That is why World Institute on Disability (WID), the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (the Partnership), and ONG Inclusiva have joined forces to form the Global Alliance for Disability Resource Acceleration (Global Alliance or GADRA) as a “Call-to-Action” to galvanize disability-led organizations, foundations, corporations, and other allies to identify needs and link partners to accelerate assistance and resources, both during and after disasters. [Presentation from 2-22-21]
Ensuring accessibility is everyone's job. And this workshop focuses particularly on how transportation professionals can be welcoming and accommodating to people with disabilities. It begins with a review of disability basic concepts, including universal design, followed by a panel. TRACS is 2 1/2-year research, policy analysis and public education initiative to improve collaboration between transportation agencies and people with disabilities in the nine-counties of the San Francisco Bay area. The presenter is Marsha Saxton, project director for the Transportation Resiliency Accessibility and Climate Resilience Project (TRACS), a project from the World Institute on Disability.
Easter Seals Project ACTION promotes accessible transportation for people with disabilities through education, technical assistance, and resources. It provides travel training courses, publications on topics like planning transportation after medical appointments, and guides on pedestrian and driver safety. Project ACTION works with local communities to encourage walking and public transit use through wayfinding assessments, infrastructure improvements, and involvement in transportation planning. Its goal is to expand mobility options and support healthy living through accessible transportation.
This document summarizes discussions from the 2014 Rotary International Convention regarding appropriate wheelchair provision. After presentations and group discussions over two days, delegates concluded that the WHO Guidelines are an important tool that should guide all stakeholders in wheelchair provision issues. They also concluded that donated wheelchairs should be appropriate for recipients' needs and contexts. Prior to donations, stakeholders including users, service providers, and donors should consult to determine appropriateness and the availability of support services. The document provides examples of projects in PNG that introduced a range of appropriate wheelchairs, built service delivery capacity through training, and increased awareness and guidelines to address a lack of services. It poses questions for small group discussion around Rotary's potential to further meet needs for appropriate
The document discusses improving accessibility for disabled people and vulnerable groups in water and sanitation (WATSAN) provision in tsunami-affected areas of Sri Lanka. It identifies key issues such as a lack of physical accessibility and negative impacts on families. Recommendations include incorporating accessibility guidelines in long-term reconstruction of housing, schools and clinics. Short-term options in camps include prioritizing families with disabled members and making one toilet per block accessible. Stakeholders should collaborate to develop resources, train staff and pilot accessible technology options.
How Citizens Can Make a Difference in Defining and Achieving WalkabilityBarry Wellar
Workshop on how citizens can strategically and tactically leverage scarce resources to most effectively influence the regard given to walkability in the policies, programs, plans and associated legal and administrative documents of local governments and their agencies.
Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport systemCREDSUK
David Golightly, Robert Houghton, Nancy Hughes and Sarah Sharples
Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry: Evidence Session 3
Leeds, 18 June 2019
The Commission on Travel Demand (CTD) is an expert group initially established as part of the UK Research and Innovation funded ‘DEMAND’ Centre initiative to explore the how to reduce the energy and associated carbon emissions associated with transport. The Commission’s first report “All Change? The Future of Travel Demand and its implications for policy and planning” reviewed declining trends in per capita travel across the UK and the reasons for this.
The first topic will be shared mobility. This will be explored through a call for evidence and expert evidence sessions from April 2019 involving regular engagement from national, local and regional government, NGOs, business and academics from both the UK and overseas.
Human factors, user requirements and user acceptance of Shared Automated Vehi...CREDSUK
Natasha Merat, Human Factors and Safety Group, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry: Evidence Session 3
Leeds, 18 June 2019
The Commission on Travel Demand (CTD) is an expert group initially established as part of the UK Research and Innovation funded ‘DEMAND’ Centre initiative to explore the how to reduce the energy and associated carbon emissions associated with transport. The Commission’s first report “All Change? The Future of Travel Demand and its implications for policy and planning” reviewed declining trends in per capita travel across the UK and the reasons for this.
The first topic will be shared mobility. This will be explored through a call for evidence and expert evidence sessions from April 2019 involving regular engagement from national, local and regional government, NGOs, business and academics from both the UK and overseas.
Geotourism Means Accessible & InclusiveScott Rains
The document provides a list of questions for geotourism projects to consider regarding inclusiveness for travelers with disabilities. It asks if information is provided in accessible formats, if websites follow accessibility standards, if activities can be inclusive of all abilities, if marketing portrays people with disabilities respectfully, if employees with disabilities are hired in mainstream roles, and if universal design principles are followed to ensure accessibility for all. The questions also address legal obligations under the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how sustainable tourism criteria can enhance experiences for travelers, employees and local residents with disabilities.
Ensuring accessibility is everyone's job. And this workshop focuses particularly on how transportation professionals can be welcoming and accommodating to people with disabilities. It begins with a review of disability basic concepts, including universal design, followed by a panel. TRACS is 2 1/2-year research, policy analysis and public education initiative to improve collaboration between transportation agencies and people with disabilities in the nine-counties of the San Francisco Bay area. The presenter is Marsha Saxton, project director for the Transportation Resiliency Accessibility and Climate Resilience Project (TRACS), a project from the World Institute on Disability.
Easter Seals Project ACTION promotes accessible transportation for people with disabilities through education, technical assistance, and resources. It provides travel training courses, publications on topics like planning transportation after medical appointments, and guides on pedestrian and driver safety. Project ACTION works with local communities to encourage walking and public transit use through wayfinding assessments, infrastructure improvements, and involvement in transportation planning. Its goal is to expand mobility options and support healthy living through accessible transportation.
This document summarizes discussions from the 2014 Rotary International Convention regarding appropriate wheelchair provision. After presentations and group discussions over two days, delegates concluded that the WHO Guidelines are an important tool that should guide all stakeholders in wheelchair provision issues. They also concluded that donated wheelchairs should be appropriate for recipients' needs and contexts. Prior to donations, stakeholders including users, service providers, and donors should consult to determine appropriateness and the availability of support services. The document provides examples of projects in PNG that introduced a range of appropriate wheelchairs, built service delivery capacity through training, and increased awareness and guidelines to address a lack of services. It poses questions for small group discussion around Rotary's potential to further meet needs for appropriate
The document discusses improving accessibility for disabled people and vulnerable groups in water and sanitation (WATSAN) provision in tsunami-affected areas of Sri Lanka. It identifies key issues such as a lack of physical accessibility and negative impacts on families. Recommendations include incorporating accessibility guidelines in long-term reconstruction of housing, schools and clinics. Short-term options in camps include prioritizing families with disabled members and making one toilet per block accessible. Stakeholders should collaborate to develop resources, train staff and pilot accessible technology options.
