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Call for nomination of initiatives that successfully promoted accessible tourism

The Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo is a United Nations system-wide global event for south-south and triangular cooperation. The Expo, launched in 2008, has become an annual event co-sponsored by and with more than 25 UN organizations, over 100 UN Member States and a large number of private sectors and civil society organizations.

Designed to showcase and scale up the impact of successful and evidence-based solutions developed and/or practiced by developing countries in addressing development issues, the Expo aims to help the global South realize its shared aspirations for achieving sustainable and equitable development through the sharing and transfer of the south-grown development solutions under innovative triangular and public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements.

The GSSD Expo 2014 is organized by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and will be hosted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington D.C. United States from Monday, November 17 to Friday, November 21, 2014. The Expo is going to focus on sustainable development this year.

DSPD Forum for Accessible Tourism and Sustainable Development for All

The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) plans to organize a Forum for Accessible Tourism and Sustainable Development for All on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 (tbc) to promote accessible tourism as an effective means for poverty eradication, employment generation and social inclusion of persons with accessibility needs.

DSPD is calling for nominations of initiatives (policies, projects and innovative solutions) that have proved successful in the promotion of the accessible tourism and sustainable development. Interested Governmental authorities, UN agencies, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and private sector partners are encouraged to send nominations by filling an online nomination form at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/accessible-Tourism along with relevant supporting materials to ngo[@]un.org by August 30, 2014. Due to the high volume of nominations, please be as concise as possible. More detailed information may be requested by DSPD after the first-round contact.