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Preview 2012 IDDC Calendar

Full overview of meetings and events

January - February - March - April - May - June - July

August - September - October - November - December

January

Making Development Inclusive
Project Management Committee meeting (skype meeting)
10 January, 14:30 - 15:30 (Brussels time)

CBM Photo Exhibition: Disability and Emergencies - To mark the one year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake
11 - 18 January, European Parliament
Launch of the exhibition: 11 January, Balcony Space, 3rd floor (outside rooms A3G1 and A3G2), European Parliament; 18:30
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Making Development Inclusive
Joint meeting of IDDC Board, Task Group Coordinators and Project Management Committee
13 January, CBM EU Liaison Office, Brussels (Belgium); 10:00 - 17:00

Making Development Inclusive
IDDC Board Meeting
14 January, Autism Europe, Ground Floor, same building with CBM EU Liaison Office, Brussels (Belgium); 9:00 - 16:30

Making Development Inclusive
Meeting of Task Group Coordinators and Project Management Committee
14 January, CBM EU Liaison Office, Brussels (Belgium); 9:00 - 16:30

Inclusive Education Task Group Meeting (skype meeting)
17 January

UN Task Group Meeting: 2-day strategic planning
18 - 19 January, Sightsavers Office, Haywards Heath, West Sussex (UK)

Seminar "Including Persons with Disabilities in the Millennium Development Goals"
19 January, Centre for Disability, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London (UK); 12:45 - 14:00

EU Task Group Meeting
24 - 25 January, CBM EU Liaison Office, Brussels (Belgium)

February

11th Meeting of the Working Group on Education for All
2 - 3 February, Paris (France)

HIV&AIDS and Disability Task Group skype meeting
8 February, 14:00 - 16:00

Inclusive Education Task Group Meeting
16 - 17 February, Leonard Cheshire Disability, London (UK)

10th International Conference on Low-Vision with the theme "Vision Rehabilitation - Towards Better Living"
20 - 24 February, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Livelihood Task Group Meeting
22 February, Leonard Cheshire Disability, London (UK); 10:00 - 16:00

Global Campaign for Education General Assembly
22 - 25 February, Paris (France)

UN Statistical Commission Annual Meeting
22 - 25 February, New York (USA)

Keynote speech on the right to development by High Commissioner for Human Rights
24 February, Berlin (Germany)
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March

Launch of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 'The hidden crisis: armed conflict and education'
1 March

OHCHR Annual Debate on Disabilities: Article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
4 March, Geneva (Switzerland)

IDDC lunchtime panel discussion on "UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and International Cooperation"
4 March, Room XXIII, Human Rights Council, Geneva (Switzerland); 12:00 - 14:00

CBR Task Group meeting
8 - 9 March, Handicap International Office, Geneva (Switzerland)

Making Development Inclusive
Training of Trainers Workshop planning meeting
9 March, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD office, Brussels (Belgium); 11:00 - 15:30

10th High-Level Group Meeting on Education for All (EFA)
22 - 24 March, Bangkok (Thailand)

Seminar on Disability Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation
28 - 29 March, Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (Norway)

April

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Meeting
11 - 15 April, Geneva (Switzerland)

HIV&AIDS and Disability Task Group skype meeting
12 April, 15:30 - 16:30

International VSA Education Conference: The Contours of Inclusive Arts Teaching and Learning
28 - 30 April, Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
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May

Global Action Week (GAW via GCE): Women and Girls’ Education
2 - 8 May

Meeting of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
2 - 20 May, Geneva (Switzerland)

CBR Task Group skype meeting
6 May, 14:00 - 15:00

Making Development Inclusive
IDDC Board Meeting
9 May, Hotel DUO Prague, (Czech Republic), 17:00 - 19:00

Making Development Inclusive: Capacity-building series
IDDC General Assembly 2011
10 - 12 May, Hotel DUO Prague (Czech Republic)

Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 2
Making international development inclusive for disabled people: Launching the WHO Guidelines on Community-Based Rehabilitation at the Royal Commonwealth Society
16 May, London (UK)
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Conference on Disability in Conflicts and Emergencies "Reaching the most vulnerable"
30 May - 1 June, Thon Hotel Opera, Oslo (Norway)

June

UN High Level Meeting on HIV&AIDS: 2011 comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the Declaration of the Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
8 - 10 June

Launch of the World Report on Disability, a joint publication of the World Health Organization and the World Bank
9 June, New York (USA)

Making Development Inclusive
Project Management Committee meeting
14 June, LIGHT FOR THE WORLD EU Office, Brussels (Belgium), 14:30 - 16:30

EU Task Group Meeting
15 June, CBM EU Liaison Office, Brussels (Belgium)

Second European Research Conference on Microfinance
16 - 18 June, Groningnen (The Netherlands)
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July

2011 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) on Education
4 - 8 July, Geneva (Switzerland)

IDDC Board meeting
7 - 8 July, CBM EU Liaison Office, Brussels (Belgium)

