Second Meeting of the Global Network on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-Inclusive Development | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

Second Meeting of the Global Network on Monitoring and Evaluation for Disability-Inclusive Development, 3 - 4 May 2016, UNHQ Conference Room A

The MEDD is an informal Network organized by the SCRPD/DSPD/UNDESA to take stock of progress made in disability-inclusive monitoring and evaluation for disability-inclusive development, in particular in the context of the 2030 Agenda, and to contribute to preparation of the 2018 UN flagship report on disability and development (A/RES/69/142). The Network consists of experts, 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, data, statistics, monitoring and evaluation relevant for disability-inclusive development.

The Network had its first meeting in 2015 to identify and share available information, including relevant activities and research projects, concerning the situation of persons with disabilities in economic and social development.

The objective of the second meeting of the Network is to continue this exercise with new participants and to receive updates from the last meeting and to identify collaborations for the production of the 2018 UN flagship report.

Presentations

Opening

Mr. Guozhong Zhang (UNDESA/DSPD) on behalf of the director of UNDESA/DSPD

Ms. Keiko Osaki-Tomita (UNSD) on behalf of the director of UNSD

Session 1: The 2018 UN Flagship report in the context of the 2030 Agenda

The 2018 UN Flagship report on disability and development (Mr. Robert Venne, UNDESA/DSPD/SCRPD)
Summary of the first MEDD meeting (Ms. Maria Martinho, UNDESA/DSPD/SCRPD)

Session 2: Ongoing initiatives relevant to monitoring and evaluation of disability-inclusive development

United Nations Disability Statistics Programme in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Ms. Margaret Mbogoni, UNSD)
WHO’s monitoring framework for disability in the context of the 2030 Agenda (Ms. Alarcos Cieza, WHO) [Background Paper]
Monitoring country use of the WG questions for disaggregation by disability status (Mr. Cordell Golden, Washington Group on Disability Statistics)
Monitoring SDG target 8.5 (Mr. Stefan Tromel, ILO)
Employment and social protection for persons with disabilities (Mr. Andy Lange, Consultant with Nathan Associates)
Disability and poverty in Vietnam (Mr. Dan Mont, University College London)
Towards inclusive education: a picture of the impact of disability on school attendance (Ms. Sophie Mitra, Fordham University)
Monitoring disability: the ECLAC Task Force and the experience of Mexico (Mr. Hector Garcia, INEGI and Task Force on Disability Measurement in ECLAC)
Access to reproductive and sexual health for persons with disabilities (Ms. Leyla Sharafi, UNFPA)
Disability and HIV: an appraisal of the vulnerability of people with disabilities to HIV infection in Yaoundé, Cameroon (Mr. Dan Mont, University College London)
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene for persons with disabilities (Mr. Robert Bain, Unicef)
UNPRPD Project: A One UN Approach to Disability Statistics (Mr. Stefan Tromel, ILO/UNPRPD)
The Unicef/WG module on child functioning: Results from the field test (Ms. Claudia Cappa, UNICEF)

Session 3: Innovative ways of gathering evidence for disability-inclusive policy making in the context of the 2030 Agenda

Introduction (Ms. Maria Martinho, UNDESA/DSPD/SCRPD)
The AXS Schools project: an app to track accessible schools worldwide (Mr. Jason DaSilva, AxsMap)
Computational text analysis for disability inclusion in the SDGs (Mr. Derrick Cogburn, American University)
Digital societies: implications for disability inclusive development (Mr. Gabriel Pestre, DataPop Alliance)
Monitoring disability-inclusive development through SMS platforms like U-Report (Mr. Gopal Mitra and Ms. Sunita Grote, UNICEF)

Session 4: Implementation, review and follow up of disability inclusion in the 2030 Agenda

Global Sustainable Development Report: opportunities and challenges for disability inclusion (Mr. David Le Blanc, UNDESA/DSD)
The UN Secretary-general report on progress towards the SDGs: opportunities and challenges for disability inclusion (Ms. Keiko Osaki-Tomita, UNDESA/UNSD)
Inputs for Sweden's implementation of the Agenda 2030 - national and international (Mr. Arvid Lindén, Agency for Participation, Sweden)
Linkages between the SDGs and the CRPD (Ms. Elizabeth Lockwood, CBM)
Briefing on the work of GLAD and IDA's on the implementation, review and follow up of the 2030 Agenda (Mr. Vladimir Cuk, IDA)

Session 5: The way forward

Key issues for disability-inclusive development in the context of the 2030 Agenda (Ms. Dorodi Sharma, DPI)
The 2018 UN Flagship report and the MEDD: next steps (Ms. Maria Martinho, UNDESA/DSPD/SCRPD)

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