Mr. Alradi Abdalla:

This has been a great discussion. I wish to reiterate the importance of consulting persons with disabilities through their representative organisations when designing forms so that they can be better positioned to benefit from disability programmes. This is necessary.

We need to move beyond cash transfers and have concession and service provision as a part of social protection. From a political view, it can sometimes be challenging to pass laws or regulations to have a large amount of cash transfers. In that case, it could be good to have some concessions, discounts or reliefs or services provided directly, for example, assistive devices and rehabilitation services, or consider those services as a part of universal health coverage. This could be a path towards a more comprehensive social protection coverage for people with disabilities.

We need to consider the new track approach of having specific disability schemes and increasing the level of accessibility in social protection schemes. People with disabilities could benefit greatly in this regard.

Following the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommendations with regard to disability assessment and looking at the experience of other countries would be my key recommendation. Thank you.