Inclusive Ethiopia Strategic Plan 2026–2030

A shared direction for inclusion

Inclusive Ethiopia’s 2026–2030 strategy sets out a shared route toward a country built on trust and respect, where persons with disabilities participate fully and equally in every part of society.

Our vision

Inclusive Ethiopia envisions an inclusive Ethiopia built on trust and respect, where persons with disabilities fully and equally participate in all aspects of society.

Our mission

Inclusive Ethiopia works in partnership with persons with disabilities and other stakeholders to empower persons with disabilities, advance their rights, and remove physical, institutional, socio-economic, and other barriers to full, equal, and meaningful inclusion and participation in society.

Values that guide our work

• Equity and inclusion
• Collaboration and partnership
• Creativity and innovation
• Courage and integrity
• Respect, dignity, and humanity

Six connected priorities

1. Accessibility Rights: improving universal accessibility to public infrastructure, services, information, and opportunities.
2. Advocacy for Disability Rights: strengthening the protection, promotion, and realisation of rights.
3. Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Families and OPDs: supporting resilience, self-reliance, and social inclusion.
4. Inclusive Education: improving equitable access to quality, inclusive, lifelong learning.
5. Community-Based Inclusive Development: strengthening participation, independence, well-being, and equal opportunity in community life.
6. Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Action and Emergency Response: supporting equitable access to protection, assistance, and recovery before, during, and after emergencies.

Cross-cutting priorities

Gender equality, especially the empowerment of women and girls with disabilities, and safeguarding and protection apply across every strategic pillar.

Explore the six pillars