<div dir="auto">Dear Co Chair Lany,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you for this clarification for all our members.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Confirming my attendance.Looking forward to supporting you and our Asia Pacific Disability Constituency.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto">Deepti </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 5:50 PM Villaney Remengesau <<a href="mailto:lanysmile85@gmail.com">lanysmile85@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Dear everyone,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you for all your responses and support.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let me give you some useful background information and clarification on this role.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) has had the role of Focal Point of our Disability Constituency since 2018. The past PDF Deputy CEO, Savina Nongbetau firstly assumed this role at the end-September 2018 while I took it over in mid-August 2019. We've had this role serving our first term for the past 5 years due to COVID-19 pandemic and delays of APRCEM election and internal matters. I did my best to fulfill the tasks and responsibilities of this role with the support of assigned staff from the PDF Secretariat and other support from the International Disability Alliance (IDA), Sightsavers, among others. Also, I do remind you that Ms. Abia Akram from Pakistan was the Focal Point before PDF assumed the role in September 2018.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm attaching herewith the Disability Constituency Terms of Reference and Focal Point Role and Responsibilities for your reference.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please be informed that the Focal Point position in APRCEM is organizational, not individual. I also understand that there are organizations interested for this post. Hence, I am calling our Disability Constituency's zoom meeting to address the concerns raised, discuss whether to support or object the PDF as our Constituency Focal Point for another term, and plans moving forward. This meeting will be held on Thursday, June 1 at 430pm Fiji time (1130am Bangkok time). APRCEM Co-chair/s and Secretariat will facilitate this meeting with the support of APRCEM Election Committee and Disability Constituency Focal Point.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Telesia at the PDF Secretariat, kindly appreciate your assistance to share the zoom link and details for our meeting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you and see you on June 1.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lany</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 24, 2023, 10:42 AM Villaney Remengesau <<a href="mailto:lanysmile85@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lanysmile85@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"><div>Dear APRCEM Disability Constituency Members, Colleagues, and Friends,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hope this email finds you all in good health, heart, and spirit. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM) engages in sustainable development processes and the Disability Constituency is part of it. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The APRCEM facilitates the participation of civil society at the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development and the Disability Constituency under the umbrella of the AP-RCEM forms a part of that. The Constituency works to ensure that persons with disabilities from the Asia Pacific can unify their messages as a stakeholder group and are able to connect and interlink messages with the wider regional civil society, the UN, and the Member States. A key component of the organizational structure of the Constituency is the role of Focal Point. The Focal Point shares information and opportunities to coordinate joint messages and carry out advocacy outreach. The Focal Points ensure that the workstreams adhere to the text of the CRPD, the 2030 Agenda, and other key documents.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As you all know, the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) has served as the Focal Point for the past several years and now as the Interim Contact Point for our Disability Constituency. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">With a recent APRCEM RCC Meeting, the committee discussed the matter relating to the APRCEM Transition and Election. Based on the election guidelines, the outgoing focal points and interim contact points have started their process of affirming via email. As an Outgoing Focal Point and Interim Contact Point for our Disability Constituency, this email serves to affirm the Interim Contact Point as an Official Focal Point based on a ‘no objection basis’. This means that the PDF will automatically be accepted unless someone replies to this email breaking the silence. In this instance, a Zoom call should be facilitated in consultation with APRCEM Election Committee and Co-chairs. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, kindly note that APRCEM membership is based by organization, not individual. Considering that my term as the PDF Female Co-chair ends at the upcoming PDF Annual Board Meeting in August this year, it's the decision of PDF Board if PDF will continue this role and identify a Board Member to be a representative for the next two years.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Looking forward to your support and response no later than Wed, 31 May 2023.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you so much.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kind regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lany</div></div>
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