How Citizens Can Make a Difference in Defining and Achieving WalkabilityBarry Wellar
Workshop on how citizens can strategically and tactically leverage scarce resources to most effectively influence the regard given to walkability in the policies, programs, plans and associated legal and administrative documents of local governments and their agencies.
Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport systemCREDSUK
David Golightly, Robert Houghton, Nancy Hughes and Sarah Sharples
Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry: Evidence Session 3
Leeds, 18 June 2019
The Commission on Travel Demand (CTD) is an expert group initially established as part of the UK Research and Innovation funded ‘DEMAND’ Centre initiative to explore the how to reduce the energy and associated carbon emissions associated with transport. The Commission’s first report “All Change? The Future of Travel Demand and its implications for policy and planning” reviewed declining trends in per capita travel across the UK and the reasons for this.
The first topic will be shared mobility. This will be explored through a call for evidence and expert evidence sessions from April 2019 involving regular engagement from national, local and regional government, NGOs, business and academics from both the UK and overseas.
Human factors, user requirements and user acceptance of Shared Automated Vehi...CREDSUK
Natasha Merat, Human Factors and Safety Group, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Commission on Travel Demand Shared Mobility Inquiry: Evidence Session 3
Leeds, 18 June 2019
The Commission on Travel Demand (CTD) is an expert group initially established as part of the UK Research and Innovation funded ‘DEMAND’ Centre initiative to explore the how to reduce the energy and associated carbon emissions associated with transport. The Commission’s first report “All Change? The Future of Travel Demand and its implications for policy and planning” reviewed declining trends in per capita travel across the UK and the reasons for this.
The first topic will be shared mobility. This will be explored through a call for evidence and expert evidence sessions from April 2019 involving regular engagement from national, local and regional government, NGOs, business and academics from both the UK and overseas.
Geotourism Means Accessible & InclusiveScott Rains
The document provides a list of questions for geotourism projects to consider regarding inclusiveness for travelers with disabilities. It asks if information is provided in accessible formats, if websites follow accessibility standards, if activities can be inclusive of all abilities, if marketing portrays people with disabilities respectfully, if employees with disabilities are hired in mainstream roles, and if universal design principles are followed to ensure accessibility for all. The questions also address legal obligations under the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how sustainable tourism criteria can enhance experiences for travelers, employees and local residents with disabilities.
Inclusive design for mobility: considering the needs of older usersChristine Hemphill
The document discusses designing intelligent mobility solutions that meet the needs of older users, noting trends around an aging population and how transportation modes and barriers differ depending on impairments. It provides insights from a survey of older travelers on their transportation habits and challenges, and recommends principles for inclusive design such as considering end-to-end journeys and multiple impairments.
To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas. These measures, which shall include the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility.
How DOAJ Ambassadors and CC local communities can promote knowledge and usage...Tom Olijhoek
Scientific knowledge from the Global South is very much underrepresented in the collective scientific output worldwide. This is not different for OA publishing. Therefore DOAJ started an Ambassador programme with the main objectives to clarify the OA publishing landscape and to increase the number of quality OA journals in order to reduce the number of questionable journals in the Global South. Better understanding among the publishers about the differences and potential conflicts between copyright and licensing is vital. By building local CC communities in cooperation with the CC organization, the DOAJ programme could further improve the quality of scholarly publishing in the Global South. Increased usage of Creative Commons licensing will act against the Northern dominance in knowledge sharing.
Bruce Aylward, the director of the WHO's Polio Eradication Initiative, spoke at the 2010 Rotary International Convention in Montreal. He discussed the near-eradication of polio and the critical importance of fully eliminating the disease. The cost of the global polio eradication program is 24 cents per child vaccinated, and for just 10 more cents, each child is also receiving immunizations against measles and other diseases. Failing to eradicate polio could lead to over 1 million more children being infected by the disease. The convention also featured discussions on Rotary's goals and programs, as well as networking opportunities for Rotarians from around the world.
Fairfax County CRG Seminar Presentation 2016 Janet Davison
Our mission is to create a local network to support each other and strengthen the whole community by coordinating our capabilities and resources to better prepare, respond, and recover from emergencies.
The document discusses a program in Satkhira, Bangladesh that formed self-help groups for people with disabilities to increase disaster preparedness and livelihood opportunities. It found that participating in the groups helped empower members by building trust, knowledge, and norms within the groups. Members gained confidence and skills in disaster preparedness and response. The groups also reached outwards to advocate for disability rights and representation with disaster management committees. The research demonstrated how engaging people with disabilities can influence decision-making and lead to more inclusive policies.
This training manual aims to build the capacity of disaster management and disability actors to mainstream disability into disaster risk reduction. It provides guidance to identify persons with disabilities, conduct inclusive vulnerability assessments, implement early warning systems, and conduct search and rescue operations. The manual explains why disability inclusion is important based on international frameworks and the experiences of persons with disabilities during disasters. It offers practical recommendations across different sectors to ensure disaster risk reduction is accessible to all.
Presented by Michelle DePass and Rich Newlands
The North Williams Traffic Safety Project started out with the highest of ideals—a greatly improved, safer transportation corridor with easier interactions between vehicles, bikes and pedestrians. What happened next is a public participation nightmare with, perhaps, a legendary ending. This project provides the perfect scenario for best-case public participation by illustrating how NOT to conduct a planning process in disadvantaged communities, followed by lessons learned about the importance of culturally-sensitive public outreach within the context of rapidly-changing demographics of inner North/NE Portland.
Developing an Accessible Tourism Strategy - (Disabled Travelers Guide to the...Scott Rains
Developing an Accessible Tourism Strategy by Bill Forrester of Push Living and Travability.
Available online at:
http://travability.travel/blogs/developing-an-accessible-tourism-destination-strategy.html
1) The document discusses the partnership between CAP AIDS and WUSC to combat HIV/AIDS through their Bike for AIDS campaign.
2) The campaign supports African organizations working in HIV/AIDS by providing bicycles, which allows workers to visit more clients and remote communities to deliver services.
3) Bicycles are presented as an effective and sustainable way to increase education, care, and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans across Africa.
