Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID)

CBM’s approach to localise the Sustainable Development Goals and enable Disability Inclusive Community Development.

CBID is a way of working that ensures persons with disabilities are respected and included in their communities on an equal basis in all areas of life. It is people-centred, community-driven, and human rights-based. CBID is an essential contribution to CBM’s Vision and a key approach to realising the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and leave no one behind in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

CBID is an approach that brings change in the lives of persons with disabilities at community level, working with and through local groups and institutions. CBID addresses challenges experienced by persons with disabilities, their families and communities in practical ways. For example, it offers opportunities to join community based self-help groups and livelihood activities. The approach embraces diversity across multiple and intersecting categories of identity. In the current context and drive for localisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), CBID is increasingly relevant.

CBID programmes can include health, education, livelihood, social and empowerment activities, working closely with local partners, local governments and the disability movement to bring about change. CBID particularly promotes the participation and voice of persons with disabilities in decision-making processes at the regional level. In high-risk areas, CBID programmes include activities that address community preparedness and resilience when natural and human-caused disasters strike. CBID enhances and strengthens earlier work described as Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and encourages more inclusive, responsive and accountable communities.

CBM has a long history and a solid reputation in CBID, having influenced the evolution of inclusive community development over decades and at a global scale. The principles of the CRPD guide our CBID work. It recognises that building strong communities requires a focus on equal access to good quality services and on civic participation aimed at supporting and working with persons with disabilities, their families and organisations to fully participate in their communities' social, economic and political life. Thus, CBID is an essential contribution to CBM’s Vision of an inclusive world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential.