[PDFlist] FW: Your Master Guide to the 17th CoSP (please disseminate widely!)

Thu Jun 6 06:28:37 +12 2024

From: Talin Avades <tavades at ida-secretariat.org>
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Subject: Your Master Guide to the 17th CoSP (please disseminate widely!)

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Welcome to your master guide to the 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties (CoSP17) to the CRPD!
The 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will take place from Tuesday, June 11th to Thursday, June 13th at the UN headquarters in New York.
A Civil Society Forum, preceding the CoSP, will be held on Monday, June 10th.
The CoSP17 will be held largely in person, with UN WEB TV webcasting the main proceedings.

  *   10 June 2024: In-person meeting of the Civil Society Forum
  *   11 June 2024: In-person meetings: Opening of the conference and matters related to the implementation of the Convention, General Debate (the events on 11 June will be held in the General Assembly Hall. Civil Society can be seated in the upper-most balcony (4th Floor). If the room is at capacity and/or you cannot enter consider watching the proceedings online or attending one of the many parallel side-events!).
  *   12 and 13 June 2024: In-person meetings: roundtable discussions, interactive dialogue with the UN system, and the closing.
🎥You can follow the entire conference at:  http://webtv.un.org/

While you're here, do you know who the Bureau of the CoSP17 is?
President-elect (Africa): Tunisia
Vice-Presidents: Sri Lanka (Asia-Pacific Group), Georgia (Eastern European Group), Panama (Latin American and Caribbean Group), and Greece (Western European Group).

Information on pass pickup
The registration desk will be located at the UNITAR Building located at  Pass and ID office at 801 1st Avenue and 45th Street, New York, NY 10017. The desk will be open during the following dates and times:
(We are trying to get the UN to open the pass office on Sunday 9 June too, and will keep you posted if we are successful! If not, please plan to pick up your passes as per he opening hours below):

  *   Monday 10 June | 8:30am to 3pm
  *   Tuesday 11 June | 8:30am to 1pm
  *   Wednesday 12 June | 9am to 1pm
  *   Thursday 13 June | 9:30am to 1pm

Informal Civil Society Briefing

The International Disability Alliance is pleased to invite civil society representatives who are attending the 17th CoSP to attend an informal briefing.
📅 When: Sunday, 9 June 2024
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
📍 Where: IDA Office, 450 Lexington Ave, 4th Floor, New York, 10017 (enter the bldg which reads WeWork, located on 45th St)
(but consider joining remotely, read more below!)
This meeting is open to all CSO representatives and we will discuss the week ahead and share relevant information for CSO participation. There is limited physical space at the venue, so consider joining the meeting remotely, or sending one representative per organisation. Also note that the AC / cooling is turned off at the weekends so the room may be hot / stuffy - dress accordingly!

>> Consider joining this remotely on the day (click for link)<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82607638675>

2024 Civil Society Forum
Monday, 10 June
10 AM to 1 PM EDT and
3 PM to 6 PM EDT
Conf. Room 4, United Nations Headquarters, New York

The Civil Society Coordination Mechanism<http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/COSP#LinkCSCM> (CSCM), which is facilitated by the International Disability Alliance<http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/>, hosts a Civil Society Forum (CSF), as an addition to the COSP, to leverage the opportunity to amplify the voice and facilitate active participation of persons with disabilities. The  CSCM would like to use the opportunity to reorient the CSF to be a more participatory and open platform.
The Civil Society Forum will follow a format of a “People’s Assembly” or a Townhall meeting. Following a brief opening, three substantive sessions will be held. The sessions will be focused on specific pre-determined topics, mirroring the three COSP Themes, as below, and focused on the civil society perspectives and issues CSOs deem most appropriate under each theme.

  *   Sub theme 1: International cooperation to promote technology innovations and transfer for an inclusive future
  *   Sub theme 2: Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies
  *   Sub theme 3: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and sustainable livelihood
➡️ ➡️ Download the Agenda here.<https://mcusercontent.com/217f78e7ae80e87d647cb61c5/files/69f5fc6a-2e30-82b8-3ca5-c7149bbf03f2/COSP17_CSF_Agenda_editing.docx>
➡️ ➡️ Download the Easy Read here.<https://mcusercontent.com/217f78e7ae80e87d647cb61c5/files/44e8bbed-d8f1-160e-7438-ac7e1c588f3a/Civil_Society_Easy_Read.pdf>

Each session will start off in a chat show style with the moderator very briefly laying out the outline of the topic. Once the brief introduction is done, the moderator will invite organizations that have already been shortlisted (and already contacted). Organisations will be allotted 3 mins, and are invited to deliver a statement, presentation or call to action on the topic in hand. Interventions will be made from the main floor. If you didn't already sign up to speak, there will be limited opportunity to make 1-minute remarks from the floor. You can sign up in the room.

Official Sessions of the CoSP
The official conference will take place from Tuesday, June 11 through to Thursday 13 June 2024.

  *   Easy Read version of the Draft Program<https://social.desa.un.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Final%20COSP17%20Programme%20ETR.pdf>.
Overarching theme: Rethinking disability inclusion in the current international juncture and ahead of the Summit of the Future

  *   Sub theme 1: International cooperation to promote technology innovations and transfer for an inclusive future, co-chaired by:  Sri Lanka Vice President of the bureau and a civil society representative
  *   Sub theme 2: Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies,  co-chaired by: Georgia Vice President of the bureau and a civil society representative
  *   Sub theme 3: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and sustainable livelihood,  co-chaired by:  Greece Vice President of the bureau and a civil society representative
Background Documents

  1.  Background Note of the Roundtable One "International cooperation to promote technology innovations and transfer for an inclusive future", CRDP/CSP/2024/2, English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语<https://undocs.org/CRPD/CSP/2024/2>
  2.  Background Note of the Roundtable Two "Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies", CRDP/CSP/2024/3, English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语<https://undocs.org/CRPD/CSP/2024/3>
  3.  Background Note of the Roundtable Three "Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and sustainable livelihood", CRDP/CSP/2024/4, English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语<https://undocs.org/CRPD/CSP/2024/4>
🎥You can follow the conference at: http://webtv.un.org/

Read more about the COSP17 here<https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/cosp/17th-session-of-the-conference-of-states-parties-to-the-crpd-cosp17>.

Over 60 different side events are being organized during this year's session of the Conference of States Parties!

🌐Click Here to view all CoSP17 Side Events 🌐<https://teamup.com/ks8u77ge1u4m2sjp4i>
Accessibility

  *   The United Nations Accessibility Centre offers assistive information and communications technology to support those with auditory, visual or physical impairments. The assistive devices are available on-site or as a loan to participants with disabilities. The Accessibility Centre is located in the Conference Building (first basement level, by the Secretariat Building escalators). Please contact accessibilitycentre at un.org<mailto:accessibilitycentre at un.org> for enquiries regarding available assistive tools and other accessibility accommodations related requests. For more information, please visit click here.<https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/accessibility>
  *   The Meetings Support Section also offers print-on-demand service for meeting participants requiring braille copies of official documents. Please send braille requests to accessibilitycentre at un.org<mailto:accessibilitycentre at un.org> at least 24hrs in advance of the meeting date for processing. The printouts can be collected at the Accessibility Centre located on the first basement of the Secretariat building at Office number S-1B032. For further enquiries please contact +1 212 963 7348 / 9 or by email accessibilitycentre at un.org<mailto:accessibilitycentre at un.org>.
  *   Looking for Accessibility Guide for Visitors to the United Nations Headquarters 2024? Click here.<https://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/sites/default/files/accessibility_guide_for_visitors_to_the_united_nations_headquarters_2024.docx>
  *   Don't get lost at the UN! Check out the Accessibility Centre Maps<https://www.un.org/dgacm/sites/www.un.org.dgacm/files/map1234.2022_e.pdf>

Planning to tweet during the CoSP week?

Don't forget the official hashtags: #COSP17 and #CRPD.

The Twitter handle of the International Disability Alliance is @IDA_CRPD_Forum.

Finally, don’t forget to RETWEET content to share the joy!

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