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From: Tchaurea Fleury [mailto:tfleury at ida-secretariat.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 2:21 AM
To: Bridge ToT Alumni <Bridge-ToT-Alumni at ida-secretariat.org>; Bridge Alumni Latin America <bridge-alumni-latin-america at googlegroups.com>; Bridge Alumni Southeast Asia <bridge-alumni-southeast-asia at googlegroups.com>; Uganda Bridge Alumni 2018 <uganda-bridge-alumni-2018 at ida-secretariat.org>; bridge-alumni-indonesia-timor-leste at googlegroups.com; bridge-alumni-pacific at googlegroups.com; bridge-alumni-uganda-2018 at googlegroups.com; bridge-alumni-big-lakes-africa at googlegroups.com; bridge-crpd-sdgs-mena at googlegroups.com; BRIDGE-West-East-Africa <bridge-EWA at googlegroups.com>
Subject: WBU coordinates participation of IDA members’ representatives and Bridge CRPD-SDGs Alumni participate in the 10th World Urban Forum

Congratulations to all friends and colleagues involved in this successful global advocacy before the World Urban Forum!!!

In particular, to Risna, Elysabeth, Shivani, Sulayman, Alradi, Henry, Ben and Hannes.

Congratulations to the WBU and CBM teams, as well as II, WNUSP and ADF.

Congratulations to you all, Bridge Alumni, that are promoting changes around the world!

Warmly,
The Bridge team



Abu Dhabi, 8-13 Feb

The tenth session of the World Urban Forum<https://wuf.unhabitat.org/node/145> took place from 8 to 13 Feb 2020. Attending the Forum include IDA members’ representatives and Bridge CRPD-SDGs Alumni who are part of the delegation of persons with disabilities coordinated by the World Blind Union (WBU) with financial and technical support from CBM, and technical support from the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and its other members, in particular, the African Disability Forum, RIADIS, Inclusion International and WNUSP as well as the supported organization TCI Asia-Pacific. Through the "No One Left Behind Grant" (Disability Catalyst Programme, DFID), and Bilateral Associate experts’ programme (Sida), WBU took a leading role in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities across the New Urban Agenda.

The WBU is now the co-chair of the General Assembly of Partners - Partner Constituency Group of persons with disabilities (GAP-PCG) which is the recognized stakeholder mechanism to the New Urban Agenda and by UN-Habitat.

The Bridge Alumni and fellows from IDA members from different regions including Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Latin America also representing various disability constituents, including blind people, people with intellectual disabilities, people with psychosocial disabilities, people with physical disabilities, and Deaf people are participating in several events including roundtables, dialogue sessions, side events, and also a training event.

The training event organized by the World Blind Union (WBU) had the Bridge Alumni working together with their counterparts from WBU and CBM to deliver training on Cities celebrating Diversity: Effective engagement of persons with disabilities in New Urban Agenda implementation<https://wuf.unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020-01/TE_31.pdf>.

Throughout the week the Alumni have participated as speakers in panels and roundtables and also made various interventions in sessions. They have also made both individual and organizational commitments on how to promote the full and effective participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in the New Urban Agenda – Abu Dhabi Declared Actions<https://wuf.unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/WUF10_final_declared_actions.pdf>.

In the official closing ceremony, a Bridge Alumni from Latin America made remarks calling the attention of the world that the future must be accessible to all. His remarks, one of the only one from civil society organisations made a key summary of the messaging that had been done by the delegates in the course of the week. This included the need to have universal design standards on streets and public transport design and to also ensure the involvement of all persons with disabilities in urban development.

Read further information attached, including testimonies and pictures, both in Word and PDF formats, or at IDA's page at www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/world-urban-forum-feb2020<http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/world-urban-forum-feb2020>.

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