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Webinar on Voluntary National Review (VNR) February 21st, 9.00 - 10.00 am EST
The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities will hold its first open platform to discuss participation in the VNRs. During the webinar, guest presenters will introduce how to engage in the VNRs at the national level provide examples from Ireland, Senegal and Switzerland, which are undergoing reviews in 2018. We will also have presentations from experiences of reviews in 2017.
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19th Session of the Committee on the CRPD
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will hold its 19th session from 14 February to 9 March 2018 in Room 17 (XVII) at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland.
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BRIDGE Training of Trainers Module A, Geneva 2018
The International Disability Alliance, in partnership with the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC), TCI Asia, DRAF and the Art 11 Project - Inclusive Humanitarian Action for Persons with Disabilities (IDA, CBM and HI), is conducting a Training of Trainers (ToT) Module A in the framework of the BRIDGE CRPD-SDG Training Initiative.
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IDA participating in the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) 2018
IDA is participating in the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) 2018 week in Geneva. The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW), co-chaired by OCHA and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), is an annual event held in Geneva in the first week of February.
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Global Action on Disability Network will hold its second network meeting in Helsinki, 31 January to 2 February 2018
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA Finland) and the Abilis Foundation, will host the next GLAD Network meeting in Helsinki, Finland, from 31 January to 2 February 2018. The meeting will be co-chaired by the Australian Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and will include both a high level (ministerial segment) as well as substantive discussions to progress international cooperation in disability-inclusive development and humanitarian action.
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Expert Group Meeting on Interlinkeges and Common Themes at the HLPF 2018
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) entitled "Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Interlinkages and Common Themes at the HLPF 2018" was organized by UN-DESA in New York on 25-26 January. The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities was represented by Jose Maria Viera, World Blind Union.