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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Good morning all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>FYI and distribution, please.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Martine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Martine Abel-Williamson – World Blind Union Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ'> Terry Mutuku [mailto:Terry.Mutuku@wbu.ngo] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 23 July 2020 4:31 am<br><b>To:</b> info@wbu.ngo<br><b>Subject:</b> WBU-ICEVI Webinar: Promoting Inclusive Education in time of COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Dear members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Please join us on <b>Wednesday 29 July</b> at <b>8.00AM-09:30 AM EST </b>(GMT+1) for a webinar on </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>"Promoting Inclusive Education in the time of COVID-19". This will be an opportunity to share inclusive education advocacy tools and best practices based on the International Disability Alliance </span><span lang=EN-CA><a href="http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/ida-inclusive-education-2020"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none'>IDA Inclusive Education Global Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> and the linkage with UNESCO’s 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report (</span><span lang=EN-CA><a href="https://en.unesco.org/news/global-education-monitoring-gem-report-2020#:~:text=The%202020%20Global%20Education%20Monitoring,more%20resilient%20and%20equal%20societies.&text=It%20notes%20that%20258%20million,the%20main%20obstacle%20to%20access."><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>GEM Report</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>). Discussions will focus on <b>COVID-19 challenges in education and the Reports’ <span style='color:black'>Relevance and Perspectives for the Education of Learners with Visual Impairments</span></b><span style='color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This webinar will be co-hosted by the World Blind Union (WBU) and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI). The WBU President <b>Dr. Fred Schroeder</b> and ICEVI President <b>Dr. Frances Gentle</b> will give opening remarks. They will be joined on the panel by <b>Dr. M.N.G. Mani</b>, the ICEVI Chief Executive Officer, as Moderator. Panellists will be <b>Dr Praveena Sukhraj-Ely</b> (ICEVI First-Vice President), <b>Dr Bushan Punani</b> ( President, ICEVI West Asia) and <b>Cristina Sanz</b>, (President, ICEVI Latin America). <b>Ms Dorodi Sharma</b>, the Inclusive Development Officer from the IDA will report on linkages between the two Reports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>To register for the webinar </span></b><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>please click here <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-CA><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EQPdaZjZR4iLP5-eaOvMWQ"><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EQPdaZjZR4iLP5-eaOvMWQ</span></b></a></span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br></span></b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.<b><span style='color:#343A41'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#343A41'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>* Closed captions in English will be provided. Viewers can choose French and Spanish as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>* The webinar will be broadcast live on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlindUnion">WBU Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Attached please find the webinar programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Please help us in spreading the word. Forward this invite to your networks and share on your social media.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><img border=0 width=220 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D66023.ECA2EA70" alt="Fred Schroeder signature"></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Dr. Fredric K Schroeder, President, WBU <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><img border=0 width=145 height=37 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D66023.ECA2EA70" alt=Sign-FG></span><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Dr. Frances Gentle, President, ICEVI</span></i><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:10.0pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br>Privacy Disclaimer - Français à suivre <br>This e-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, and confidential. 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