<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Dear Colleagues:</font></div><div dir="ltr"><p align="left"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">1) We are extending our Final Call for Registration until <b>March 21 (Monday) </b>for those who are interested to join the upcoming APRCEM's "<i><b>Asia Pacific Peoples' Forum 2022: </b></i><i><b>"</b></i></font><b><span style="font-size:14pt;text-align:center">Confronting Corporate Power and Demanding
State Accountability for Just and Equitable Recovery from the COVID-19 Crises
in Asia and the Pacific</span><i style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">" </i></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">this coming 22-25 March 2022</span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">.</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> Please proceed to </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/peoplesforum2022" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">http://tinyurl.com/peoplesforum2022</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> and register or scan the QR code on the poster below! Thank you to those who have already registered. Attached is the concept note of the program for more details.</span></p><img src="cid:ii_l0za09qq0" alt="image.png" width="517" height="517"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">2) One of the important elements of this year's Peoples' Forum is the self-organized </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">constituency</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> and thematic working group </span><span class="gmail-il" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">workshops</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> that will be held on <b>March 24 (Thursday)</b></span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">. </b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">We, the Asia Pacific <span class="gmail-il">Disability</span> <span class="gmail-il">Constituency</span>, will organize our own workshop supported by the Pacific <span class="gmail-il">Disability</span> Forum and International <span class="gmail-il">Disability</span> Alliance. Kindly proceed to workshop registration </font><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WtZ1qaFEj8FRohmIfZv_JpYSQE2HWWwqDsGBCH-MKas/edit"><span style="font-size:14pt">2022 APRCEM Disability Constituency Workshop
Registration - Google Forms</span></a></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"> and register.</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><div style="text-align:center"><strong>Invitation to Workshop: </strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:14pt">People's’ Realities and Achieving Agenda 2030: Unpacking the goals under
review and current systemic barriers in the time of COVID-19 in the Asia
Pacific Region<b><span></span></b></span></i></p></div><div> </div><div><em>Organised by <strong>the Asia-Pacific <span class="gmail-il">Disability</span> <span class="gmail-il">Constituency</span></strong></em></div><div> </div><div><strong>Date:</strong> Thursday, 24 March 2022 </div><div><strong>Time: </strong>3:30pm - 5.00pm Fiji time</div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To join: Zoom connection and more details will be provided soon.</b><br></div><div> </div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Moderator: </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Speakers: </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">***Speakers to come from each of the subregions: </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Southeast Asia</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Pacific</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">North and Central Asia</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">South and Southwest Asia</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Agenda </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Opening Statements (5 min)</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Overview and Context- by Moderator (5 min)</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">***Housekeeping and Ground Rules </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Panel Discussion (25 min)- by Speakers (5 min each speaker) </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Questions and Answers / Discussions (30 min)- by Moderator and
participants</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">Closing Remarks (5 min) </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black">*The workshop will be conducted in English. </span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="en-PW" style="color:black"> *International Sign interpretation and live captioning will be
provided.</span><span lang="en-PW"><span></span></span></p></div></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Please feel free to share with your colleagues and networks. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Thank you and looking forward to your participation.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Warm regards,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Villaney</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>