Images from the 2012 GPcwd Forum
2012 GPcwd Forum
The inaugural Forum on the GPcwd, involving more than 180 registered participants, was held 14-15 September 2012 at UNICEF House in New York. The event was opened by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, who was joined by Carsten Staur, Ambassador to the UN for Denmark, Chris Stokes of the Australian Mission to the UN representing Ambassador Gary Quinlan, Timothy Shriver, CEO and Chairman of Special Olympics, and Ariel Ary, Special Olympics Global Messenger.
For the first time the partners came together to discuss ways to advocate for an inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda; established four task forces with the aim to influence the mainstreaming of disability rights in global child-focused agendas, namely in nutrition, education, humanitarian action and assistive technology; and discussed collaboration at the country level in Haiti, Rwanda, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Malawi, Mozambique, Bangladesh and for the Central and Eastern European and Commonwealth of Independent States Region (CEE/CIS).
An initial work-plan from September 2012 - August 2013 was agreed upon with the aim to report back to the group at a follow up Forum one year later. The outcome of the first year would feed in the GPcwd contributions to the High Level Meeting on Disability and Development on September 23, 2013.
For the first time the partners came together to discuss ways to advocate for an inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda; established four task forces with the aim to influence the mainstreaming of disability rights in global child-focused agendas, namely in nutrition, education, humanitarian action and assistive technology; and discussed collaboration at the country level in Haiti, Rwanda, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Malawi, Mozambique, Bangladesh and for the Central and Eastern European and Commonwealth of Independent States Region (CEE/CIS).
An initial work-plan from September 2012 - August 2013 was agreed upon with the aim to report back to the group at a follow up Forum one year later. The outcome of the first year would feed in the GPcwd contributions to the High Level Meeting on Disability and Development on September 23, 2013.
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