A guidance paper for an inclusive local development policy.

This guidance paper aims to provide concrete directions for mainstreaming disability in local development. The paper has three main sections: providing background information on mainstreaming disability in local development, tools for action at local level and further support material. It highlights concrete examples from worldwide projects and a set of methodological tools for making a participatory local assessment or drawing up a local disability action plan. This paper is useful for organisations, governments and professionals interested in initiatives to mainstream disability in local development.