Agenda

Expert Meetingon Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-inclusive Development

10-11May 2017

Room IX, ILO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

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 disabled persons’ organizations, and development partners with experience and expertise in the areas of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the international development goals, including expertise in policy-analysis, monitoring and evaluation relevant for disability-inclusive development.

The objectives of this meeting are:(i) to share ongoing work on disability among participants;(ii) to discuss the content and outline of the 2018 UN flagship report(iii) to follow up on the work of the task teams for the 2018 UN flagship report and identify 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.

Wednesday10 May

10am-10:15am

Opening

Ms. Maria Martinho (SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

10:15am-10:35am

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)

10:35am-11am

Section 2. 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 monitoring of CRPD, library policies on disability-inclusion, poverty, water and sanitation, the situation of persons with disabilities in forced displacement and the participation of persons with mental and intellectual disabilities.

OHCHR work on the rights of persons with disabilities, Mr. Facundo Chavez Penillas (OHCHR)

Monitoring CRPD: a perspective of the German Institute for Human Rights, Ms. Judith Striek (German Institute for Human Rights)

Assessment of disability-inclusive laws and policies in libraries, Nancy Bolt (International Federation of Library Associations)

11am-11:30am Coffee break

11:30am-12pm

How poor are People with Disabilities around the Globe? A Multidimensional Perspective, Ms. Monica Pinilla (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, UK; Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)

Living conditions among persons with disabilities in low-income countries, Mr. Arne Eide (SINTEF Technology and Society)

12pm-2pm Task Team meetings and lunch

Task Team meetings and lunch

Meetings of experts on thematic areas who will collaborate to specific sections of the report.Coordinators of task teams are expected to meet with their teams to discuss future work.

12pm-1pm

Meetings of three task teams:

SDG 1&2 Poverty and Hunger

SDG 17.18 Data

Lunch for participants not part of these teams.

1pm-2pm

Meetings of three task teams:

SDG 3.7 and 5.6 Sexual and reproductive health and rights

SDG 8 & 1.3 employment and social protection

SDG 10 Participation of persons with mental/psychosocial and intellectual disabilities

Lunch for participants not part of these teams.

2pm-3pm

Section 2. Presentations on ongoing work on disability (cont.)

WHO QualityRights: Act, Unite & Empower for Mental Health, Ms. Nathalie Drew (WHO)

Thinking about mental disorders – key issues in low- and middle income contexts, Ms. Margie Schneider (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Persons with disabilities in forced displacement- UNHCR’s work on promoting inclusion, Ms. Kristin Lange (UNHCR)

Monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for people with disabilities, Mr. Rifat Hussein (WHO)

3pm-3:30pm Coffee break

3:30pm-5:15pm

The importance of ICT accessibility for persons with disabilities: perspectives and experience from ITU, Jose Maria Diaz Batanero (ITU)

Section 3.Task team presentations

Subgroups of experts will present and discuss their proposals for specific sections of the report.

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

SDG 1.5, 11.513Disasters, humanitarian crises and climate change (Mr. Gopal Mitra, UNICEF and Facundo Chavez Penillas, OHCHR)

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

SDG 4 Education (Mr. Mark Walham, Unicef and Ms. Natasha Graham, Unicef)

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

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

Thursday 11 May

10am-11am

Meeting of Task TeamsCoordinators (only for coordinators)

11am-11:30am Coffee break

Section 3.Task team presentations (cont.)

Subgroups of experts will present and discuss their proposals for specific sections of the report.

11:30am-12:30pm

SDG 3 Health (Ms. AlarcosCieza, WHO)

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

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

Emerging issues and interlinkages (Ms. Maria Martinho, SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

12:30pm-2pm Lunch

2pm-2:15pm

SDG 17.18 Data and Statistical Annex (Ms. Margaret Mbogoni, UNSD/UNDESA)

2:15pm-3pm

Section 4.2018 UN Flagship Report: outline, content, interlinkages and gaps

In this section, experts will discuss further suggestions on the outline, content, identify interlinkages among chapters of the report, and identify gaps in the current content. As the outline needs to be finalized by June 2017, this is the last expert group discussion on the outline.

2018 UN Flagship Report: outline, content and interlinkages, (Ms. Maria Martinho, SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

3pm-3:30pm Coffee break

3:45pm-4pm

Section 5.Timeline and work plan for 2018 UN Flagship Report – way forward

This section will discuss the timeline and working plan for the 2018 UN Flagship Report.

Timeline and plan for 2018 UN Flagship Report, Ms. Maria Martinho (SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA)

Closing

4pm-5pm

Task Team meetings

Meetings of experts on thematic areas who will collaborate to specific sections of the report.Coordinators of task teams are expected to meet with their teams to discuss future work.

4pm-5pm

Meetings of three task teams:

SDG 3 Health

SDG 4 Education

SDG 1.5, 11.5 and 13 Emergencies, disasters, humanitarian crises and climate change

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