UNICEF House,
Labouisse Hall and Danny Kaye Reception Area
September 24
On September 24th UNICEF will host the second gathering of the Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities
(GPcwd). The partners will evaluate the work undertaken since the first Forum in September 2012 and discuss plans
for future steps for the Partnership. This will include organizational structure, funding and thematic actions for 20132015 to ensure children with disabilities are included in the post-2015 development agenda. For this purpose the
second Forum is being planned to take place between the High level Meeting on Disability and Development
(HLMDD) and the MDG Summit.
Objectives:
- Share work undertaken by the GPcwd since the 2012 Forum
- Agree on the Governance structure, Mission Statement and Vision, funding mechanisms and thematic
priorities for 2013-2015
- Advocate for children with disabilities to be included in the post-2015 development agenda through a Call to
Action
Participants: Members of the GPcwd and Governments
Time
Morning
8:00-9:00
Session title and brief description
Speakers
Registration
Video: Voices of Children with Disabilities
Opening
- Welcome & Introduction
- Share Objectives and Agenda for the
Forum
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Alipui,
Director of Programmes, UNICEF
9:15-9:30
Keynote on the Importance of Partnerships
and the GPcwd
Video statement by James D. Wolfensohn,
Former President of the World Bank
9:30-10:45
Session 1: Overview of First Year of Activities
Moderator: Nora Groce,
Director, Leonard Cheshire Disability &
Inclusive Development Centre
9:00-9:15
Highlights and Challenges
Facilitator: Paulette Nichols
Task Forces:
- overview of activities;
priority actions for 2013-2015;
- new Task Force on ECD
National Partnerships:
- Kenya: application of NPcwd Guidelines
through Civil Society
- Rwanda: promoting participation of
children with disabilities;
- Viet Nam: national policies and
partnerships
Q&A
 Jean-Claude Adzalla, Regional Director East
& West Africa, Deaf AidKenya SCO
 Ramatou Toure, Chief of Child Protection
UNICEF Rwanda a.i.
 Mr. Nguyen Hai Huu, Director-General of
the Viet Nam Child Care and Protection
Agency
10:45-11:15
Coffee break
Music Video: It’s about Ability from Rwanda/
Uganda
11:15 - 12:00
Session 2: GPcwd Structure
Moderator: Rosangela Berman Bieler,
Chief, Disability Section, Programme Division
UNICEF
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Governance structure
Vision and Mission Statement
Speaker: Susana Sottoli, Deputy Director,
Gender, Rights and Civic Engagement,
Programme Division, UNICEF
12:00-12:30
Lunch
12:30-13:45
Afternoon
14:00 –16:00
UNPRPD side event: “the Voices of Persons with Disabilities and Inclusive Post-2015
Development Agenda”
Session 3: Building an Inclusive Post-2015
Development Agenda for Children
Keynote on Addressing Inequalities through
an Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda
Video: “Listen Up! Children with disabilities
speak out”, produced by Plan Australia, Plan
Ireland, Plan Sierra Leone and AusAID.
Discussion on the GPcwd Action Plan
“Towards an Inclusive Development Agenda
for All for 2014-2015”: Looking at the key
activities to implement the three strategies
identified in the Survey:
1. Commitment & engagement of
governments at global and national
levels;
2. Participation and engagement of
children and adults with disabilities;
3. Influencing Public Opinion through
Awareness-Raising Campaigns
Ms. Amina Mohammed
Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Post2015 Development Planning
Co-Moderators:
Richard Morgan, Senior Advisor on the Post-2015
Development Agenda, UNICEF
&
Jenny Nilsson, President World Federation of
Deaf Youth Section
With Speakers:
 H.E. Ms. Inga Marte Thorkildsen, Minister of
Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, Norway
 Mr. Peter Ochienga, Uganda, African Youth with
Disability Network (AYWDN)
 Mr. Rolando Villamero Jr., Young People and
the Media: Their Roles in Including the Rights of
Persons With Disabilities into the Post-2015
Agenda
From the floor:
 H.E. Ms. Fatma Sahin, Minister of Family and
Social Policies of Turkey
16:00-16:15
Coffee break
16:15-17:20
Session 4: Global Action: How to promote an
Inclusive Future for All
Responsibilities and Division of Labour:
-
Secretariat
Global Advocacy
National Partnerships
Task Forces

DPO participation to key events on
post-2015
Communication strategy
Knowledge management
Action research agenda on children
and youth with disabilities
Resources and Commitments
17:20-17:30
Concluding Remarks
18:00-20:00
Reception
Co-Moderators:
Catherine Naughton, Chair of International
Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
&
Maria Veronica Reina, Executive Director of the
Global Partnership on Disability and Development
(GPDD).