FIDIDA ry - Finnish Disabled People’s International Development Association

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 10:54

Finnish Disabled People’s International Development Association FIDIDA is an co-operative association of seven Finnish disabled people’s organisations. In FIDIDA the people with disabilities from the North and South work together to promote the human rights of the disabled. Equal rights and participation of people with disabilities is a starting point for all activities.

FIDIDA is a service, coordination and collaboration organ for its member associations in issues concerning disability and development co-operation. FIDIDA gathers and distributes information, provides training on issues concerning disability and development, and lobbies for the mainstreaming of disability issues in national and international development co-operation. FIDIDA is a member of IDDC (International Disability and Development Consortium).

FIDIDA became a partnership organisation of Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in 2010. FIDIDA's Finnish Disability & Development Partnership (FDDP) gathers together the development co-operation of FIDIDA's member associations as well as global education and advocacy work conducted by FIDIDA.

FDDP promotes the Human Rights, participation, equal opportunities and improvement of living conditions of Persons with Disabilities.  The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the key tool for this work. More information on FIDIDA’s work you can find from FDDP’s website.