This plan was developed in consultation with people with disability, disabled people’s organisations, self advocacy groups, peak bodies, advocacy agencies and the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.
In developing Inclusive Victoria we asked people across Victoria with a range of experiences to tell us what the Victorian Government needs to do to improve the lives of people with disability.
These conversations started in 2019. In total we:
- facilitated three face-to-face forums, including one in regional Victoria
- held 11 online public forums
- had 29 targeted meetings with peak bodies and disability organisations
- worked with partner agencies to engage with six underserviced groups and communities
- reviewed 75 written submissions.
You can see a full list of organisations that contributed to the plan at Appendix 1.
We worked closely with the Victorian Disability Advisory Council on developing the plan including its community engagement, priority areas/ actions, monitoring and accountability. Council members also ran and participated in consultation forums.
The actions in Inclusive Victoria reflect the commitments all Victorian government departments are taking to build a fairer, inclusive community. Inclusive Victoria also sets out how government will do this by committing to six systemic reforms that will support a stronger focus on coordinated approaches to inclusion and accountability.
An outcomes framework supports this plan. The framework lists measures and indicators developed with people with disability and against which we will measure and report on whether the outcomes people with disability have told us are important are being achieved.
Definitions of key words used on this page
Outcomes framework: A tool used to work out if actions are making a difference in people’s lives. We will use the outcomes framework to work out if the plan is making improvements to the lives of people with disability.
Systemic reform: These are new areas of focus that will help the Victorian Government work differently to deliver inclusion and access and uphold rights. There are six areas:
- co-design with people with disability
- Aboriginal self-determination
- intersectional approaches
- accessible communications and universal design
- disability-confident and inclusive workforces
- effective data and outcomes reporting.
Underserviced groups: Groups of people who, because of systemic discrimination or disadvantage, often miss out on important services or having their voices heard.
Updated