Manifesto Roundtable - Kathmandu, NepalSTEPS Centre
The document summarizes Dr. Adrian Ely's presentation on developing a new manifesto for innovation, sustainability, and development. [1] It discusses the history of the original "Sussex Manifesto" commissioned by the UN. [2] Dr. Ely proposes a new "3D" agenda for the new manifesto focusing on directionality, distribution, and diversity. [3] The roundtable discussion will contribute perspectives on how innovation can help achieve sustainability goals.
The document discusses BoatBeat, a national online resource that provides recreational boating safety information. It aims to make waters safer by providing information on hazards, safe practices, and accident prevention. BoatBeat offers media assets, safety topics, contacts, alerts and a collaborative space for partners. The webinar encourages media, law enforcement and the public to use BoatBeat's resources and get involved in contributing content to promote safe boating.
The document provides an overview of assistive technologies and accessibility. It discusses the National Disability Coordination Officer Program which provides services to help people with disabilities access education and employment. It defines disability and assistive technology, and provides examples of assistive technologies like screen readers. It also discusses legislative responsibilities around accessibility and universal design. Contact information is provided for the National Disability Coordination Officer in the Northern Territory.
Gary Miller Spotlight Community Quality of Life Conversations Report 6 27_2015Jessica Renslow
The document provides a report on a quality of life study conducted in the Gary-Miller neighborhood of Gary, Indiana. It utilized over 200 interviews to identify the community's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The top strengths included the friendly residents, Marquette Park, local businesses, and the beach. Weaknesses centered around schools, limited grocery options, roads/infrastructure, and litter. Opportunities included promoting the lake/eco-tourism, developing businesses, and youth programming. Threats included crime, pollution, and outside influences disregarding codes. The findings will inform a collective impact plan to enhance the neighborhood.
Drones - or unmanned vehicles - are quickly evolving into a multi-billion dollar industry. This is a nice overview of the unmanned aerial type along with an overview of a project to get people with disabilities engaged in this technology for both fun and career.
Context Sensitive Solutions -- Case Study: A New Wave in Project Planning & D...SainAssociates
This document summarizes a case study of using a Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) approach for the State Route 126 project in Kingsport, Tennessee. The CSS process involved forming an interdisciplinary team and stakeholder resource team to help identify priorities and make recommendations. Through public workshops and flexibility in applying design standards, consensus was reached on safety improvements and design features while balancing community and environmental concerns. Lessons learned included the importance of establishing decision-making processes, clear roles, and effective communication and facilitation to build trust and support among stakeholders. The CSS approach helped identify the right problems to solve and comply with regulations while gaining public support for the project.
Presentation Josefina Maestu, Conference Wrap up Speech, 17th January UN Wate...water-decade
350 participants from governments, international organizations, business, academia, and civil society attended the conference. The outcomes included information briefs, overview papers, tool papers, a toolbox, case studies, and discussion forums. Communication activities included webcasting sessions, daily conference reports, interviews, photo coverage, press releases, social media activity, and local/national media coverage. Feedback indicated that participants liked the breadth of issues covered, networking opportunities, and organization, but would have preferred more focus on action, less personal agendas, better preparation, and more discussion time.
IAHR 2015 - A knowledge driven network for the resilience of deltas, Bucx, De...Deltares
The document discusses the Delta Alliance, a knowledge-driven network for improving delta resilience worldwide. The Delta Alliance aims to share knowledge, identify knowledge gaps, develop new joint knowledge, reduce unnecessary overlap, and build capacity to contribute to improved resilience of the world's deltas. It does this through informing and brokering knowledge, compiling information, network development, and various activities to make knowledge more accessible and applicable to deltas. The light organizational structure allows deltas to bring their issues and collaborate through dialogues, assessments, best practice exchanges, webinars, and other means.
ECHO has two primary platforms for sharing knowledge and connecting practitioners working in global health and development: regional impact centers that allow for in-person collaboration, and ECHOcommunity.org, an online platform providing worldwide access to resources, best practices, and a means to network. Over 60% of ECHOcommunity members spend a majority of their time doing field work in developing regions, and site usage data shows members use the online community primarily for accessing documents, events, and networking.
5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland
New aid model needed or world's poorest will wait a century for basicsAmouzou Bedi
KFDWB is an NGO based in Vienna, Austria whose mission is to identify current development issues and best practices and make this knowledge available to development organizations and local governments. It believes that development knowledge needs to be shared freely worldwide for the benefit of mankind. The organization relies on volunteers around the world to report on positive and negative development issues in order to provide accurate, real-time information to help improve decision making and timely interventions.
Inclusive design for mobility: considering the needs of older usersChristine Hemphill
The document discusses designing intelligent mobility solutions that meet the needs of older users, noting trends around an aging population and how transportation modes and barriers differ depending on impairments. It provides insights from a survey of older travelers on their transportation habits and challenges, and recommends principles for inclusive design such as considering end-to-end journeys and multiple impairments.
To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas. These measures, which shall include the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility.
How DOAJ Ambassadors and CC local communities can promote knowledge and usage...Tom Olijhoek
Scientific knowledge from the Global South is very much underrepresented in the collective scientific output worldwide. This is not different for OA publishing. Therefore DOAJ started an Ambassador programme with the main objectives to clarify the OA publishing landscape and to increase the number of quality OA journals in order to reduce the number of questionable journals in the Global South. Better understanding among the publishers about the differences and potential conflicts between copyright and licensing is vital. By building local CC communities in cooperation with the CC organization, the DOAJ programme could further improve the quality of scholarly publishing in the Global South. Increased usage of Creative Commons licensing will act against the Northern dominance in knowledge sharing.
Bruce Aylward, the director of the WHO's Polio Eradication Initiative, spoke at the 2010 Rotary International Convention in Montreal. He discussed the near-eradication of polio and the critical importance of fully eliminating the disease. The cost of the global polio eradication program is 24 cents per child vaccinated, and for just 10 more cents, each child is also receiving immunizations against measles and other diseases. Failing to eradicate polio could lead to over 1 million more children being infected by the disease. The convention also featured discussions on Rotary's goals and programs, as well as networking opportunities for Rotarians from around the world.
Fairfax County CRG Seminar Presentation 2016 Janet Davison
Our mission is to create a local network to support each other and strengthen the whole community by coordinating our capabilities and resources to better prepare, respond, and recover from emergencies.
