Advantages of participating in the MIW Initiative

There are advantages to being involved in Making it Work for organizations working at all levels:

• Share experiences of our work to implement the CRPD – and avoid working in isolation
• Facilitate South-to-South exchange
• Reinforce collaboration between civil society organizations working on disability issues
• Identify shared funding opportunities
• Raise profile of work on CRPD and publications produced by partners
• Support projects with a common methodology and shared tools for training
• Strengthen shared advocacy goals
• Increase visibility of your organization and promote your work
• Develop links with other organizations working on similar issues
• Improve the practices of your organization and others
• Scale up your work, to replicate activities in other areas and achieve greater impact
• Involve your organization in the process of the CRPD
• Support your organization to be active with others in the process of influencing policies
• Provide other organizations with “food for advocacy”