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061 - Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP), USA
CONTACT
Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) for the ASEAN Region
Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn
USA/Southeast Asia
+1 202 255 3991
OVERALL GOAL /MISSION
This project has two main missions. The first goal is to develop a cadre of Southeast Asian disability policy leaders that
are blind or visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing and/or mobility impaired. That is because they shall help to
develop, implement and monitor disability policies in the region. The second goal is that the project wants to serve as a
leading think-tank on disability policy.
THE SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, especially article 33, states that there are persons with
disabilities needed that are actively involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of public policies
related to persons with disabilities. To fulfil their task these persons need to be trained well in various aspects of public
policy and afterwards be placed within governments, but also in the civil society and the NGO sector. To reach these
goals the Institute on Disability and Public Policy developed, first of all, a master’s programme in Comparative and
International Disability Policy, that is the world's first and fully online available. The Institute also developed an
accessible cyber learning environment by using commercial and open source software and graduated two cohorts of
Institutes Fellows that are blind or visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing and/or mobility impaired. Then they
transferred this approach to the Southeast Asian region and now support academic collaboration in disability policy
amongst their network of 20 university partners. They also developed the Accessible Cyber teaching Training Program,
held four workshops on Inclusive Education and completed two research projects, resulting in scholarly book projects,
to accomplish their mission.
COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT WAS DEVELOPED: USA
COUNTRY/ COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT IS OPERATING: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar, Laos
FACTS ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE
1. The project has 20 Universities as a partner (18 in Southeast Asia, two in the USA)
2. There are ten Master’s Program Graduates