The document discusses a program in Satkhira, Bangladesh that formed self-help groups for people with disabilities to increase disaster preparedness and livelihood opportunities. It found that participating in the groups helped empower members by building trust, knowledge, and norms within the groups. Members gained confidence and skills in disaster preparedness and response. The groups also reached outwards to advocate for disability rights and representation with disaster management committees. The research demonstrated how engaging people with disabilities can influence decision-making and lead to more inclusive policies.
This training manual aims to build the capacity of disaster management and disability actors to mainstream disability into disaster risk reduction. It provides guidance to identify persons with disabilities, conduct inclusive vulnerability assessments, implement early warning systems, and conduct search and rescue operations. The manual explains why disability inclusion is important based on international frameworks and the experiences of persons with disabilities during disasters. It offers practical recommendations across different sectors to ensure disaster risk reduction is accessible to all.
Presented by Michelle DePass and Rich Newlands
The North Williams Traffic Safety Project started out with the highest of ideals—a greatly improved, safer transportation corridor with easier interactions between vehicles, bikes and pedestrians. What happened next is a public participation nightmare with, perhaps, a legendary ending. This project provides the perfect scenario for best-case public participation by illustrating how NOT to conduct a planning process in disadvantaged communities, followed by lessons learned about the importance of culturally-sensitive public outreach within the context of rapidly-changing demographics of inner North/NE Portland.
Developing an Accessible Tourism Strategy - (Disabled Travelers Guide to the...Scott Rains
Developing an Accessible Tourism Strategy by Bill Forrester of Push Living and Travability.
Available online at:
http://travability.travel/blogs/developing-an-accessible-tourism-destination-strategy.html
1) The document discusses the partnership between CAP AIDS and WUSC to combat HIV/AIDS through their Bike for AIDS campaign.
2) The campaign supports African organizations working in HIV/AIDS by providing bicycles, which allows workers to visit more clients and remote communities to deliver services.
3) Bicycles are presented as an effective and sustainable way to increase education, care, and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans across Africa.
Manifesto Roundtable - Kathmandu, NepalSTEPS Centre
The document summarizes Dr. Adrian Ely's presentation on developing a new manifesto for innovation, sustainability, and development. [1] It discusses the history of the original "Sussex Manifesto" commissioned by the UN. [2] Dr. Ely proposes a new "3D" agenda for the new manifesto focusing on directionality, distribution, and diversity. [3] The roundtable discussion will contribute perspectives on how innovation can help achieve sustainability goals.
The document discusses BoatBeat, a national online resource that provides recreational boating safety information. It aims to make waters safer by providing information on hazards, safe practices, and accident prevention. BoatBeat offers media assets, safety topics, contacts, alerts and a collaborative space for partners. The webinar encourages media, law enforcement and the public to use BoatBeat's resources and get involved in contributing content to promote safe boating.
The document provides an overview of assistive technologies and accessibility. It discusses the National Disability Coordination Officer Program which provides services to help people with disabilities access education and employment. It defines disability and assistive technology, and provides examples of assistive technologies like screen readers. It also discusses legislative responsibilities around accessibility and universal design. Contact information is provided for the National Disability Coordination Officer in the Northern Territory.
Gary Miller Spotlight Community Quality of Life Conversations Report 6 27_2015Jessica Renslow
The document provides a report on a quality of life study conducted in the Gary-Miller neighborhood of Gary, Indiana. It utilized over 200 interviews to identify the community's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The top strengths included the friendly residents, Marquette Park, local businesses, and the beach. Weaknesses centered around schools, limited grocery options, roads/infrastructure, and litter. Opportunities included promoting the lake/eco-tourism, developing businesses, and youth programming. Threats included crime, pollution, and outside influences disregarding codes. The findings will inform a collective impact plan to enhance the neighborhood.
Drones - or unmanned vehicles - are quickly evolving into a multi-billion dollar industry. This is a nice overview of the unmanned aerial type along with an overview of a project to get people with disabilities engaged in this technology for both fun and career.
Context Sensitive Solutions -- Case Study: A New Wave in Project Planning & D...SainAssociates
This document summarizes a case study of using a Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) approach for the State Route 126 project in Kingsport, Tennessee. The CSS process involved forming an interdisciplinary team and stakeholder resource team to help identify priorities and make recommendations. Through public workshops and flexibility in applying design standards, consensus was reached on safety improvements and design features while balancing community and environmental concerns. Lessons learned included the importance of establishing decision-making processes, clear roles, and effective communication and facilitation to build trust and support among stakeholders. The CSS approach helped identify the right problems to solve and comply with regulations while gaining public support for the project.
Presentation Josefina Maestu, Conference Wrap up Speech, 17th January UN Wate...water-decade
350 participants from governments, international organizations, business, academia, and civil society attended the conference. The outcomes included information briefs, overview papers, tool papers, a toolbox, case studies, and discussion forums. Communication activities included webcasting sessions, daily conference reports, interviews, photo coverage, press releases, social media activity, and local/national media coverage. Feedback indicated that participants liked the breadth of issues covered, networking opportunities, and organization, but would have preferred more focus on action, less personal agendas, better preparation, and more discussion time.
IAHR 2015 - A knowledge driven network for the resilience of deltas, Bucx, De...Deltares
The document discusses the Delta Alliance, a knowledge-driven network for improving delta resilience worldwide. The Delta Alliance aims to share knowledge, identify knowledge gaps, develop new joint knowledge, reduce unnecessary overlap, and build capacity to contribute to improved resilience of the world's deltas. It does this through informing and brokering knowledge, compiling information, network development, and various activities to make knowledge more accessible and applicable to deltas. The light organizational structure allows deltas to bring their issues and collaborate through dialogues, assessments, best practice exchanges, webinars, and other means.
ECHO has two primary platforms for sharing knowledge and connecting practitioners working in global health and development: regional impact centers that allow for in-person collaboration, and ECHOcommunity.org, an online platform providing worldwide access to resources, best practices, and a means to network. Over 60% of ECHOcommunity members spend a majority of their time doing field work in developing regions, and site usage data shows members use the online community primarily for accessing documents, events, and networking.
5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland
New aid model needed or world's poorest will wait a century for basicsAmouzou Bedi
KFDWB is an NGO based in Vienna, Austria whose mission is to identify current development issues and best practices and make this knowledge available to development organizations and local governments. It believes that development knowledge needs to be shared freely worldwide for the benefit of mankind. The organization relies on volunteers around the world to report on positive and negative development issues in order to provide accurate, real-time information to help improve decision making and timely interventions.
