NDA’S Mandate and Core Functions
NDA’s Mandate and the core functions include the following:
- To raise awareness of persons with disabilities, including women and girls with disabilities and to create opportunities for them to achieve self-sufficiency.
- To develop national strategies and action plans related to the rights of persons with disability.
- To provide technical advice on disability issues to stakeholders.
- To lead the implementation of the UNCRPD
- To assist ministries, institutions, and relevant organizations to develop policies, laws, national plans, and strategies related to disability.
- To promote the implementation policies, laws, national plans, and strategies related to disability.
- To propose revision, additional completion or amendment policies, laws, national plans, and strategies related to disability.
- To coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of policies, laws, national plans, and strategies related to disability with all relevant stakeholders.
- To raise awareness of Somalis with disabilities so that persons with disabilities understand that they have the same rights as non-disabled people
- To organize national and international days and other events of persons with disabilities.
- To develop report on implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and share it with relevant stakeholders.
- To Improve data on persons with Disability.
- To disseminate the Law and regulations relevant to disability issues.
- To Develop and Strengthen Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs)
- To Ensure Disability Mainstreaming through programs or advocacy
