NAD Uganda is coordinating the collaboration of several Ugandan Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) which have their counterparts in Norway, grouped under the Atlas Alliance.
During the previous Together for Inclusion programme, which ended in 2024, each implementing partner pursued its own advocacy priorities and approaches based on its organizational mandate and expertise. While these efforts generated important contributions, the absence of a common advocacy agenda for the disability movement resulted in fragmented messaging, duplication of efforts, and limited collective influence. It also made it difficult to monitor, document, and demonstrate the overall impact of advocacy across the programme.
Recognizing these challenges, the CADiR consortium prioritized the development of a unified Advocacy Strategy to guide collective action. In 2025, a consultant facilitated a highly participatory process involving all implementing partners to identify shared advocacy priorities, define common objectives, and establish coordinated approaches to influencing policy, practice, and public attitudes. The process fostered ownership among partners and reinforced the principle that collective action is stronger than isolated efforts.
Today, the CADiR Advocacy Strategy serves as the common roadmap for all consortium partners. It provides a shared vision, harmonized advocacy messages, coordinated implementation mechanisms, and a common monitoring framework that enables partners to plan, implement, track, and report advocacy outcomes together.
This shift has strengthened collaboration among partners, enhanced coordination with key stakeholders, and amplified the collective voice of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs). Instead of advocating separately, partners now undertake joint advocacy initiatives, produce shared evidence, engage decision-makers with one voice, and strategically leverage each organization's comparative strengths.
