Conference Room 4, North Lawn Building

Civil Society CRPD Forum 9 June 2014  10.00am – 6.00pm Conference Room 4, North Lawn Building

Co-ordinated by the International Disability Alliance with the support of Disability Rights Fund, Human Rights Watch, International Disability and Development Consortium and Rehabilitation International

Co-Sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, the Republic of Korea and UN DESA

PROGRAMME

 Opening Session (10.00 am – 10.15 am)

 Session One (10.15 am – 11.45 am) Main Conclusions from the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and the Post-2015 Development Process

 Session Two (11.45 am – 1.15 pm) Aligning National, Regional and Global Conversations

 Session Three (2.45 pm – 4.15 pm) Forging Partnerships: Building Alliances with Other Vulnerable Groups, Including Women, Children, Youth, Aging and Indigenous Peoples

 Session Four (4.15 pm – 5.45 pm) Looking Ahead: A Roadmap for Advocacy to Ensure Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Post-2015 Development Framework and Concrete Asks

 Closing Session (5.45 pm – 6.00 pm) Civil Society CRPD Forum Speaker List

Opening Session (10.00 am – 10.15 am)  Yannis Vardakastanis, Chair, International Disability Alliance  H.E. Mr. Joon Oh, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea  Lenin Voltaire Moreno Garces, Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility

Session One (10.15 am – 11.45 am) Main Conclusions from the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and the Post-2015 Development Process

Co-Chairs: H.E. Mr. Stephan Tafrov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria and Shantha Rau Barriga, Director, Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch

 Vladimir Cuk, Acting Executive Director, International Disability Alliance  Gopal Mitra, Programme Specialist, UNICEF  Samuel Kabue, General Secretary, Disabled Peoples’ International  Corinne Woods, Director, United Nations Millennium Campaign  UN DESA (Speaker TBC)

Session Two (11.45 am – 1.15 pm) Aligning National, Regional and Global Conversations

Co-Chairs: Paul Gibson, Disability Rights Commissioner, New Zealand and Arnt Holte, President, World Blind Union and Chair, Atlas Alliance

 Shuaib Chalklen, Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission on Social Development  Aiko Akiyama, Social Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific  Javier Guemes, Deputy Director, European Disability Forum  Emanuele Sapienza, Co-ordinator, UN Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities  Stig Langvad, Chair, Disabled Peoples’ Organisations Denmark

Session Three (2.45 pm – 4.15 pm) Forging Partnerships: Building Alliances with Other Vulnerable Groups, Including Women, Children, Youth, Aging and Indigenous Peoples

Co-Chairs: H.R.H. Prince Mired bin Ra’ad of Jordan and Venus Ilegan, Secretary General, Rehabilitation International

 Setareki Macanawai, CEO, Pacific Disability Forum  Bethany Brown, UN Representative, NGO Coalition on Aging  Ambrose Murangira, Executive Director, Uganda National Association of the Deaf  Jean Judes, Executive Director, Beit Issie Shapiro  Rosa Lizarde, Global Director, Feminist Task Force

Session Four (4.15 pm – 5.45 pm) Looking Ahead: A Roadmap for Advocacy to Ensure Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Post-2015 Development Framework and Concrete Asks

Co-Chairs: Ian Bignall, Director, Disability, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade Australia and Diana Samarasan, Founding Executive Director, Disability Rights Fund

 Diane Mulligan, Deputy Director of International Advocacy and Alliances, CBM International  Jessica Evans, Senior Researcher for International Financial Institutions, Human Rights Watch  Amina J. Mohammed, UN Secretary-General Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning  Facundo Chavez, Disability Focal Point, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Closing Session (5.45 pm – 6.00 pm)  Maryanne Diamond, Vice Chair, International Disability Alliance  Jan Monsbakken, President, Rehabilitation International