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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> 'Tchaurea Fleury' via IDA Programme Committee <ida-programme-committee@googlegroups.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 25, 2022 4:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ida-programme-committee@googlegroups.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alradi Abdalla <aabdalla@ida-secretariat.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IDA-Program-Cttee] INFO & FEEDB: Social Protection Conference<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IDA will co-organise a global conference on social protection in partnership with ILO, UNICEF, UNPRPD, DFAT, WB, ADB, FCDO, GIZ, Norad, HelpAge, EU, the UN Joint SDG Fund and UN ESCAP.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Title of the conference</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Disability - Social Protection - Inclusion: Dialogue for change.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Objectives of the conference</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1- Bring together key actors working on disability-inclusive social protection.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2- Show-casing current thinking on key issues of disability-inclusive social protection: what have we done and learnt since the adoption of the joint statement regarding how to strengthen the inclusivity of social protection systems and
what questions remain open and require further discussion, research, and experiences?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3- Strengthen momentum for building disability-inclusive social protection systems and create a joint vision on how to move forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The mood of the conference</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will be held online. It will have a high-level segment, with technical sessions on key questions around designing and implementing disability-inclusive social protection policies, programmes, and delivery mechanisms, as well
as sessions to report on a series of regional webinars that discussed trends specific to certain country contexts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date and duration of the conference</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The conference will be held on <b>16 March 2022</b>, from 2:00pm - 5:30pm (CET) and 17 March 2022, from 2:00pm - 5:15 pm (CET). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Language and accessibility</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sessions of the conference will be conducted in English, with simultaneous translation in French, Spanish and Russian, as well as Sign Language Interpretation and captioning on all sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Preparatory webinars towards the conference</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Partners of the conference will organise regional webinars in different parts of the globe: Africa, Latin America, east and south and east Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Pacific and MENA. The preparatory meetings would be between OPDs
and International organisations and development agencies with the goal to identify regional main trends, opportunities, and challenges. A summary would then be shared in 5-7mn during the global conference (ideally by OPDs). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Different partners will be in charge of organising one or more of those preparatory webinars in terms of logistics, invitation and so on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We would kindly ask IDA members to</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1- Propose OPDs representatives to speak in different thematic sessions during the main conference reflecting OPDs perspective regarding such a specific thematic area,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2- Be involved in a number of webinars that IDA and its members will organise covering Africa and Asia,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3- Support the mobilisation and engagement of OPDs in all webinars, including those that are not organised by IDA and its members.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached are the draft concept note for the conference as well as the draft agenda.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindly, let us know if you have any questions or comments and don't hesitate to contact Alradi directly in case you require further information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Alradi Abdalla</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.6pt"><b><i>International Disability Alliance</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bridge CRPD-SDGs ToT Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.2pt">Capacity Building Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.2pt">Skype: @alradiabdalla <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.2pt">Phone/Whatsapp: <a href="tel:+447442127141" target="_blank">+249122513220</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.2pt"><a href="mailto:aabdalla@ida-secretariat.org" target="_blank">aabdalla@ida-secretariat.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.2pt"><a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/" target="_blank">www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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