CONFERENCE: Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development, December 2-3, 2008, Berlin

Posted on 11 November 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Cross-Disability, Events and Conferences, Inclusion, Opportunities, Poverty | Tags: Bezev, CBM, DAHW, development and disability, ISL, nothing about us without us, people with disabilities, sustainable development |

Bezev (disability and development cooperation in Essen, Germany) would appreciate very much if you could spread this invitation within your networks, and send it to people you think could be interested.

Thank you very much for your attention, and cooperation,
with warm regards,

Mareike Bübl
www.bezev.de

International Congress in Berlin „´Nothing About Us Without Us´ – Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development”

On 3rd December, the worldwide Day of Persons with Disabilities, the international congress „´Nothing about us without us´ – Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development”, will take place from 2-3 December 2008 in Berlin/Germany.
The purpose of the congress is to make its contribution towards the implementation of the UN Convention marking a paradigm shift in the role of persons with disabilities.
It aims to show how persons with disabilities can be included to take an active part in development activities. The congress will conclude with a discussion by a panel of politicians and representatives of non-government organisations and associations about their contribution towards the realisation of the UN Convention and the demand for inclusive development implicated therein.

Speakers from all over the world will share their experiences with us, and we will discuss the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

We are very glad to welcome Mrs Evers-Meyer, the federal government comissioner for persons with disabilities in Germany, Mrs Venus M. Ilagan from the USA (Rehabilitation International), Dorothy Musakanya from Zimbabwe (Southern African Federation of Disabled People SAFOD), Mrs Tuija Halmari from Finland (Finnish Disabled People´s International Development Association FIDIDA), Mr Shikuku Obosi from Great Britain (Action on Disability and Development ADD), Mr Raghavan Ramachandran from India (ebenfalls ADD) and many other interesting guests.

The congress is directed to actors working in the areas of development and disability, as well as anyone interested in these issues.

It is organised jointly by Disability and Development Cooperation (bezev), CBM (Christian Blind Mission), Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW), Interessenvertretung Selbstbestimmt Leben in Deutschland (ISL) and Misereor.

Learn more about the conference and how to participate at http://bezev.de/bezev/aktuelles/index.htm

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Thank you to Mareike Bübl at bezev for submitting this announcement to We Can Do.

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