New aid model needed or world's poorest will wait a century for basicsAmouzou Bedi
KFDWB is an NGO based in Vienna, Austria whose mission is to identify current development issues and best practices globally and make this knowledge available to development organizations. It believes knowledge for development should be shared freely worldwide for the benefit of humanity. The organization, comprised of volunteers worldwide, reports on positive and negative development issues to help agencies, NGOs, and governments make better, timely decisions to enhance their efforts and interventions. It also gives communities a chance to participate in reporting economic, social, and environmental problems they face so that development resources can be efficiently targeted. Anyone can become a volunteer by completing a form on the KFDWB website.
Disability Inclusion - Learning_from_Savings_Groups_Project_Model - April 2013Hitomi Honda
The document discusses three approaches to including persons with disabilities in savings groups programs:
1. Intentional inclusion in mainstream savings groups, as seen in Sierra Leone and Solomon Islands, where there are not enough disabled persons to form their own group. This requires close monitoring and building trust.
2. Creating disability-specific groups within a mainstream program, seen in Ghana, where enough disabled persons exist to form their own group. This allows flexibility and feels more comfortable.
3. Disability-specific groups with separate funding, as in DRC, where a group of disabled persons received startup funds for small businesses.
All approaches require addressing challenges like stigma, lack of skills or money, and ensuring programs are
1. Role of Stakeholders in disaster management-Tahseen.pptxanjalatchi
This document discusses the role of multiple stakeholders in disaster management. It outlines that communities, media, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, educational institutions, international agencies, and the scientific community all play important roles. Communities are the first responders and community-based disaster risk reduction is key. Media helps disseminate important information. NGOs provide an effective link between agencies and communities. The private sector and educational institutions provide resources and infrastructure. International agencies provide funding and support. Scientists contribute to risk assessment and forecasting. Effectively engaging all of these stakeholders is important for disaster management.
Disasters, irrespective of being natural or man-made, can occur at any time and can leave communities totally devastated. Amidst this chaos, there are some unsung heroes who are working tirelessly to make things better for the affected communities. NGOs are constantly working towards empowering local communities, by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to mitigate the after-effects of disaster. At Give Discover, we work with NGOs that are at the forefront of disaster preparedness - providing training, funds, and help to communities around the world.
In this post, we will look at the incredible role of NGOs in empowering communities towards disaster management.
Role of non government organizations in disaster managementPramoda Raj
NGOs and CBOs play an important role in disaster management by providing assistance in all phases of disaster management. In the pre-disaster phase, they assist with awareness generation, education, and disaster preparedness activities. During disasters, they provide emergency relief such as food, shelter, medical aid, and debris removal. In post-disaster recovery, NGOs help with reconstruction, restoration of livelihoods, and monitoring of recovery programs. While NGOs enhance disaster response, there remains opportunities to improve coordination, transparency, accessibility to remote areas, and a focus on the most vulnerable groups.
Development Aid Support/Knowledge For Development Without Borders (KFDWB)Amouzou Bedi
Knowledge for Development Without Borders (KFDWB) is an NGO, based in Vienna, Austria, whose mission is to identify current development issues and development best practices on the ground and to make this knowledge available to development organisations and local and national responsible bodies in order to highlight and alleviate the problems at a community level.
Please complete the form below to join us as a volunteer. A volunteer is a person who can let us know of the situation on the ground. We will work directly with you and help solve the problems that you or your community are facing. We do this by interfacing on your behalf with local governments and international aid organisations about your situation and your request for financial and technical support.
http://www.developmentaidsupport.org/membership-form/
This document discusses non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their role in disaster management. It defines NGOs and describes their levels (national, state, local). It explains NGOs receive funding from various sources and outlines their roles in disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. It lists organizations involved in disaster management, such as the UN, Red Cross, and international/national NGOs. NGOs are required to report their disaster management activities and outcomes to authorities. Examples of specific NGOs active in India, such as GiveIndia Foundation, CAF India, CARE, and World Vision are provided along with brief descriptions of their disaster relief work.
The document summarizes Oak Foundation's mission and history. It commits resources to address issues of global, social, and environmental concern, particularly those impacting the disadvantaged. It was established in 1983 and has since made over 3,600 grants across the globe. In 2015 it made 326 grants totaling $201.87 million to 308 organizations in 39 countries to support issues like child abuse, the environment, housing/homelessness, and human rights.
This document discusses the importance of disaster preparedness and having an emergency plan. It recommends individuals and organizations ask themselves questions to determine their immediate needs and how to protect themselves and others in case of a disaster. The document also explains that when a major disaster occurs, help is often needed from private organizations and coordinating response efforts can make organizations more efficient. It introduces VOAD as a coalition that works to ensure effective disaster response through cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration between organizations.
This document outlines five principles for designing international volunteer programs. The principles are: 1) Working with multiple partners across shared thematic areas to achieve greater impact. 2) Supporting partners over the long term through cumulative volunteer assignments that build upon one another. 3) Ensuring partners lead their own development and have control over the volunteer engagement. 4) Carefully selecting volunteers who can facilitate local achievements and adapt to local needs and pace. 5) Informing strategy with a strong evidence base from research and data collection.
This document provides an operational advocacy strategy for Concern Worldwide Bangladesh's Char program. It aims to strategically guide advocacy efforts at micro, meso, and macro levels. At the micro level, the focus is on realizing rights, institution building, and strengthening local governments. At the meso level, the focus is on alliance building, governance, and local governments. At the macro level, the focus is on influencing policy, resource mobilization, and research. The strategy identifies roles for partner organizations, technical partners, and Concern Worldwide to achieve advocacy goals through approaches like participation, capacity building, and influencing policies. It was developed through workshops and reviews to provide strategic guidance and identify advocacy issues regarding the unique challenges faced in
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clientele with diverse multi-stakeholders to enhance their
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Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
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North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
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Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration
1. Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration
(GADRA)
Connecting disability-led organizations with corporate and
foundation resources for immediate and sustained impact
https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityGADRA
https://wid.org/global-alliance-for-disaster-resource-acceleration-gadra/
2. Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA)
Executive Summary
STRATEGIC PILLARS
Continue to Build the Global Alliance
Grow the Emergency Operations Center
Bolster reach of the Disaster Assistance Connections Hub
HOW GADRA
SUCEEDS
Real-Time Collaboration – By using the World Institute on Disability’s (WID’s) Emergency Operations Center and communications capabilities,
this enables GADRA to effectively match disability-led organizations with corporate and foundation partners in order to efficiently target and
deploy resources in a timely manner.
