CENTRE FOR SERVICES AND INFORMATION ON DISABILITY

A Centre for Services, Research & Information


01.  Accessible Information and Resource Sharing and Networking: 

       Coverage: Mass People (Around 30,000 People)

 

Accessible Internet-based Disability Information Dissemination Network (DID-N) and Disability Resource Centre (DRC)

Major Objective: To improve Internet based DID Network in terms of its design, content, diversification of information, accessibility features, interactive features and coverage etc. and developed as more user friendly.

Funding by: CSID

   

 


02.  Study/Research:

CSID as yet conducted 29 Researches including International Research on different issues which include – National Budget, working children, Education of disabled persons, Home based workers, Situation of Children and Women with Disabilities, Disaster & Disability, Employment situation of Disabled people etc.




Study/Research conducted as yet: 28 Researches and Study


03.  Community-Based Support Services:

The programme components include:

 a)  Rehabilitation

 Coverage: Around 6000 children and adult with disabilities

i.) Improving education and health for deaf blind people in Bangladesh

Project Location: Keranigonj, Dhaka

The broad objective is to Improve the lives of deaf blind children and include into the mainstream schools.

b)  Education

Coverage: Around 7000 children with disabilities

i) Promotion of Socio Emotional Learning and Resilience Building for Children with Disabilities.

Project location: Greater Mirpur of Dhaka City

Broad objective: To create an enabling environment for children with disabilities in primary schools.

Funding by: Porticus




4) ICT Based Training & Employment

Coverage: Around 900 youth and adult with disabilities

Funding by: Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), ICT Division

i) Project Title: Computer Training for Persons with Disabilities in BCC Head Quarters and 8 Regional Offices.

The main vision of CSID’s ICT activities is to ensuring better life for Persons with Disabilities through creating access to information and Mainstream ICT services. CSID is the only organization in Bangladesh formally works for Persons with Disabilities with ICT Division under Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information. CSID has the formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICT Division, government of Bangladesh. In each year CSID and ICT Division have jointly organized Job Fair for Persons with Disabilities and National IT Competition for Youth with Disabilities. Under these initiative as yet 267 persons with disabilities has been employed in different sectors among total 451 persons with disabilities trained from Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of ICT Division.

 

Again CSID has formal agreement with some big umbrella Organization. It has Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Association of Call Center & Outsourcing (BACCO), Cyber Café Association of Bangladesh (CCOAB). CSID has also MoU with private IT organization of My Outsourcing, Creative IT, MetroDesk, etc.


 

Vocational Skill Development and Decent Work Placement

The major focus of the program is to creating an enabling environment for employment of persons with disabilities. The major activities includes- identifying the job seeker with disabilities, potential TVET institution, employers, micro-finance institutions and create database.

 The project developed formal partnership and collaboration with Bangladesh Garments Manufacturer and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to employ persons with disabilities signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and also with some Vocational Training Institutions for training. Leading Banks & Microfinance Institutions also have been sensitized to provide credit support to disabled persons for initiating self-employment.





ii) Project Title: Barrier Free Education and employment for the Persons with visual impaired women

Coverage: 25 visual impaired women

Funding by: MTB Foundation

Objectives: Inclusion of women with visual impaired in education and employment

Major Focus:

       Provide market based training to 25 girls student with disabilities

       Joint awareness activities with CSID

       Ensure Job for 25 girls student with disabilities





iii) Project Title: Skill Development and creating employment opportunities using “EMPORIA” e-learning    and Job Portal

Funding by: Funded by: ICT Division

  Major Focus:

       Skill Development of persons with disabilities using online EMPORIA e-Learning Portal

       Creating employment opportunities for persons with disabilities through EMPORIA Job Portal


 


5) Capacity building on disability inclusion in communication project.

Coverage: All Hearing and Speech with dishabilles

Funding by: Genweb2 Limited

Objectives: Inclusion of Bengali language in accessible communication through sign language for the persons with disabilities

Major Focus:

       Identify the diverse types of sign language from all over the Bangladesh

       Compile all the sign language and prepare a National Sign Language




6) Protection and GBV

Coverage: 10000 Children with disabilities and 500 women with disabilities

i.) Inclusive child protection systems at national and sub-national levels to protect children with disabilities

Project Location: 35 District of Bangladesh

Funding by: UNICEF

ii) Protection of children with disabilities through capacity building and advocacy at different levels.

Project Location: Kamrangir Char

Funding by: Ignite Philanthropy

 

iii) Prevention of violence against adolescent girls and women with disabilities through capacity building and awareness raising 

Project location: Dhaka

Funding by: Manusher Jonno Foundation

Broad objective: Adolescent girls and women with disabilities in the project areas have skills and capacity to report and prevent all forms of violence against them.


 




7) Advocacy & Governance

Coverage: Mass People

CSID’s policy advocacy initiatives with the national government and civil society for an inclusive environment, and for mainstreaming the persons with disabilities have gained wide recognition in the development community in Bangladesh and beyond. One of the most successful initiative was to formation of parliamentary focus on Child Rights in collaboration with Save the Children. CSID has developed partnership with different public and private educational institutions.

i. Dialogue Works

Broad objective is: Ensure that the views and suggestions of working children are heard.

Funded by: Kindernothilfe

 ii. ICT training for youth with disabilities and participation in global competition.

Funded by: ICT Ministry   

iii. Kinship Care

Funded by: Family for Every child   


 

iii) Bangladesh association of employees with disabilities (BAED).

Funded by: CSID

This is the only network of employed persons with disabilities who are working jointly with CSID for ensuring the training and employment rights of persons with disabilities. There are 21 members in General Body and 7 Executive Members in the Executive Committee.


 


Some success of CSID’s advocacy:

  1. Organized the ICEVI West Asis Region Conference in 2024.
  2. The concept of Child Budget has been included in the national budget.
  3. Enrolled 7000 children with disabilities in schools.
  4. Employment support to 4021 youth with disabilities
  5. Inclusion of Children with Disabilities at  UNCRPD (Save the Children & CSID)
  6. Formulation of Disability Rights & Protection act and it’s bylaws 2013.
  7. In Educational Policy 2010 Disability issue has been included.
  8. Participation of  the Children with disabilities has been ensured to form the National Plan of Action on Disability.
  9. Government has appointed one focal person in each ministries.
  10. ICT ministry makes their computer training centre accessible for the persons with disabilities and providing computer training without cost.
  11. CSID worked to adopt Domestic Workers Protection and welfare policy 2015
  12. Divisional Child Labour Welfare Council of Dhaka city is functioning.
  13. Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) has included a clause in their policy to ensure persons with disabilities into the mainstream training 



CSID is involved with the following National & International networks:

National:

        i)            Bangladesh Shishu Odhikar Forum(Bangladesh Child rights Forum)

       ii)            Child Rights Working group of National Human Rights commission

     iii)            Member: National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD)

     iv)            Member: Child Rights Governance Assembly (CRGA).

       v)            Member: CBR Network.

     vi)            Quality and Inclusive Education Forum(QIEF)

International: 

       International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect(ISPCAN)

       International Disability Alliance (IDA)

       Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD)

       Asia Pacific Disability Forum (APDF)

       International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)

       Rehabilitation International (RI)

       Family for Every Child

       International Abylimpic Federation(IAF)