ECDD is a development organization. As such it engages with mainstream organizations in Ethiopia working in selected development sectors. The ECDD Strategic Plan gives priority to the following development sectors and objectives during the period 2013-2018:
1.Inclusive Health Services
Inclusive health extension services
Objective: increased awareness among health professionals on how to provide basic services, including maternal and child health as well as referral services, to persons with disabilities and their families
Inclusive family planning/sexual and reproductive health services
Objective: increased access and use by women and men with disabilities of mainstream family planning and sexual and reproductive health services
2.Inclusive Education
Inclusive primary and secondary education
Objective: increase in the number of children and youth with disabilities attending regular schools operated by partner organiza
Inclusive higher education, both public and private
Objective: increase in university services for students with disabilities and increased capacity of disabled student associations to promote inclusion and the participation of students with disabilities in the social life of the university.
3.Inclusive Livelihoods
Inclusive Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Objective: increase in the number of youth with disabilities attending mainstream vocational skills training courses in both public and private TVET college
Inclusive formal sector employment
Objective: increase in the number of persons with disabilities employed in both public and private sector firms and organizations
Inclusive income generating opportunities
Objective: increase in the number of individuals with disabilities participating in group sustainable income-generating activities.
Inclusive financial services
Objective: increase in the number of persons with disabilities participating in Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and other savings groups and having access to savings and credit services.
4. Inclusive Community Development
Inclusive rural community development
Objective: increase in the number of persons with disabilities participating in mainstream rural community development programs
Accessible water and sanitation services (WASH)
Objective: increased knowledge and application of accessibility standards by those responsible for the design of public water and sanitation services and facilities
Inclusion in pastoralist communities
Objective: increase in the number of children, youth, women and men with disabilities in pastoralist communities participating in and/or benefiting from government and mainstream pastoralist development organization programs