Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UN (CRPD Committee)

Day of General Discussion on the Right to Live Independently and Being Included in the Community (Article 19 CRPD) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UN (CRPD Committee) Sponsored by: Fundación Universia Room XIX, Palais des Nations, Geneva 19 April 2016 Provisional Programme

11.00 - 11.15 a.m. Opening remarks  Sonia Viñas Subdirectora Fundación Universia,  Catalina Devandas, Special ˚Rapporteur on Disability  María Virginia Brás Gomes, Member, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  María Soledad Cisternas, Chairperson, CRPD Committee

11.15 - 13.00 Interactive Panel on Independent living schemes: Autonomy, self-determination and personal choice in law, policy and programmes.

Moderator: Theresia Degener, Vice Chair of the CRPD Committee (member of the working group on article 19)  Klaus Lachwitz, International Disability Alliance  Rannveig Traustadóttir, Professor and Director, Center for Disability Studies, School of Social Science, University of Iceland  Michael Njenga, Executive Director, Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in Kenya  Martha Sticklings, Equality and Citizens Rights Department, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights  Javier Arroyo Mendez, Foro de Vida Independiente y Dibertad  Bhargavi Davar, TCI Asia Transforming Communities for Inclusion Asia  Peter Mittler, Dementia Alliance International  Shantha Rau Barriga, Director Disability Rights, Human Rights Wath

13.00 - 15.00 Lunch break (With option to attend lunch time side events by civil society)

15.00 – 16.15 Interactive Panel on Diversity and Delivery of Services and Financial dimension for the effective implementation of article 19

Moderator: Damjan Tatic, member of the CRPD Committee (member of the working group on article 19)  Adolf Ratzka, Director of Independent Living Institute and Member of the European Network On Independent Living  Gerard Quinn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law & Policy, National University of Ireland (Galway) and Co-Chair of an EU Structural Funds Watch Research Initiative  Jamie Bolling, Executive Director, European Network on Independent Living  Facundo Chavez Penillas, Disability Advisor, OHCHR  Fadia Farah, Vice President, Inclusion International  Abner Manlapaz, President, Life Haven  Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center

16.15 – 17.30 Interactive panel on De-instituzionalization and Community- based services: the way forward.

Moderator: Stig Lanvad, member of the CRPD Committee (member of the working group on article 19)  Rosangela Berman Bieler, Chief Disability Section, UNICEF  Senada Halilcevic, President of European Platform of Self-Advocates  Renan Jorge Chuaqui Kettlun, Professor Sociology Department, Valparaiso University  Sookkyung Park, Civic Education Professor, Humanitas College, Kyung Hee University  Juan Cobeñas, Self Advocate, Asociación Azul for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities Kapka Panayotova, Executive Director, Center for Independent Living Sofia and Co-Chair European Network on Independent Living 17.30-18.00 Concluding comments and closing remarks Moderator: Danlami Basharu, Member of CRPD Committee (member of the working group on article 19)  Estefan Tromel, Disability Advisor, ILo  María Virginia Brás Gomes, Member, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  María Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Chair of the CRPD Committee Tuesday, 19 April Side events venue: Room XXII

Morning briefing (9:00 to 9:50) Side event Mental Disability Advocacy Center, University of Galway (Professor Gerard Quin: Financing independent living in the community)

Lunch briefing (1:15-2:45) Side event Germany - Israel – IDA on the role of ICTs on living independently and be included in the community