Civil Society Global Forum Realising an Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda

Monday 8 June 2015

10am – 1pm | 3pm – 6pm United Nations Headquarters, New York

Conference Room 4

Watch via webcast: http://webtv.un.org Follow on Twitter: #CSGF2015

Co-organised by the International Disability Alliance

& Disabled People’s International In partnership with the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund, Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Global Initiative for ICTs, Human Rights Watch, the International Disability and Development Consortium, Rehabilitation International, The Hans Foundation and Wada Na Todo Abhiyan

Co-sponsored by: The Permanent Missions of Australia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Benin, Brazil, Republic of Bulgaria,

Burkina Faso, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Arab Republic of Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Republic of Lithuania, Mexico, New

Zealand, Norway, Panama, Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Republic of Turkey, United Kingdom, European Union, UN DESA, OHCHR and UNICEF

Programme

Opening Session (10.00am – 10.30am) • Maryanne Diamond, Chair, International Disability Alliance • Javed Abidi, Chair, Disabled People’s International • H.E. Ambassador Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea • Catalina Devandas, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Lenin Voltaire Moreno Garces, Special Envoy for Disability and Accessibility • Akiko Ito, Chair, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DSPD, DESA

Session One (10.30am – 11.45am): The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Main conclusions from the process thus far and final steps to adoption

Co-chairs: H.E. Ambassador Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations and Priscille Geiser, International Disability and Development Consortium • Francesca Perucci, Chief, Statistical Services Branch, UN Statistical Division • Mika Kontianen, Director of Disability, Development Policy Division, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs

and Trade • Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Chair, CRPD Committee • Mosharraf Hossein, Director of Policy Influencing, ADD International

Session Two (11.45am – 1.00pm): Forging Partnerships: The intersection of the rights of persons with disabilities with relevant UN processes and the rights of other vulnerable groups Co-chairs: Mr. David Rutherford, Chief Commissioner, New Zealand Human Rights Commission and Diana Samarasan, Founding Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocacy Fund • Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Adviser, the World Bank Group • Valerie Scherrer, International Director, Emergency Response Unit, CBM International • Rachel Kachaje, Former Minister of Disability and Elderly Affairs, Malawi and Representative, Disabled Women

in Africa • Setareki Macanawai, CEO, Pacific Disability Forum and Chair, Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global

Network • Rosangela Berman-Bieler, Chief, Disability Section, UNICEF

Session Three (3.00pm – 4.30pm): Youth with Disabilities in Post-2015 Advocacy Co-chairs: Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Adviser, the World Bank Group, and Sweta Rawat, Managing Director, The Hans Foundation • H.E. Young Sam Ma, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Denmark and Chair, International Working Group

on Persons with Disabilities and Sports • Ganesh Singh, Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities • Hervis Armando Mancilla Fong, ELEVEN for Solidarity with Blind People of Latin America • Sachin Singh, Disabled Rights Group, India • Seinep Dyikanbaeva, National Network “Janyryk”, Kyrgyzstan • Shatha Abu Srour, General Union of Disabled Palestinians

Session Four (4.30pm – 5.30pm): Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals: The way forward Co-chairs: Global Call to Action against Poverty and Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs • Gloria Goffe, Executive Director, Combined Disabilities Association, Jamaica • David Morrissey, Executive Director, United States International Council on Disabilities • Mohammed Ali Loufty, Executive Director, Disabled People’s International Arab Regional Office • Venkatesh Balakrishna, Honorary President, CBR Global Network

Closing Session (5.30pm – 6.00pm) • Javed Abidi, Chair, Disabled People’s International • Kavya Mukhija, 12th Grade Student from India • Dorodi Sharma, Adviser, Disabled People’s International • Jan Monsbakken, President, Rehabilitation International • Judith E. Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights, U.S. Department of State

For those participating via webcast, questions can be emailed to panellists via: CSGFquestions@gmail.com