During 2009 a working group was formed to develop preliminary proposals for qualitative and quantitative indicators, in consultation with the ANED Network and other relevant actors engaged in indicator development work, including Eurostat, the World Health Organisation, and the Council of Europe. The purpose of the group was to agree an outline approach to developing comparative indicators, and to produce recommendations for a preliminary list that could be proposed for wider consultation and piloting.

Anna Lawson (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) provided an introduction to methods of monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, with a view to helping design future measure for the effectiveness of EU policies.

The following report has been published:

Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Europe: Principles for the Identification and Use of Indicators, prepared by Anna Lawson (University of Leeds) with Mark Priestley (University of Leeds), May 2009

Research Leader and Rapporteur: Anna Lawson (University of Leeds)

During 2008 we reviewed some of the working methods and indicators used by other organisations internationally to monitor disabled people's rights. The report, Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Europe considered examples of good practice and suggests the kinds of indicators that could be used to monitor practical implementation of the Convention in the EU and European countries.