[PDFlist] [PDFBoardMembers] For your support: APRCEM Transition and Election_Disability Constituency Focal Point

[Simon Dolaiano]

Dear Co-Chairs, Board members and CEO,

I believe it is good to maintain PDF as the contact point.

regards

On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 11:45, Mataafa Faatino Utumapu <
tino.mutumapu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agree that the PDF as the regional body remains as the contact point and
> that the PDF board will decide it’s representative accordingly
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> *Subject: *[PDFBoardMembers] For your support: APRCEM Transition and
> Election_Disability Constituency Focal Point
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> Dear APRCEM Disability Constituency Members, Colleagues, and Friends,
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> Hope this email finds you all in good health, heart, and spirit.
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> The Asia-Pacific Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM)
> engages in sustainable development processes and the Disability
> Constituency is part of it.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Looking forward to your support and response no later than Wed, 31 May
> 2023.
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> Thank you so much.
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> Kind regards,
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> Lany
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