Making Development Inclusive: Mainstreaming event series
European Development Days 2011: First Stakeholders Meeting
7 July, Brussels (Belgium), room JDE 51 in the Jacques Delors building (Rue Belliard 101); 9:30 - 13:00

August

September 

CBR Task Group meeting
2 September, Geneva

CBR meeting with WHO
5 - 6 September, Geneva

Meeting of the Human Rights Task Force on accessibility
5 September, Palais des Nations, Geneva (Switzerland); 10:00 - 12:00

UN Task Group meeting (short meeting)
7 September, UN Millennium Plaza Hotel, New York (USA); 8:30

Fourth Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
7 - 9 September, UN Headquarters, New York (USA)

IDDC panel discussion 'Realizing Accessible and Inclusive Development for All'
8 September, UN Headquarters, New York (USA)
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Inclusive Education Task Group meeting
12 September, Cowley Road Methodist Church Centre, Oxford (UK); 9:30-17:00

11th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development “Global challenges for education: Economics, environment and emergencies”
13 - 15 September, Oxford (UK)

VENRO Workshop on Inclusive Humanitarian Aid
15 September, Berlin (Germany); 10:30 - 17:30
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Meeting
19 - 23 September, Geneva (Switzerland)

October

HIV&AIDS and Disability Task Group meeting on Skype
4 October; 14:00 - 15:00

Livelihood Task Group meeting 
17 October, TLMI Office, Brentford (UK); 10:00 - 17:00

CERMi seminar 'Microfinance Mechanisms: Evidence from Observational Panel Data about Self-Help Groups in India'
18 October, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Brussels (Belgium); Seminar room R42.2.103; 12:30 - 14:00
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Joint meeting of IDDC Board and TG Coordinators
18 October, TLMI Office, London (UK); 11:30 - 17:00

IDDC Board meeting
19 October, TLMI Office, London (UK); 9:00 - 17:00

AidEx 2011: Global Humanitarian Aid Event
19 - 20 October, Brussels (Belgium)
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Making Development Inclusive: Mainstreaming event series
European Development Days 2011: Second Stakeholders Meeting
20 October, Brussels (Belgium), Committee of the Regions (Jacques Delors building, rue Belliard 101); 14:15 - 18:00

Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 3
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Promoting Disability Inclusion in Ireland and the World
20 October, Dublin (Ireland)
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Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 4
Workshop on Italy's commitment to article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
21 October, Bellaria (Italy)
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EU Task Group meeting
27 October, CBM EULO, Brussels (Belgium), time TBC

Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 5
Launch of CBR Guidelines and World Report on Disability in the Netherlands
28 October, the Netherlands

November

Making Development Inclusive: Mainstreaming event series
Training Session: “Ensuring access to microfinance services for persons with disabilities: from theory to practice”
2 November, Luxembourg, Abbaye de Neumunster; 14:00 – 18:00
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Making Development Inclusive: Mainstreaming event series
European Microfinance Week 2011
3 - 4 November, Abbaye de Neumunster (Luxembourg)
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Hearing at the European Parliament: Young Views on Inclusive Education
(organised by European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education)
7 November, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
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Global Microcredit Summit 2011
14 - 17 November, Valladolid (Spain)
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Making Development Inclusive
Monitoring and Evaluation Making Development Inclusive (meeting on Elluminate)
23 November at 12:00 (Brussels time)

World Health Organization Workshop on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Global Network
27 - 28 November, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila (Philippines)

2nd Asia Pacific Community Based Rehabilitation Congress: Building Communities for Everyone
29 November - 1 December, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila (Philippines)
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December

Meeting of CBR Asia Pacific Network: Executive Committee and Regional Council
2 December, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila (Philippines)

Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 6
Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development. Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
2 December, Austria

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2011 'Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development'
3 December
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Making Development Inclusive: Mainstreaming event series
Symposium 'Disability, Development & Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights'
3 December, VU Griffioen, Amsterdam; 9:30 - 16:00
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16th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA)
4 - 8 December, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Roundtable on measurement development results
(organised by the European Investment Bank)
5 December, Brussels (Belgium), EIB office: rue de la Loi 227; 14:00 - 16:30
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Inclusive WASH online session 'People with Disabilities' 
5 - 16 December -> live webinar: 14 December at 18:00 (GMT+11)
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Making Development Inclusive: National event series - event 7
Launch of PHOS monitoring report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
6 December, Belgium; 12:00 - 14:00

HIV/AIDS and Disability by Myroslava Tataryn
(Disability Seminar Series organised by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
6 December, London (UK), Tavistock Place; 12:45 - 14:00

Brussels launch of the World Report on Disability
(organised by CBM in collaboration with WHO and World Bank EU representation)
7 December, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)

UN Task Group meeting
9 December, Leonard Cheshire Disability, London (UK)

EU Task Group meeting (e-conference call)
12 December at 11:00 (Brussels time)

Making Development Inclusive: Mainstreaming event series
European Development Days 2011
15 - 16 December, Warsaw (Poland)
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