Resources Identified and Prioritized – Through this collaborative partnership, research, and on-the-ground intelligence resources such as
PPE, remote work tools, funding support, etc., are identified and prioritized that will provide disaster relief and make the most significant
immediate and positive impact.
PURPOSE
GADRA is an alliance of Disability-led organizations, foundations and corporations concentrating disaster giving where and when its needed
most.
GADRA develops, supports, and assists in the leadership of Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized disabled people.
GADRA also accelerates local access to disaster resources by matching funders with disability-led organizations.
MISSION/VISION
Mission - Bringing disability leaders, funders and trusted allies together in disasters to disrupt exclusion and accelerate inclusion.
Vision – Disability-led organizations, corporations and foundations working in collaboration, to accelerate solutions for people, organizations
and communities impacted by disasters.
3. Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA)
Executive Summary
The Global Alliance Engagement and Impact
• GADRA was launched in July 2020
• Global Town Hall Meetings and Panel Discussions held in 2020
• Monthly Town Hall Meetings have continued, with over 1,540 registrants across 69 countries
• Media coverage in Forbes, National Public Radio (NPR), BBC etc., highlighting concerns affecting local, national and global
disability present throughout 2020
Why GADRA is Imperative
• According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 61 Million adults in the U.S. with
disabilities. The World Bank, UN and WHO also state that one billion, or 15 – 20 % of the world’s population experience
some form of disability.
• People with disabilities are 2 to 4 times more likely than others to be injured or die in disasters.
• COVID-19 is impacting people with disabilities more disproportionately than other disasters with devastating outcomes.
• 42% of COVID deaths in the US have been people with disabilities living in nursing homes and congregate facilities, similar
numbers in other developed and developing countries.
• Throughout the pandemic, concurrent disasters in the US and globally have added to the disproportionate impact.
• Many disability-led organizations are excluded from accessing humanitarian assistance to address needs during disasters.
4. Launch of the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration
https://youtu.be/BLz5syBsOGw
7. GADRA Launch
Since May, 2020…
• 4 Town Halls, 2 Panels, and a Launch Event with 1,540 registrants from
69 countries and 6 continents
• First Twitter Chat on August 13, 2020
• Next Global Town Hall on February 18, 2021.
8. Bristol Myers Squibb
“Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is committed to
inclusivity, equity and supporting people with
disabilities both in the workplace and in our
communities. Our Differently-Abled Workplace
Network (DAWN) is an employee-driven
resource group working to address the needs
of individuals with disabilities and to promote
their positive contributions to BMS’s business
performance worldwide. We know there is a
gap of resources available for the disability
community when crises and disasters hit.
That’s why both DAWN and the BMS
Foundation are … making it a top priority to fill
this gap.”
- Tinamarie Duff, BMS Global Lead,
DAWN
9. AT&T
“The COVID-19 pandemic is
severely impacting people with
disabilities and has shown all of us
that we need to take a different
approach to disaster preparedness
and response. AT&T is proud to
support the Global Alliance initiative
to help meet the needs of people
with disabilities who live in areas
that are impacted by a natural
disaster.”
- Daren Chan, External Affairs,
AT&T
10. The Partnership
“Disability-led organizations, despite
consistently being first on the ground to help
their communities in disasters, always struggle
to meet urgent needs and fill resource gaps,
rarely qualify for government funding to
continue operations, and often lack bandwidth
to compete for charitable disaster relief funding.
The Global Alliance is a collaboration that
recognizes that this exclusion must end and
that we are stronger and more resilient
together.”
- Germán Parodi & Shaylin Sluzalis,
Co-Executive Directors of The Partnership
11. ONG Inclusiva
“The Global Alliance will connect local
disability-led organizations directly to
funding partners that would like to
target their support to better serve
disaster impacted people and
communities directly. In this regard, the
Global Alliance will serve as a
matchmaker to identify urgent needs
and accelerate resource allocation to
disability-led organizations and advance
inclusive disaster response solutions,”
- Carlos Kaiser, Executive Director,
ONG Inclusiva
12. Global Alliance Steering Committee
Steering Committee Core Responsibilities:
● Build the Coalition: Partners to collaborate on disaster
resources.
● Create Emergency Operations Center: Roles, responsibilities
and functional capabilities
● Develop Disaster Assistance Connections Hub:
Alliance tracking system, resource matching process, and
communications, education and storytelling capabilities
Steering Committee Members:
● World Institute on Disability
● The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
● ONG Inclusiva
13. Steering Committee: WID
The World Institute on Disability’s original call to action was in 1983. Since then, we have committed
to advancing promising disability inclusion policy and practices globally. Today, our call to action
remains rooted in rights and indelibly embedded in our strategic engagements with leaders, allies and
visionaries who share our commitment to innovative solutions. Together we are disrupting,
transforming, and optimizing the future of disability inclusion.
We achieve our mission through:
Excellence in Disability Inclusive Emergency
Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction,
and Climate Resilience;
Digital Systems and Tools for Optimizing
Community Living and Employment;
Accessibility Solutions; and
Quality Research and Policy into Action
Our Services:
● Local, National & Global Experts on Inclusion,
Accessibility Research, Training & Technical Assistance
● User Testing for Accessible Digital Systems, Tools,
Products & Services
● Event Accessibility Planning & Concierge Services
● Advocacy & Public Policy
14. Steering Committee: The Partnership
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies is the only U.S. disability-led organization [and one
out of only two global] with a focused mission of equal access to emergency programs and services for
people with disabilities and people with access and functional needs before, during, and after
disasters and emergencies.
We achieve our mission by being:
● Disability rights experts before, during
and after disasters
● Community organizers and capacity builders
● Boots and wheels on-the-ground response
Services
● Disability & Disaster Hotline
● Portlight Relief Division
● Training & Education
● Advocacy & Public Policy
● Research & Technical Assistance
● Community Resilience & Capacity Building
15. Steering Committee: ONG Inclusiva
Inclusiva NGO (ONG Inclusiva) is the first disability-led organization (and
one of the only two organizations in the world) with a focused mission of
promoting Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction, that is to say, full
inclusion and observance of the rights of people with disabilities during
emergencies and disasters. It is expressed in programs and services for
people with disabilities and people with access and functional needs in
the whole disaster cycle.
