Enacting & Enabling Global Diplomacy:
Launching the Early Childhood Development Task Force
Paula Beckman, PhD, University of Maryland
Donald Wertlieb, PhD, Partnership for Early Childhood Development & Disability Rights (PECDDR)
Deborah Zeigler, EdD, Council for Exceptional Children
ACEI Institute for Global Education Diplomacy
Washington, DC March 7, 2015
Overview:
• Orientation to ECDtf & GPcwd
• Framing for Global Education Diplomacy
• The making of a global education diplomat
Paula’s story Deb’s story
• Lessons learned & Ways forward…….
• Session summary
A growing network
of more than 240 organizations, including international, national and local NGOs; Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs), governments, academia and the private sector,working to advance the rights of children
with disabilities
at the global, regional and country level.6 “To galvanize and coordinate global and national
efforts towards inclusive development with a focus on children with disabilities.”
GPcwd Task Forces
• Early Childhood Development
• Education
• Nutrition
• Assistive Technology
• Humanitarian Action
• Child Protection /Deinstitutionalization
• Access to Healthcare/Physical Activity/NCD
Framing for Global Education Diplomacy
• Skills & Dispositions
• Global Knowledge
Framing for GED: Skills & Dispositions
1. Reflection
2. Intellectual Flexibility
3. Global Ethics
4. Appreciative Inquiry
5. Negotiation
6. Mediation
7. Cross-cultural communication
12Framing for GED: Global Knowledge
1. Cross-disciplinary understanding
2. Human Rights
3. International education policies
4. International development
5. Global trends
Making of a global education diplomat:
Paula’s story
Disability and Educational
Development in Rural El Salvador
Paula J. Beckman, Ph.D. Activities:
- Grass roots community development - Community education centers
- Rural capacity building
Process of Engagement
Exposure
Recognition
Engagement/ Commitment Trial and Error
New
Skills of Education Diplomacy
• INTELLECTUAL FLEXIBILITY
Ex: Meaning of: - Disability - Accessibility - Inclusion
• APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
– Strengths of families and community
• REFLECTION
Making of a global education diplomat:
Deb’s story
United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
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What is a Human Rights
Convention?
A convention, or treaty, is a legally binding document between 2 or more countries. A human rights
convention is a treaty that deals specifically with human rights. The International convention on the
Rights of People with Disabilities is a “thematic treaty”, meaning that it defines the human rights of a
particular demographic (in this case, the human rights of people with disabilities).
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How many Countries have Signed or
Ratified the CRPD?
• As of February 2015:
• 159 signatures to CRPD
• 152 ratifications of CRPD
CRPD Signatories and
Ratifications
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What will be the Potential
Impact of the CRPD?
1. CRPD as tool to address abuses
2. International Disability Rights Movement
3. International Cooperation Agencies & UN Bodies 4. International Law
What about the education of Children
with Disabilities?
• There are 120-150 million children with disabilities in the world;
• 80% live in developing countries;
• Only 5% in developing countries have access to support services of any kind;
• Less than 2% attend school;
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What about the Education of
Children with Disabilities?
• An estimated one-third of the 115 million children not in school have a disability (The World Bank);
• Disability may be the single most important factor in the exclusion of a child from schooling;
• For the majority of these children it is a lack of
schooling and the structural barriers in society that cause dependency.
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Inclusion for ALL:
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
Advocacy Definition
Advocacy by an individual or by an advocacy group normally aim to
influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated
from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an asset of interest. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or
organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research or poll or the 'filing of friend of the court briefs'. Lobbying (often by Lobby groups) is a form of
advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on an issue which plays a significant role in modern politics.
• References
"Lobbying Versus Advocacy: Legal
definitions".http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/76/1/248 NP Action.
Retrieved 2010-03-02.
Phases of the Public Policy Life Cycle
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• This life cycle is only a framework—not all policy is formed according to this linear model. However, all policy creation is incremental and builds upon prior developments and activities.
“OK, you’ve convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me.”
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“A small group of thoughtful people could
change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing
that ever has.”
~Margaret Mead
Lessons learned & ways forward:
• Your stories
– Resonate with Deb or Paula?
– Special GED skills? Mastered? Challenging?
– A place for you in the ECDtf enterprise? – A bridge for ECDtf & GPcwd?
Reflection & Summary
• ECDtf as a GED enterprise
• Enhanced grasp of GED skills, dispositions, knowledge generated by our stories & discussion
• Match or mis-match with each of our expectations and objectives for the Institute experience