<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-AU" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_2351337426322998292WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Dear Asia-Pacific Disability Constituency members:<u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I trust this email finds you well and safe. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I am pleased to share this Call for Nominations through which any interested member of the Constituency is invited to nominate to become the Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) representative
individual on a new Advisory Group being formed by the World Food Programme Regional Bureau in Bangkok. Nominations close on Tuesday 3 November 2020. Please see more information on this opportunity, and instructions on how to submit a nomination, provided
below. <u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span><b>About the new disability inclusion Advisory Group for WFP
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The World Food Program (WFP) Regional Bureau in Bangkok is rolling out a new WFP Disability Inclusion Road Map 2020-21, which seeks to enhance WFP’s inclusiveness
of persons with disabilities in its programming and support functions. In support of this effort the Regional Bureau is establishing an Advisory Group to provide strategic guidance on WFP Asia-Pacific’s disability inclusion initiative.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The WFP Asia-Pacific Advisory Group on Disability Inclusion will be chaired by the WFP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific. The Advisory Group will include
a mixture of both internal WFP and also external stakeholders, including a representative from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a disability inclusion advisor from CBM, and a representative from an Asia-Pacific organisation
of people with disabilities (OPD). <u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">We are pleased now to share this Call for Nominations, through which interested members of the Asia-Pacific Disability Constituency can nominate to be the OPD representative
individual who will join the Advisory Group. <u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The full Terms of Reference of the Advisory Group is attached. Key functions of the Advisory Group are to:
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>provide strategic guidance on WFP Asia-Pacific’s disability inclusion initiative – its vision, ambition, objectives and approach,
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>advise on best practice for engaging stakeholders, stimulating their commitment to the issue, as well as their motivation to be champions of disability inclusion in their respective
areas of work,<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>advise on ways to engage people with disabilities in the planning, design, and implementation of the initiative,
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>guide the approach and content of WFP’s initiative, by providing high-level technical advice on activities,
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>facilitate connections with individuals, organisations or government bodies, which can support the WFP initiative,<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>advise on how efforts can be sustained and momentum preserved.
<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The Advisory Group will meet on a frequency determined by the members, but no less than once every two months between November 2020 and the end of 2021. Meetings
will be held virtually and will be made accessible. Reasonable accommodations to ensure the active participation of all Members will be facilitated based upon request.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span><b>The OPD Representative Call for Nominations Process</b></span><span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">CBM is coordinating this nomination process to identify a suitable OPD representative from the regional disability movement to join the Advisory Group. The nomination
process will be facilitated by CBM, and reviewed and endorsed by WFP Regional Bureau in Bangkok. All members of the Asia-Pacific Disability Constituency are welcome to submit a nomination, if you are interested and feel you meet the following selection criteria:<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>The OPD representative individual should work in Asia-Pacific.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>The OPD representative individual should ideally have experience in both humanitarian and development work in the region.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span><u></u>The OPD representative individual should be able to provide inputs that reflect the diversity of perspectives within the disability community, as well as reflect an intersectional
approach.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
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<font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u><span><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span></span></span><u></u>The OPD representative individual should be available to participate in regular Advisory Group meetings, which are expected to take place no less often than once every two
months.<span><b><u><u></u><u></u></u></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Nominations will be accepted until the end of the day Tuesday 3 November 2020. In order to submit your nomination, please complete either the online Google Form (available here:
<a href="https://forms.gle/UddxWZdvk9BqHtFt9" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/UddxWZdvk9BqHtFt9</a>), or complete the attached word document nomination form and email it to Elizabeth Morgan (at
<span class="m_2351337426322998292MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:emorgan@cbm.org.au" target="_blank">emorgan@cbm.org.au</a></span><span class="m_2351337426322998292MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext">)</span></span>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">If you have any questions or require further information, please email
<a href="mailto:emorgan@cbm.org.au" target="_blank">emorgan@cbm.org.au</a>.<u></u><u></u></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><u></u> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Please share widely with your respective members and colleagues. Thank you.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Warm regards,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Villaney</font></p>
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