2 and 3 April 2025 Global Disability Summit

    On 2 and 3 April 2025, Germany will be co-hosting the next Global Disability Summit in Berlin together with Jordan and the International Disability Alliance (IDA). Within the German government, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is responsible for organising the international summit. Its purpose is to advance the global implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) through development-focused support.

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    Website Global Disability Summit 2025

    The inclusion of people with disabilities is an important objective of Germany's development policy. The German Development Ministry (BMZ) provides targeted support for persons with disabilities through dedicated projects, and has also mainstreamed their inclusion in all its development work.

    Jordan, co-host of the 2025 Global Disability Summit, is a pioneer in the international arena when it comes to the inclusion of people with disabilities. It was one of the first countries to sign the CRPD. The BMZ supports Jordan, for example, with regard to making its school system disability-inclusive. There are already more than 20,000 children in Jordan who attend disability-inclusive schools, including refugee children from Syria.

    Germany, Jordan and the International Disability Alliance have jointly drafted a White Paper outlining the goals and important milestones for the planning of the GDS 2025.

    Further information will soon be available on this website.

    See also

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    State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth at the preparatory meeting in Amman, Jordan, for the Global Disability Summit 2025

    Global Disability Summit 2025 Lifting progress on the inclusion of persons with disabilities on the international agenda – HCD hosts first preparatory meeting with co-hosts

    1 March 2023 |

    The Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD) convened on Wednesday, in Amman, the first preparatory meeting on the Global Disability Summit (GDS) in 2025, which is due to be co-hosted by Germany, Jordan and the International Disability Alliance (IDA).

    Hand of a boy on the wheel of his wheelchair

    Inclusion Minister Schulze announces that Germany will host third Global Disability Summit and make the rights of persons with disabilities an international focus

    3 December 2022 |

    Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. On that occasion, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze announced that the next Global Disability Summit, which will take place in the first half of 2025, would take place in Berlin, co-hosted by Germany, Jordan and the International Disability Alliance (IDA).