We achieve our mission by:
● Working with networks
● Disability rights experts before, during
and after disasters
● Community organizers and capacity builders
● Boots and wheels on-the-ground response
Services
● Research & Technical Assistance
● Training & Education
● Advocacy & Public Policy
● Community Resilience & Capacity Building
● Disability and Disaster Risk Reduction Advisory
16. Founder’s Circle
• The Global Alliance Founder’s Circle includes disability-led organizations,
corporations and foundations working in collaboration to accelerate
solutions for people, organizations and communities impacted by disasters.
• The Founder’s Circle works to disrupt exclusion in disaster response and
assistance through resource acceleration.
• Members join the Founder’s Circle through commitments that will enable
disability-led organizations to drive radical inclusion in local communities.
• We are welcoming Founder’s Circle members through Quarter 1, 2021.
Join us!
18. Connect with GADRA
https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityGADRA
World Institute on Disability
wid@wid.org www.wid.org
Facebook: @WorldInstituteonDisability
Twitter: @WID_org
Heather Duncan
heather@wid.org
Marcie Roth
Executive Director/CEO
marcie@wid.org
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
DISABILITY & DISASTER HOTLINE (800) 626-4959
24 hours/ 7 days a week/ 365 days of the year
info@disasterstrategies.org www.disasterstrategies.org
Facebook: @partnershipforinclusivedisasterstrategies
Twitter: @disasterstrat
Germán Parodi &
Shaylin Sluzalis
Co-Executive Directors
Directors@disasterstrategies.org
ONG Inclusiva
www.onginclusiva.org
Facebook: @Inclusiva.ONG
Twitter: @ONGInclusiva
Instagram: @chileonginclusiva
Carlos Kaiser
Executive Director
Kaiser.Carlos@gmail.com
20. Town Hall Poll Results
According to our initial Town Hall surveys with 633 registered from
29 countries on May 7, 2020:
98% responded during this COVID-19 pandemic, disability-led
organizations do NOT or only sometimes have what they need to
serve their communities;
100% believe disability-led organizations definitely or sometimes are
left out of disaster relief funding from foundations, corporations and
government;
96% reported these Town Halls would be useful to participate in
disability disaster relief funding discussions;
93% reported they would like to be a part of an alliance between
disability-led organizations and funders that could accelerate
resources
21. Town Hall Poll on Resources
What resources are most needed to support
disability-led organizations and their disaster
impacted community?
• Funding/monetary assistance: 93%
• Disability equipment or services: 73%
• Training preparedness, capacity
building, bias, rights: 71%
• Personal Protective Equipment: 69%
• Personal Care Attendant Services: 60%
• Technical Assistance for Remote Work: 53%
• Legal Assistance: 47%
• Communication or equipment for
remote work: 40%
22. Bangladesh
Disability-led Organization:
• Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS)
• Abdus Sattar Dulal, Executive Director
Challenge(s):
• 21,000 families with loss of
income, property
• Lack of food is impacting
children’s health
• Barriers to access basic
relief
Request(s):
• Restore basic income
• Partner with development
organization
• Implement Article 32 of UN
CRPD
23. Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Disability-led Organization:
• Erin Brown Connects
• Erin Brown
Challenge(s):
• Hurricane Dorian impacts
remain
• Lack of healthcare and access
to deliveries
• Caregivers lack access to PPE
Request(s):
• Return of healthcare and
deliveries
• Caregiver PPE
• Funding to support requests
24. United States of America
Disability-led Organizations:
• Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living
• Pennsylvania Council on Independent Living
• Misty Dion, President
Challenge(s):
• Challenges to deliver services
from afar
• 70% of all COVID deaths in
Pennsylvania are from
congregated settings
• Lack of funding for relief and
relocation services
Request(s):
• Funding for relief and
relocation services
25. India
Disability-led Organization:
• Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre
• Asha Hans
Challenge(s):
• Quick shutdown process limited
ability to get to people
• Women with disabilities lack
access to food and security
• Inaccessible telehealth means no
reproductive healthcare services
• Homelessness and sexual abuse
of women
Request(s):
• Funding to support accessible
quarantine services
• Write to Secretary General and
State Parties to inform about
issues against disabled women
26. Nigeria
Disability-led Organization:
• Special Needs Initiative for Growth, Africa
• Rachael Inegbedion, Founder
Challenge(s):
• Depriving students with
disabilities from education during
the pandemic
• Inaccessible tools, lack of
accommodation services
• Lack of Internet connection / data
• Increased anxiety and depression
of students with disabilities
Request(s):
• Funding for accessible education
tools and accommodation services
• Support community-based
solutions for accessible education
27. Uganda
Disability-led Organization:
• Capable Works Disability Initiative
• Robert Nkwangu
Challenge(s):
• During lockdown, people with
disabilities unable to access food
• Lack of employment
• Homelessness
• Electricity is often cut-off
• Lack of accessible communications
between government and people
with disabilities
Request(s):
• Funding to support food
distribution
• Support for accessible
communications; sign language
interpreters and captioning
28. Disability Rights International
Disability-led Organization:
• Disability Rights International
• Eric Rosenthal, Founder and Director
Challenge(s):
• Death rates in institutions in
countries around the world,
including 10 million children
• Incarcerated individuals with
disabilities
• Abuse of women with disabilities
Request(s):
• Immediate action to protect
individuals and remove from
facilities
• Adopt deinstitutionalization
strategies
29. More Resources & Topics
Telerehabilitation International
• Sustain Our Abilities YouTube Channel
• Sharing stories on COVID-19 and Climate Change
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
• Recording COVID-19 deaths in congregant settings
ABLE South Carolina
• Partnering with Centers for Independent Living
• Focused on medical rationing response
Others
• Access to food and virus testing through accessible transportation
• Personal Protective Equipment for attendant care services
• Mental health support to counter social isolation
• Making COVID-19 content more accessible and usable for people with learning and cognitive disabilities
• Need education and awareness on the importance of vaccinations
• Elevating disability rights and quality of live during and after disasters
30. Global Alliance for Disaster Resource
Acceleration (GADRA)
Connecting disability-led organizations with corporate and foundation
resources for immediate and sustained impact
https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityGADRA
https://wid.org/global-alliance-for-disaster-resource-acceleration-gadra/
31. Accelerating Resources to Meet Needs
The Need
• Donated resources from foundations & corporations are crucial to urgent COVID-19
needs and all disaster relief efforts
• Disaster support and humanitarian relief rarely trickle down to local disability
organizations, especially those led by and serving multiply marginalized people with
disabilities
• Disability organizations fill resource gaps for people in disaster-impacted communities
The Solution
• Disability-led organizations, disability-inclusive corporations and foundations join forces,
share unmet needs, match available resources, accelerate relief & solve problems
32. What is GADRA?
• Disability-led organizations, foundations and corporations
concentrating disaster giving where and when its needed
most.
