The recent adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development presents an opportunity to leverage the synergies with the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific. The two frameworks promote national leadership in meeting specific development goals, taking into account local capabilities and realities. Both the Incheon Strategy and the 2030 Agenda are based on the respect for human rights, and take a peoplecentred and gender-sensitive approach to development.
Methodology of identifying the synergies
Though the graphic representation is at a goal level, the links were drawn in line with the corresponding content of the targets, based on the following criteria:
Specific Incheon Strategy targets can be said to support specific SDG targets when:
- The SDG target makes specific reference to disability, AND both the Incheon Strategy target and SDG target refer to similar subject matter;
AND / OR
- The SDG target makes specific reference to disability-related concepts, including but not limited to:
- Inclusion / for all
- Accessibility / universal access
AND both the Incheon Strategy target and SDG target refer to similar subject matter;
AND / OR
- Well-informed inferences can be made regarding the outcomes of the implementation of an Incheon Strategy target contributing to the potential achievement of a corresponding SDG target;
- Note: This may take into account the context of both the Incheon Strategy and SDG target as established by its overarching goal.
The following graphic demonstrates the synergies between the targets of the Incheon Strategy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Click on the Incheon Strategy goals to see the links to SDG targets.
* Explicit reference to persons with disabilities is made in five of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (Goals 4, 8, 10, 11 and 17), with a six additional Goals implicitly linked to persons with disabilities through its mandate to leave no one behind.
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Goal 1: Reduce poverty and enhance work and employment prospects Target 1.A: Eliminate extreme poverty among persons with disabilities Target 1.B: Increase work and employment for persons of working age with disabilities who can and want to work Target 1.C: Increase the participation of persons with disabilities in vocational training and other employment-support programmes funded by governments |
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere 1.1: By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day 1.2: By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all 8.5: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value 8.6: By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status |
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Goal 2: Promote participation in political processes and in decision-making Target 2.A: Ensure that persons with disabilities are represented in government decision-making bodies Target 2.B: Provide reasonable accommodation to enhance the participation of persons with disabilities in the political process |
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 16.7: Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels |
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Goal 3: Enhance access to the physical environment, public transportation, knowledge, information and communication Target 3.A: Increase the accessibility of the physical environment in the national capital that is open to the public Target 3.B: Enhance the accessibility and usability of public transportation Target 3.C: Enhance the accessibility and usability of information and communications services Target 3.D: Halve the proportion of persons with disabilities who need but do not have appropriate assistive devices or products
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Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all 9.c: Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020 Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums 11.2: By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons 11.7: By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements |
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Goal 4: Strengthen social protection Target 4.A: Increase access to all health services, including rehabilitation, for all persons with disabilities Target 4.B: Increase coverage of persons with disabilities within social protection programmes Target 4.C: Enhance services and programmes, including for personal assistance and peer counselling, that support persons with disabilities, especially those with multiple, extensive and diverse disabilities, in living independently in the community
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Goal 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere 1.3: Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries 10.4: Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality |
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Goal 5: Expand early intervention and education of children with disabilities Target 5.A: Enhance measures for early detection of, and intervention for, children with disabilities from birth to pre-school age Target 5.B: Halve the gap between children with disabilities and children without disabilities in enrolment rates for primary and secondary education
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Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all |
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Goal 6: Ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment Target 6.A: Enable girls and women with disabilities to have equitable access to mainstream development opportunities Target 6.B: Ensure representation of women with disabilities in government decision-making bodies Target 6.C: Ensure that all girls and women with disabilities have access to sexual and reproductive health services on an equitable basis with girls and women without disabilities Target 6.D: Increase measures to protect girls and women with disabilities from all forms of violence and abuse |
Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 5.1: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation 5.3: Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation 5.4: Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate 5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life 5.6: Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences 5.a: Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws 5.b: Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women 5.c: Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 16.1: Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children |
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Goal 7: Ensure disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction and management Target 7.A: Strengthen disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction planning Target 7.B: Strengthen implementation of measures on providing timely and appropriate support to persons with disabilities in responding to disasters |
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere 1.5: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 11.2: By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons 11.5: By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations 11.7: By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities 11.b: By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning 13.b: Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities |
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Goal 8: Improve the reliability and comparability of disability data Target 8.A: Produce and disseminate reliable and internationally comparable disability statistics in formats that are accessible by persons with disabilities Target 8.B: Establish reliable disability statistics by the midpoint of the Decade, 2017, as the source for tracking progress towards the achievement of the goals and targets in the Incheon Strategy |
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Data, monitoring and accountability 17.18: By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts 17.19: By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries |
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Goal 9: Accelerate the ratification and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the harmonization of national legislation with the Convention Target 9.A: By the midpoint of the Decade (2017), 10 more Asia-Pacific Governments will have ratified or acceded to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and by the end of the Decade (2022) another 10 Asia-Pacific Governments will have ratified or acceded to the Convention Target 9.B: Enact national laws which include anti-discrimination provisions, technical standards and other measures to uphold and protect the rights of persons with disabilities and amend or nullify national laws that directly or indirectly discriminate against persons with disabilities, with a view to harmonizing national legislation with the Convention |
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 16.3: Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all 16.b: Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development |
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Goal 10: Advance subregional, regional and interregional cooperation Target 10.A: Contribute to the Asia-Pacific Multi-donor Trust Fund managed by ESCAP as well as initiatives and programmes to support the implementation of the Ministerial Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, and the Incheon Strategy Target 10.B: Development cooperation agencies in the Asia-Pacific region strengthen the disability-inclusiveness of their policies and programmes Target 10.C: United Nations regional commissions strengthen interregional exchange of experiences and good practices concerning disability issues and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development Capacity-building 17.9: Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation Systemic issues Multi-stakeholder partnerships 17.16: Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries Data, monitoring and accountability 17.19: By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries |