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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-WS link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thanks for the confirmation. May I please ask for the 2025 meeting, when exactly is the general forum from the days indicated?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> PDFlist <pdflist-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Casper Joseph Fa'asala<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 August 2025 5:42 pm<br><b>To:</b> Shweta Vandana <shweta.vandana@pacificdisability.org><br><b>Cc:</b> pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org; pdf-fullmembers@lists.pacificdisability.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PDFlist] Update: Pacific Disability Dialogue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bula Sainimili,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for the announcement of the 8th Disability Regional Dialogue.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Your introductory paragraph together with your final paragraph of your email somehow, seemed contradictory. In the first para the Dialogue is confirmed for October 2025, while your final paragraph confirms the rescheduling of the Dialogue.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I take it that the Dialogue is now rescheduled for 2026. Please confirm.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Vinaka<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Casper <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The first paragraph seemed to confirmed<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chief Executive Officer<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Disabled People's Association of Solomon <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>DSE Building, New Chinatown,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cresent Street, Honiara<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>SOLOMON ISLANDS<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:ceo.dpasi@gmail.com" target="_blank">ceo.dpasi@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Office Phone: (677)25608: WhatsApp (677)7953793<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:lime;background:#073763'>"EMPOWERING DISABILITY WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY"</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 12:45<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Shweta Vandana <<a href="mailto:shweta.vandana@pacificdisability.org">shweta.vandana@pacificdisability.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'>Dear Members, Partners and Stakeholders, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'>I hope this email finds you all in good health</span><span style='font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Please find attached a letter from our CEO with important information regarding the Pacific Disability Dialogue.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Find the same information also included below in the body of this email.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>8th August 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>Dear colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>Re: Subject: Announcement: Pacific Disability Dialogue – October</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>20–24, 2025.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>Ni sa bula and warm Pacific greetings to you all.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>The Pacific Disability Forum is pleased to announce that our general forum will take place from October 20–24, 2025, under the Tittle: Pacific Disability Dialogue.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>This important regional gathering aims to bring together representatives from approximately 50 Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) across the Pacific to Nadi, Fiji. The Dialogue will focus on:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>Shaping the PDF Strategy 2026–2030 and Providing input to the Pacific Regional Framework on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, currently under review by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>The program will also include a two-day Partner and Donor Dialogue, fostering shared understanding and alignment among OPDs, development partners, and donors. In addition, one day during the week will be dedicated to internal PDF affairs, which will serve as the general forum itself.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>This session will allow member OPDs to engage in governance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>matters, updates, and strategic discussions specific to PDF.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>Please also be informed that the 8th Pacific Regional Conference on Disability (PRCD) has been rescheduled to 2026. Confirmed</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>dates will be announced in due course.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>We look forward to your participation in this inclusive and strategic dialogue for advancing the rights and priorities of persons with</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif'>disabilities in the Pacific.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Sainimili Tawake <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Chief Executive Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_527154545204992138ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_527154545204992138ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><p class=MsoNormal>Get <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef" target="_blank">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>PDFlist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PDFlist@lists.pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">PDFlist@lists.pacificdisability.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.pacificdisability.org/mailman/listinfo/pdflist_lists.pacificdisability.org" target="_blank">http://lists.pacificdisability.org/mailman/listinfo/pdflist_lists.pacificdisability.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>