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Towards Full Inclusion of Disabled Persons in the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals and Global Governance Processes

Side Event
Programme Agenda

Date & Time: 24th September 2015, 3:00-5:00PM
Venue: Conference Room 11, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations、United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)、The Nippon Foundation
Co-sponsors:Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations, The World Bank, United Nations Educational
      Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute on Disability and Public Policy International Disability Alliance

Background and Objectives

The Member States and international community have made great strides towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, and they also have helped align the United Nations with many other international development organizations, civil society organizations and the business community towards achieving those goals. With, what many consider, successful achievement of the MDGs, the United Nations General Assembly is set to adopt the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda - the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - at its forthcoming 70th Session in September.

In parallel, the United Nations has been promoting the development of an inclusive global society, especially for disabled persons as agents of change and as beneficiaries of this change, for the past decades, through the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in 2006. As of today, 157 Member States have ratified the CRPD.

Mainstreaming the issues and plight of disabled persons into the process of development is crucial to realize the goal of "no one left behind." The number of disabled persons is estimated to be beyond one billion - approximately one out of every seven persons in the world today. Moreover, many disabled persons live in extreme poverty; therefore, the inclusion of disabled persons must take place in order to reach the goals. As such, Member States are expected to give due attention to full inclusion of disabled persons in their work towards achieving the 2030 SDGs. However, inclusion at the national level is not sufficient to achieve the goals: this concept must also be applied to multilateral organizations and global decision-making processes, namely at the UN and in global conferences, meetings and events, and needs to be implemented on multiple dimensions： global, regional, national, and local.

Government of Japan has contributed to the development of programmes for, and building a leadership role of, disabled persons in developing countries through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the past decades. In particular, it assisted in the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), in cooperation with the Government of Thailand and the ASEAN Secretariat, which has become a leading international institution for disabled persons in Asia and the Pacific.

The Nippon Foundation has been taking the lead in promoting the inclusion of disabled persons at international fora. For example, the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on Disability and Development (2013) highlighted the critical importance of accessibility as a means and goal of inclusive society and development. During the meeting, the Nippon Foundation supported the presentation of the Outcome Document in a multi-media accessible format for disabled persons.
(http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/hlmdd/daisy/readme.html)

In addition, the Nippon Foundation helped ensure that the third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and relevant public forums in Sendai Japan (14-18 March 2015) was fully accessible to disabled persons, so that they could participate and exert leadership in all aspects of the proceedings. As a result, active participation of more than 200 disabled persons contributed to the fruitful discussions on implementation of inclusive disaster risk reduction and to the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

At this side event in September, the ideas, approaches and strategies for developing the framework for the inclusion of disabled persons towards achieving the 2030 SDGs will be presented and discussed by expert panel.

Expected Outcome

The importance of inclusion of disabled persons to the development agenda is recognized once more, and the shared ideas and discussions contribute to promoting inclusion of disabled persons further in the post-2015 development framework.

Programme

Moderator:

  • Mr. Hironobu Shibuya, Special Advisor, The Nippon Foundation

Opening and Welcome Remarks:

  • Mr. Jun Saito, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN
  • Mr. Santiago Santos Repetto, Principal Advisory of the Technical Secretariat for the Inclusive Management on Disabilities, Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the UN
  • Ms. Akiko Ito, Chief of Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Keynote Address:

  • Mr. Getachew Engida, Deputy Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • Ms. Elina Parm, Liaison Officer, New York UNHQ Liaison Office, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Presentation:

  • Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director for the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, World Bank Group

Special Report:

  • Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, Executive Director, Institute on Disability and Public Policy for the ASEAN Region; Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University

Panel Discussion:

  • H.E. Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chairman, Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies; Senior Fellow, United nations Institute on Training and Research
  • Ms. Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Disability Advisor in the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, World Bank Group
  • Prof.　Derrick L. Cogburn, Executive Director, Institute on Disability and Public Policy for the ASEAN Region; Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
  • Mr. Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director, International Disability Alliance

Questions and Answers Session

Closing Remarks:

  • H.E. Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chairman, Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies; Senior Fellow, United Nations Institute on Training and Research

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