The Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network met in Ottawa on 29 April – 1 May 2019 for its annual meeting. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) co-chaired the meeting. Global Affairs Canada, together with Inclusion International and the World Blind Union, hosted the meeting. Read the communique of the meeting at this page.

The Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network is a coordination body of bilateral and multilateral donors and agencies, the private sector and foundations working to enhance the inclusion of persons with disabilities in international development and humanitarian action.
The GLAD Network members work together to take actions consistent with the goals of the Network and the GLAD Network Strategic Plan. The GLAD Network meets at least annually.
The (GLAD) Network was launched in London in December 2015, by a group of like-minded partners who recognise that to realise the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to leave no one behind, and to further the principles reflected in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the international community needs to work together to share expertise, coordinate actions, and raise the profile of disability across a broader range of organisations contributing to international development efforts.
The International Disability Alliance (IDA) is the permanent co-chair of the GLAD Network, and the current second co-chair is the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
To know more about the GLAD Network members and ways of working, please visit this page or contact glad [at] ida-secretariat.org
GLAD Network News and Events:
- GLAD Communique from Network meeting, 29 April to 1 May 2019, Ottawa, Canada
- GLAD Communique from Network meeting, 31 January to 2 February 2018, Helsinki
- The Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network met for its Second Meeting
- GLAD Steering Committee issues Communique, June 2017
- GLAD Network Meeting, 2-3 March 2017, Berlin