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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues and Friends,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">On 16-17 March a Global Disability and Social Protection Conference;
<i><a href="https://socialprotection.org/disability-social-protection-inclusion-dialogue-change">Disability – Social protection – Inclusion – Dialogue for change</a></i> will be held on the
<a href="socialprotection.org">socialprotection .org</a> platform.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The aim of the conference is to advance and accelerate the work that we have all been involved in, particularly over the past 2 years, on ensuring that persons with disability can access inclusive
and adequate social protection coverage, and that their views and experience are central in shaping the process.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.0pt">This invitation is for the Pacific regional consultation to be</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.0pt">
<b>held on Wednesday 9 March 12noon Suva time, 11am Canberra time.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">In the lead up to the global conference, regional consultations are being undertaken to hear from the disability community and other key partners and stakeholders, such as yourselves, on what
more needs to be done to realise universal social protection coverage for persons with disability.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">The Pacific event is co-hosted by DFAT and Pacific Disability Forum (PDF)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Most of us will be in listening mode for this event, however we want to know what opportunities, gaps and barriers you are seeing in your work contexts too.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">As we have a tightly packed agenda I ask you to email me in advance if you have any questions or key points that you would like to raise or like considered in the statement that will be presented
at the global conference on 16 March – The statement will provide a stocktake on where we are at and where to next for the Pacific.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please do get in touch if you have any questions, or any accessibility requirements.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Feel free to pass this invite on to others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">This event will be held on Zoom as accessibility and bandwidth for the Pacific is much friendlier on this platform.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Topic: Social Protection Pacific Consultation<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>Time: Mar 9, 2022 12:00 PM Fiji Islands, Marshall Islands</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>Join Zoom Meeting</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81210628855" title="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81210628855"><span style="color:windowtext">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81210628855</span></a></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">We hope you can join us.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Many thanks - Pacific Disability Forum and DFAT Colleagues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Laisa Vereti</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Director Operations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Pacific Disability Forum | Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">GPO Box 18458 Suva, Fiji</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Phone (landline): (+679) 7730200, 3312008</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Phone (mobile)/WhatsApp: (+679) 7519870 | Fax: (+679) 3310469</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Email: <a href="mailto:Laisa.Vereti@pacificdisability.org">Laisa.Vereti@pacificdisability.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Skype: laisa_vereti</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#17375E">Website: </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.pacificdisability.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="color:#713C56">www.pacificdisability.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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