Agenda

Expert Group Meetingon Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-inclusive Development

13-14Dec2017

LaBouisse Hall, UNICEF Headquarters, New York

The ExpertMeeting on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-inclusive Development, organized by SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA, is intended to take stock of progress made in monitoring and evaluation for disability-inclusive development, in particular in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to contribute to preparation of the 2018 United Nations flagship report on disability and development (A/RES/69/142). The meeting will includeexperts, researchers and practitioners from the UN system, academic institutions, Member States, non-governmental organizations, particularly organizations of persons with disabilities, and development partners with experience and expertise in review and follow up of the implementation of the international development goals, in policy-analysis and in monitoring and evaluation for disability-inclusive development.

The objectives of this meeting are:(i) to share ongoing work on disability among participants;(ii) to discuss the content of the 2018 UN flagship report(iii) to discuss the inputs from the task teams for the 2018 UN flagship report and identify gaps and interlinkages across the topics covered by the different teams; (iv) to further identify collaborations for the production of thereport; (v) to refine the work plan and timeline for the production of the 2018 UN flagship report.

Wednesday13December

10am-10:15am

Opening

Ms. Maria Martinho(Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities/DSPD/UNDESA)

10:15am-10:30am

Section 1. Overview of the work for the 2018 UN Flagship Report

This section will present an overview of the work conducted for the 2018 UN flagship report. The presentation will be followed by a group discussion.

Overview of the work for the 2018 UN Flagship Report (Ms. Maria Martinho, SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

10:30am-11am

Section 2. Presentations of inputs for the 2018 UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development

Experts will present the inputs received for specific sections of the report. Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A and discussion among experts to assess: (i) if relevant international normative frameworks are covered; (ii) if the evidence used to substantiate policy recommendations and to provide an overview of the situation of persons with disabilities is appropriate; (iii) if relevant good practices at country level are included; (iv) if relevant initiatives from international and regional agencies are featured.

SDG 8 Employment (Mr. Dan Mont, University College London and Mr. Stefan Tromel, ILO - remotely)

11am-11:30am Coffee break

11:30am-1pm

SDG 1.5, 11.5 & 13 Disasters, humanitarian crises and climate change (Mr. Gopal Mitra, UNICEF;Mr. Ricardo Plan Cordero, Handicap International and Mr. Facundo Chavez Penillas, OHCHR)

SDG 11Inclusive and accessible cities/human settlement (Ms. Tessy Aura, UN-Habitat)

SDG 9.c Access to ICT (Ms. Deepti Samant Raja, World Bank and Mr. Derrick Cogburn, Institute of Disability and Public Policy)

1pm-2pm Lunch

2pm-3pm

SDG 1 & 2 Poverty and Hunger (Ms. Sophie Mitra, Fordham University and Jean-François Trani, Washington University)

SDG 4 Education (Mr. Mark Walham, UNICEF)

3pm-3:30pm Coffee break

3:30pm-5pm

SDG 7 Energy and Persons with Disabilities(Ms. Saeko Kajima, SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

SDG 10 Combating inequalities - Assistive products (Ms. Diane Bell, WHO and Mr. Gopal Mitra, UNICEF)

SDG 17.18 Opportunities and challenges in collecting disability data (Ms. Margaret Mbogoni, UNSD/UNDESA)

Thursday 14December

10am-11am

Section 2. Presentations of inputs for the 2018 UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development

(cont.)

SDG 3 Health (Ms. Alarcos Cieza, WHO - remotely)

SDG 6 Water and sanitation for people with disabilities, (Mr. Rifat Hussein, WHO - remotely)

11am-11:30am Coffee break

11am-12:30pm

SDG 10 Multiple discrimination - Persons with mental/psychosocial disabilities (Mr. Takashi Izutsu, University of Tokyo and Ms. Michelle Funk, WHO - remotely)

SDG 3.7 & 5.6 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (Ms. Akiko Sakaue, UNFPA and Ms. Nora Groce, Leonard Cheshire Disability)

SDG 5 Gender equality and empowerment of women with disabilities (Ms. Maribel Derjani-Bayeh, UN-Women and Ms. Ola Abu Alghaib, Leonard Cheshire Disability)

12:30pm-1pm

Section 3. Presentations on ongoing work on disability

In this section, experts will present their ongoing work on disability and development. Presentations focus on priority issues such as national laws and policies, including social protection policies, and data.

International library policies and procedures for people with disabilities and the SDGs(Ms. Nancy Bolt, International Federation of Library Associations)

Building and using global law and policy data to monitor and advance rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities (Ms. Willetta Waisath, WORLD Policy Analysis Center)

1pm-2pm Lunch

2pm-2:15pm

Innovative Policies: Some Findings (Mr. Thomas Butcher, Zero Project)

2:15pm-3pm

Section 4. 2018 UN Flagship Report: content, interlinkages,gaps and timeline

In this section, experts will discuss further suggestions on the content, identify interlinkages among chapters of the report, and identify gaps in the current content.

2018 UN Flagship Report: next steps and timeline(Ms. Maria Martinho, SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

3pm-3:30pm Coffee break

3:30pm-4pm

Open discussion

Experts invited to discusscontent, interlinkages, gaps and timeline.

Closing

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