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Gauteng-wide structures to promote disability rightsThe Disability Rights Directorate of the Office of the Premier: This Directorate provides support to thePremier’s disability rights functions in the following ways:• Provides timely transversal policy development to Cabinet that produces effective, efficient, relevant,and applicable policy and programmes that include delivery to people with disabilities.• Providing strategic and analytical advisory support to ensure that the interests of people withdisabilities are included in all documentation tabled for Cabinet, Cabinet sub-committees, HODsForum, Intergovernmental Forums, and all other governance decision-making meetings.• Monitoring service delivery (through use of the outcome based approach) and measuring theimpact of projects, programmes and services on people with disabilities.• Knowledge and information management on disability rights in collaboration with the GautengPlanning Commission (GPC).• Coordinates the institutionalisation and popularisation of this disability rights policy.• Monitors and evaluates the progress made by Departments, with special reference to the integrationof this policy into their operations and its implementation.• Liaises with the Disability Branch in the Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities.• Advises and supports departments to implement the disability rights policy.• Ensures capacity building on disability issues for leadership within the GPG and key people whoare delivering services.• Convenes and coordinates the Governmental Disability Rights Committee• Convenes and coordinates the Gauteng Disability Rights ForumThe Governmental Disability Rights CommitteeThe Governmental Disability Rights Committee (GDRC) coordinates the interventions of all GPGDepartments, Metro’s and Municipalities of Gauteng to achieve effective and efficient delivery topeople with disabilities.22 | Disability Rights Policy
The Gauteng Disability Rights ForumThis forum is where both levels of government in Gauteng consult the Civil Society Organisations(CSOs) of the disability rights sector on Gauteng-wide strategic interventions to implement this policy.The Gauteng Disability Rights Forum (GDRF) is responsible for the following:• Identification of key priorities in service delivery provision• Feedback on GPG programmes implementing this disability rights policy• Sharing of experiences• Developing best practice models• Capacity buildingDepartmental structures to promote disability rights in GautengThe Departmental Executive Management CommitteeThis committee supports the HOD and all Senior Managers to get maximum synergy to carry out theirresponsibilities for the implementation of different aspects of their Departmental Disability Strategy. Allitems on its agenda need to address the degree of benefit and inclusion of people with disabilities.Disability Rights Policy | 23
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