[PDFlist] FW: [IDA_CRPD_Forum] WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF HLPF 2019?

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On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, 3:42 PM Setareki Macanawai <CEO at pacificdisability.org
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> *Subject:* [IDA_CRPD_Forum] WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF HLPF
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> [image: Image removed by sender. The Stakeholder Group of Persons with
> Disabilities - participants from the first week of the HLPF.]
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> *WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF HLPF 2019?*
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> *In this edition:*
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>    1. Summary
>    2. Day by day at the HLPF
>    3. Key Resources
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> *I. Summary*
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> ·        The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities had close to
> 50 participants attend the first week of the HLPF!
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> ·        Mr. George Khoury was an official discussant during the opening
> session of the HLPF.
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> ·        The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities delivered
> four official interventions during the first week of the HLPF.
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> ·        The SGPwD held an official side event entitled “Reducing
> inequalities: a look at persons with disabilities”. The side event
> addressed how to advance the implementation of Goal 10 for persons with
> disabilities by bringing concrete, action-oriented recommendations in the
> context of education, employment, peace, justice and strong institutions.
> The side event was attended by over 100 people!
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> ·        Jose Viera, Permanent Representative of the SGPwD, was a keynote
> speaker on Thursday in the official session on “Empowering people and
> ensuring inclusiveness and equality - Perspectives of society.”
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> ·        The SGPwD held an official meeting with all HLPF participants to
> discuss strengthening the Stakeholder Group through the development of a
> 5-year strategic framework. Forty-five people attended the meeting.
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> *II. Day by day at the HLPF*
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> *Sunday, July 7th*
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> ·        *Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities participant
> pre-meeting #1*
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> The SGPwD delegation held a work dinner at the International Disability
> Alliance office to go over the HLPF programme. Jose Viera, Permanent
> Representative of the SGPwD, and Mohammed Ali Loutfy, Alternate
> Representative of the SGPwD, gave opening remarks and welcomed
> participants.
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> *Monday, July 8th*
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>    - *Major Groups and other Stakeholders preparatory meeting*
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> The Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) Coordination Mechanism (CM)
> held an HLPF preparatory meeting on Monday, July 8th at UN Headquarters in
> New York. The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities led the work
> on the voluntary national reviews and the HLPF Review.
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> During the session, Mohammed Ali Loutfy, Alternate Representative of the
> SGPwD, provided a brief update on the 2019 regional sustainable development
> forum in the MENA region.
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> ·        *Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities participant
> pre-meeting #2*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. The SGPwD meets in the Qatari lounge.
> About 25 people are shown in a big circle.]
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> The SGPwD delegation held a second pre-meeting on Monday, July 8th from
> 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM in the Qatar Lounge of the UN Headquarters in New York.
> Jose Viera, Permanent Representative of the SGPwD, and Mohammed Ali Loutfy,
> Alternate Representative of the SGPwD, gave opening remarks and welcomed
> participants. A brief overview of the agenda for the week was provided.
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> *Tuesday, July 9th*
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>    - *Thematic review: Progress, gaps and obstacles: are we on track for
>    leaving no one behind? - Mr. George Khoury speaks as an official discussant
>    on behalf of the SGPwD!*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. George Khoury delivers a speech as an
> official discussant.]
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> During the morning session, George Khoury, representing the Stakeholder
> Group of Persons with Disabilities and National Association for the Rights
> of the Disability People (NARD) in Lebanon, spoke as an official
> discussant. Key recommendations included the need for (1) concrete actions
> to reach the furthest behind, (2) data collection and disaggregation of
> data by disability to inform policy makers and (3) system-wide resource
> allocation and commitments on disability spending.
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> Click here to read the full statement.
> <http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/george_khoury_9_july.docx>
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>    - *Review of SDG implementation: SDG 4 - Quality education*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. Kamil Goungor sits in the other
> stakeholders seat to deliver an intervention.]
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> During the afternoon session, Kamil Goungor from the European Disability
> Forum (EDF) intervened on behalf of the SGPwD by highlighting that
> “Ensuring that children have equal opportunities to learn and socialize
> with their peers, using the same language such as sign language, easy read
> materials, braille documents as well as safeguarding diversity and
> qualification among teachers are integral parts of an inclusive education
> system.”
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> Click here to read the full statement.
> <http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/kamil_goungor_july_9.docx>
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> ·        *Side event: Towards a more accountable, inclusive and
> participatory SDG implementation that leaves no one behind*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. 4 panel discussants at the side event.
> Two women and two men are on the panel..]
