Mission, Vision and Strategy
In 2021, Disabled People's Organisations Denmark (DPOD) revised their strategy and action plan for 2022-2025. Here, they stated their mission, vision, and objectives for the organisation.
Mission
Our mission is to act as a collective voice for our 36 member organisations in Denmark.
Working in line with our member organisations’ common interests, our goal is to ensure equality and societal participation for people with disabilities and chronic illness.
We also carry out a number of cross-cutting managerial tasks including managing funds and issuing disabled parking permits.
Vision
People with disabilities strive for being part of the society; as equal neighbours, colleagues and partners. They want an active and independent life - to be able to visit friends, ride the train and read the news on their mobile phones.
This is made possible when society is inclusive, accessible and designed for everyone.
E.g. a blind person can easily write emails; and a person with ADHD can easily structure their everyday life. It is all possible with the right support.
Our vision is therefore for all people with disabilities to be able to live a full life and participate in, contribute to, and be a part of society on an equal basis with others.
At the same time, our vision is to ensure and strengthen our influence by creating common knowledge production to make the disability movement more relevant to everyone.
Our objectives
We operate with three objectives: Influence, Knowledge, and Engagement.
These objectives come into work by us working toward seeking influence, improving knowledge, and engaging more actors in the disability movement. You can read more about our objectives below.
- Influence
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We seek to influence all areas where the conditions for people with disabilities can be improved. We will achieve this by influencing legislation through consultation processes and engaging in dialogue with the public administration and politicians; through representation on councils, advisory boards and committees; by influencing decision-makers at all levels; and by participating in international networks.
- Knowledge
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We seek to improve knowledge about and understanding of people with disabilities. We will continue to insist on equal rights and strive to combat stigmatisation, and we will raise awareness about the disability cause through campaigns, storytelling, facts, and analyses.
- Engagement
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We seek to engage more people in the disability movement. We will explore every avenue - from local engagement within individual municipalities and in disability councils, to impacting development policy in the Global South. We aim to ensure a broad level of support for the disability movement through alliances and collaboration with other actors.
How we work
We work toward these visions by influencing political processes and policy making. One of our many strengths is how widely embedded we are within the disability movement; from the membership of national disability organisations to having an active presence locally and internationally.
Having effective collaborations with our member organisations, being in close dialogue with our local branches, and making a commitment at the international level are all prerequisites for DPOD obtaining good results. We know that we often stand stronger when we create alliances with other organisations and citizens groups, which is why we cherish our alliances and always seek to make new ones.
You'll therefore recognize DPOD as a constructive partner, that both nationally and locally seek constructive political dialogue by contributing with knowledge about disability and new solution-oriented proposals.
We want to engage
More than 500.000 people live with a disability in Denmark, which means that the vast majority of people have a family member, a colleague or a neighbour with a visible or non-visible disability. And worldwide, 15 percent of the population live with a disability.
With such high numbers, DPOD therefore works towards engaging entire societies in adjusting the social community to include everyone. By making equality a core value, people with disabilities can participate, contribute and live a life like everyone else.