By IDA

 - December 10, 2017

Vietnam, 10 December 2017

From 10 to 15 December, the International Disability Alliance (IDA), CBM International and the Vietnamese Federation on Disabilities, with support from Handicap International, Sightsavers and the Disabilities Rights Advocacy Fund (DRAF), are hosting the Vietnamese Technical Workshop on Reporting the SDG's implementation in light with the CRPD.

The workshop  is being attended by representatives of organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) from the North, Center and South of Vietnam, including youth self-advocates with autism and intellectual disabilities, as well as an indigenous person with disabilities and a participant with psychosocial disabilities, among other groups and participants from remote or distant areas.

Participants in a discussion during the Vietnam Technical Workshop on Reporting SDG's implementation in light with the CRPD

The workshop is co-facilitated by Nguyen Thi Lan Anh (ACDC Vietnam), Angeline Chand (PDF), Pratima Gurung (Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network – IPWDGN), Fernanda de Almeida Santana (RIADIS Brazil), Ali Shabbar, STEP (Pakistan) and Vu Thi Tuyet Mai (CBM Vietnam), with expert contribution from Professor Hyung Shik Kim (CRPD Committee member, South Korea). Megan Smith (IDA secretariat) and Tchaurea Fleury (BRIDGE CRPD-SDG Coordinator) support the facilitation team as co-lead trainers.

DPOs from Vietnam are preparing a comprehensive report on the SDGs implementation in line with the CRPD, that will be used in the upcoming reviewed before the High Level Political Forum, in New York. 

This training is part of the broader training support on the CRPD and SDGs led by IDA, with support from International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) members, CBM International and Disabilities Rights Advocacy Fund (DRAF).

Room view of the Vietnam Technical Workshop on Reporting SDG's implementation in light with the CRPD   Room view of the Vietnam Technical Workshop on Reporting SDG's implementation in light with the CRPD

Resources from the training

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