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> During lunch time, the International Civil Society Centre organized a side
> event at the Church Centre which presented key learnings from the Leave No
> One Behind Partnership. Presentations from the pilot countries, including
> Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal and Vietnam, highlighted excluded groups
> and the need for sufficient data with many references to people with
> disabilities. It also focused on how community generated data can be used
> as a complementary source in official SDG monitoring and to strengthen
> accountability.
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> *Wednesday, July 10th*
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> ·        *Thematic review: Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness
> and equality - Perspectives of SIDS including main findings from mid-term
> review of the SAMOA Pathway*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. Laisa Vereti sits in the 'Other
> Stakeholders' seat to deliver an intervention on behalf of the SGPwD.]
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> Laisa Vereti from the Pacific Disability Forum stressed on behalf of the
> SGPwD that to ensure equality and inclusion of all persons with
> disabilities in regional programmes, “CRPD compliance requires a
> progressive increase of domestic resource allocation towards
> disability-inclusive community support services, social protection and
> economic empowerment measures.”
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> Click here to read the full statement.
> <http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/laisa_vereti_july_10.docx>
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>    - *Review of SDG implementation: SDG 8 - Decent work and economic
>    growth*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. Jose Rañola sits in the "Other
> Stakeholders" seat to deliver an intervention on behalf of the SGPwD..]
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> During the afternoon session, Jose Rañola from the Philippines World Blind
> Union and SGPwD recommended to Member States that the “employment of
> persons with disabilities is included as part of mainstream employment
> promotion programmes or those targeted at specific populations, such as
> youth and women with disabilities.”
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> Click here to read the full statement.
> <http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/jose_ranola_july_10.docx>
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>    - *Official side event of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with
>    Disabilities: “Reducing inequalities: a look at persons with disabilities”*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. View from inside the side event room. The
> room is packed full. Participants sit in a U shape.]
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> On Wednesday, the SGPwD organized an official HLPF side event in
> collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to the United
> Nations, Permanent Missions of Australia, Luxembourg, Belgium, Canada and
> the Republic of Zambia, International Disability Alliance, CBM, European
> Disability Forum, UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, UN OHCHR,
> Equinet, Leonard Cheshire, Bridging the Gap project, Humanity & Inclusion
> and Disabled People’s Organisations Denmark entitled “Reducing
> inequalities: a look at persons with disabilities”.
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> The event was moderated by Mohammed Ali Loutfy and featured the following
> speakers: Thorkild Olesen - Disabled Peoples’ Organisations Denmark (DPOD),
> Kamil Goungor - European Disability Forum, Jesús Orus Baguena - European
> Commission, Maulani Rotinsulu - Himpunan Wanita Disabilitas Indonesia
> (HWDI), Laisa Vereti - Pacific Disability Forum, Rosario Galarza - RIADIS
> and Craig Mokhiber - OHCHR.
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> The side event was attended by over 100 people and accessible with sign
> language interpretation and real-time captioning. The event was also
> webcast on the UN’s website. Click here to watch a recording of the event.
> <http://webtv.un.org/watch/reducing-inequalities-a-look-at-persons-with-disabilities-hlpf-2019-side-event/6057593362001/>
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>    - *SGPwD Official Meeting*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. SGPwD official meeting. About 25 people
> shown sitting around a square table.]
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> The SGPwD held an official delegation meeting on the margins of the HLPF.
> The meeting was accessible with International Sign interpretation and
> real-time captioning and broadcast online to allow for remote participation
> for those not in New York attending the HLPF.
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> At the start of the meeting, Jose Viera, Permanent Representative of the
> SGPwD, and Mohammed Ali Loutfy, Alternate Representative of the
> SGPwD, provided a brief introduction to the Stakeholder Group of Persons
> with Disabilities and its mandate to engage at the HLPF.. The overall
> objective of the meeting was to propose a method to further strengthen the
> Stakeholder Group through the development of a 5-year strategic framework
> which identifies and outlines the goals of the group. The document is still
> in the initial drafting stage.
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> Forty people attended in person and an additional five joined virtually
> and engaged in fruitful conversation and provided suggested ways forward.
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> ·        *VNR Lab: Making progress visible - SDG data visualization
> platforms*
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> [image: Image removed by sender. Jose Viera makes an intervention at the
> VNR lab. He sits at a square table surrounded by other HLPF participants.]
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> The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities participated in the VNR
> Lab 2: Making progress visible - SDG data visualization platforms. Jose
> Viera, Permanent Representative of the SGPwD, intervened with a compelling
> question asking if the new Open SDG Data Hub platform could disaggregate by
> disability. This is not yet possible, but we have connected with the
> coordinators of the platform and will be sure to collaborate as the
> platform develops t
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