CONFERENCE: 21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International

Posted on 6 October 2007. Filed under: Announcements, Events and Conferences, Opportunities | Tags: , Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, disabilities, disability, disability and development, disability rights, disabled, international development, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation International, RI |

Rehabilitation International (RI) will be holding its 21st World Congress next year, August 25 to 28, 2008, in Quebec City, Canada. More details are available in English, French, or Spanish at the conference web site. Conference organizers are accepting submissions of abstracts through October 31, 2007.

The following text is taken from RI’s conference web site:

Disability Rights and Social Participation: Ensuring a Society for All

The international community is facing a unique opportunity to drastically improve the living conditions of hundreds of millions of people with disabilities by implementing the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This treaty provides the framework for the development of good policies, actions and projects which can have a positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities all over the world. People with disability, their family and friends, human rights advocates, experts, government representatives, service providers and civil society leaders from all over the world will gather in Quebec City, Canada from August 25-28, 2008, for the 21st RI World Congress to discuss key disability issues and build partnerships. The event will take place at the Quebec City Convention Center.

The theme of the Congress “Disability Rights and Social Participation: Ensuring a Society for All” is in accordance with RI priorities as well as Canadian and Québec social policy objectives in the field of disability.

The reality of disability is not only the problem of a social minority since disability affects almost every person in society at some point in their lives.

Goals

The aim of the RI World Congress is to share concrete good practices at the local, regional, national and international levels. Such achievements are founded on partnerships that encompass specific responsibilities assumed by public authorities and society in making significant progress in disability-related areas.

The purpose of the RI World Congress is also to act as a catalyst for concretely implementing human rights for people with disabilities by creating a society that is accessible for all.
http://www.riquebec2008.org/

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Thank you for your good vision and mision and goals which stimulete community and other stake holders to rehabilitate the rights of people with disability through lively hood.my comment are to think about non state acters who directly live with people with disabilities,how to accommodate the sign language for each people in usage and access for the people with virsually impairment in development country .

MESHACK MASANJA.
22 January 2008

please submit the details regarding conference

Damodar Gaire
30 March 2008

Good effort. I believe economic well being is essential for a disabled in his process of “Active Rehabilitation”. Livelihood options should match with the nature of the disability and on the surface most of the disability supportive organizations ready to do that. But most of them are fail in finding correct target market for the products and services providing by the disabled. I would like to suggest you to consider having input session on “How we should assist the disabled for market penetration” in your valuable conference. Further would like to get details on the conference.

Priyanka Mudalige
14 May 2008

Iwould like to participate in your conference ,because I’m interesting in youth problem .and want to discuss it in yourconference .

Amin Yousif
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Amin Ahmed Omar Yousif
14 May 2008

i want to participate in the confrence and i think i will profit alot in educating others.

abebayehu
1 June 2008

would like to participate in your conference. kindly email me the program and the costings. thank you

Yasmin Karim
16 June 2008

DEAR CONFERENCE ORGANISER,

COMPLIEMNT OF THE SEASON TO YOU OVER THERE .AM WRITTING YOU THIS FEW LINES OF WORDS WITH A GOOD OPEN MIND AND HAPPINESS.

MY MAIN PURPOSE OF COMUNICATING YOU IS ABOUT OUR INTREST IN COMING TO ATTEND YOUR CONFERENCES THAT IS COMING UP IN JULY 2008.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY IN ASKING YOU FOR A PLACE AND FAVOUR IN GRANTING US A PERMIT OF ATTENDING AND BE A PARTNER OF THE CONFERENCE COMING ON.

IT COULD BE A PLEASURE IF OUR REQUEST WAS GRANTED AND BEEN PERMITED TO ATTEND AN COME OVER TO DUBLIN IRELAND. SO I WE LIKE TO KNOW IF WE CAN SEND YOU OUR PASSPORT PAGES IN OTHER TO USE IN PREPARING THE INVITATION LETTER IN OTHER TO GET VISA OVER ON TIME BECAUSE OF VISA PROCESS AND DELAY .

IF OUR APPLICATION TO YOU IS GRANTED KINDLY MAIL ME BACK TO SEND ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO GET THE INVITATION LETTER FROM YOU.

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST.

BEST REGARDS.

E.ROWLAND ANTHONY

E.ROWLAND ANTHONY
29 June 2008

To everyone who has made inquiries regarding the conference:

Thank you for your interest. However, the conference organizers are not responsible for the We Can Do blog, nor is the We Can Do blog (me) responsible for the conference. PLEASE follow the links provided in the blog post above to the OFFICIAL WEB SITE for the conference itself. Much of the information you will need is provided at the OFFICIAL WEB SITE for the conference (this blog post only provides an introduction). The official web site for the conference will include instructions on how to make arrangements to attend and how to contact the conference organizers themselves.

Thank you,

Ms. Andrea Shettle, MSW
We Can Do Editor

Andrea Shettle, MSW
8 July 2008