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Vacancies with the International Disability Alliance (IDA)

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I. Full-time Position

  • No opportunities at this time. Please check back later. 

II. Consultancies 

  • Today, 2.5 billion people need to use at least one type of AT, such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, prostheses, eyeglasses or digital services, but in low-income countries over 90% do not have access to it. AT can make a significant difference in a user’s ability to participate fully in social, economic, political, cultural, and family life. As AT continues and translates into action, it is imperative that the requirements, concerns, and priorities of AT users always remain at the center. As such, the International Disability Alliance and ATscale propose a set of work to facilitate inputs from persons with disabilities and other users of AT and their representative organizations about the use of and access to AT globally and in specific country contexts. We are looking for 9 consultants to provide independent advice on issues and documents such as those pertaining to ATscale’s priority setting, annual workplan, country engagements and any global goods and products with respect to the strategic value and potential impact, programmatic merit, drawing on the scientific and technical expertise and/or lived experience of use of AT of its members. If interested to learn more and apply please download Terms of Reference here in Word or PDF. The application deadline is 30 November 2024.

III. Microgrants

  • IDA has developed a “Microgrants” Program to support initiatives of our member organizations and networks to advance the rights of persons with disabilities in the Global South, particularly of women with disabilities and other underrepresented groups, including indigenous peoples with disabilities and youth with disabilities. It articulates an intervention by, for and with persons with disabilities, building solidarities from national to regional and global levels. ATScale and IDA are proposing this microgrant for organizations of persons with disabilities and other AT users to conduct local and national initiatives advancing assistive technologies in focused countries. The IDA-ATScale grants aim at supporting initiatives to advance assistive technologies for persons with disabilities and other users in focus countries, such as Azerbaijan, Chad, Colombia, Egypt, Arab Rep., El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia. If interested to learn more please download Terms of Reference here in Word or PDF. For applying for the microgrant program please download Application Form in Word. The application deadline is 06 December 2024. 

IV. Internship

  • No opportunities at this time. Please check back later. 

V. Scholarship Opportunities 

  • No opportunities at this time. Please check back later. 

VI. Tenders

  • The International Disability Alliance (IDA) will be organizing a set of events in Bangkok, Thailand from the 3rd of February until 9th of February 2025. We are looking for a fully wheelchair-accessible hotel in the city, in close vicinity to the international airport, emergency medical services, pharmacies, bank, main road, etc.

    For the purposes of the event, we will be requiring the following:

    · Room accommodation for approximately 50 people,

    · 3 fully wheelchair-accessible rooms with a walk-in/roll-in shower,

    · Wheelchair-accessible meeting room accommodating a minimum of 3 people respecting the social distancing and COVID-19 measures (Please refer to IDA COVID-19 Safety Protocol 2021),

    · Conference catering,

    · Audio/Visual system in the meeting room.

    Please fill in the HOTEL AND MEETING VENUE – SELECTION CRITERIA AND TECHNICAL CAPACITY document in Word or PDF and do send us a quotation according to the requests to tenders [at] ida-secretariat.org with a subject BRIDGE CRPD-SDGs M1 Thailand_Bangkok, February 2025. The application deadline is 31 December 2024.

VII. Opportunities outside of the International Disability Alliance (IDA)

  • No opportunities at this time. Please check back later. 

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