of the low salary of teachers and corruption makes teachers charge some unofficial fee from students)
Give priority to people with disabilities sit in the front row of table in the classroom
Provide scholarship to the poor people with disabilities to access higher education

Responsible Ministry: Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training

Joint to implement the Law on Protect and Promote the Rights of people with disabilities especially in recruitment quota
All its 40 training centers open for all people including people with disabilities
If the number of graduated people with disabilities available, MoLVT will forward it to any employers

Give priority to people with disabilities to access the training center managed by MoLVT
Should a report on number of people with disabilities graduated from those 40 training centers available for other ministries, NGOs and private employers
Should mainstreaming people with disabilities in their training and employment plan

General Recommendations:

All government ministries should have a responsible office or department for people with disabilities or disability sector
All government ministries should have good coordination and collaboration to support each others including mainstreaming people with disabilities
Increase national budget for disability and rehabilitation sector