• Intentional in seeking, welcoming, developing, and
supporting leadership of Black, Indigenous, and other
multiply marginalized disabled people.
• Accelerating local access to disaster resources by matching
funders with disability-led organizations to collaboratively get
the right stuff to the right people when they need it most.
• We are stronger and more resilient together.
33. What We Do
Assess Needs
We bring together
disability-led
organizations and
identify resources
needed to provide
disaster relief
Find Partners
We bring together
disability-inclusive
corporations and
foundations with
resources to share
34. How We Do It
Optimize Collaboration
Using WID’s Emergency
Operations Center and
Communications Gearbox,
we research, inventory,
and jointly match
disability-led organizations
with Corporate and
Foundation partners who
can quickly deploy needed
resources, optimizing
impact while meeting
disability-inclusive
diversity business
imperatives.
Urgent Priorities
Technology solutions
Remote work tools
PPE for people and providers
in home care settings
Shipping assistance
Communications tools for
people in hospitals
Data
Emergency funds
Support and technical
assistance for continuity of
operations (internal) and
continuity of services
(external)
35. What GADRA Is Not
• It’s not a competitor to your funding relationships.
This is a new pathway bringing additional ideas to funders who want to
expand and target the impact of their giving to frequently excluded
organizations led by people with disabilities.
• It’s not an additional layer of funding complexity.
It will help de-clutter the pathway for funders who want to accelerate
support for the organizations and people most impacted.
• It’s not solely COVID-19 focused.
This is a public health emergency and disaster assistance alliance for both
today’s emergencies and disasters, and the ones that will surely follow.
36. Why Launch Now?
• People with disabilities are 2 to 4 times more likely than others to be
injured or die in disasters, primarily due to inadequate community-wide
planning and access to emergency and disaster assistance.
• COVID-19 is impacting people with disabilities even more
disproportionately than other disasters, with devastating outcomes.
• Black and Indigenous disabled people and others at the intersections of
multiple types of oppression continue to make up the vast majority of
lives lost.
• Disability-led organizations always struggle to meet urgent needs and fill
resource gaps during disasters;
• They rarely qualify for government funding to continue operations and
often lack bandwidth to compete for charitable disaster relief funding.
37. Why Us?
As partners, we are uniquely qualified to cut through
the chaos that follows a disaster, activating and
accelerating effective solutions with measurable results
If not us, who?
If not now, when?
38. Strategy Overview
Mission: Bringing disability leaders and trusted allies together in disasters to disrupt
exclusion and accelerate radical inclusion.
STRATEGIC
PILLARS
Build the Alliance
Identify partners to
collaborate on disaster
resources.
Emergency Operations
Center
Create roles, responsibilities
and functional capabilities
Disaster Assistance
Connections Hub
Develop communications
Gearbox, education and
storytelling capabilities
Our Vision: Disability-led organizations, corporations and foundations working in
collaboration, to accelerate solutions for people, organizations and communities impacted
by disasters
39. Building a Sustainable System
Engage regional, national, and global disability-led organizations to jointly identify and meet needs of people,
organizations and communities impacted by disasters.
Identify corporate & foundation disability inclusive diversity priorities that align with disability-led
organization needs, including lifting up and centering the needs of multiply marginalized disabled people.
Establish a “Founders Circle” of disability-inclusive corporations, foundations, and disability-led orgs.
Center Black, Brown, Indigenous and other disabled people of color. A core tenet of this Alliance is a stated and
genuine commitment to seeking, welcoming, and supporting the leadership of multiply-marginalized people with
disabilities who are most disproportionately impacted in disasters.
Engineer connections using a Communications Gearbox to connect communities, accelerate solutions, measure
outcomes, and promote results.
Match corporate and foundation resources with disability-led organizations to meet critical needs.
Shatter myths that people with disabilities are vulnerable, expendable, and a liability in disasters.
Build the Alliance, innovate, optimize technology, accelerate solutions & prepare for the next disaster.
40. Media Coverage: Forbes
Forbes Article, July 6, 2020
Stephen Frost, Diversity & Inclusion
“Disability-led organizations have been
screaming into the wilderness for access
to disaster relief. Now, we are creating
a practical and creative solution for
COVID and future disasters.”
- Marcie Roth, Executive Director/CEO,
World Institute on Disability
41. Media Coverage: Disability Matters
Disability Matters with Joyce Bender
June 9, 2020 Radio Show
“We are hearing from people
around the world about the
disproportionate impact of the
pandemic on people with
disabilities. People with disabilities
are dying at unbelievable rates
and the local organizations trying
to provide assistance are not
getting the resources that are
made available….”
- Marcie Roth, Executive Director/CEO,
World Institute on Disability
43. Media Coverage: Women’s eNews Live
Women's eNews Live, May 14, 2020
“We get really good at
problem solving. In fact,
in emergencies and
disasters, <people with
disabilities> are the folks
you want at the planning
table, at the response
table, and part of your
recovery initiatives.”
- Marcie Roth, Executive Director/
CEO, World Institute on Disability
“The pandemic is forcing those of
us who would not normally have
to rely on community to get
protection assistance, now have
to.”
- Lori Sokol, PhD
44. Media Coverage: All Things Considered
NPR’s All Things Considered (WAMU), July 22, 2020
“In a disaster, everything
is exponentially worse for
everyone.” People with
disabilities are the last
forgotten, (a)nd they will
be the most at risk, he
warns, when the
coronavirus and natural
disasters come together.”
- Germán Parodi, Co-Executive
Director, The Partnership
45. Media Coverage: Forbes
CNN Chile Interview,
March 30, 2020
“It has been ignored that the
convention that Chile ratified
on the rights of persons with
disabilities; in its Article 5
says no discrimination; Article
10, protection of life; Article
11, protection against
disasters and catastrophes.”
- Carlos Kaiser, Executive Director,
ONG Inclusiva
46. GADRA Media Coverage
Women's eNews Live
with Dr. Lori Sokol,
May 14, 2020
AXSChat
June 8 & 9, 2020
Forbes, July 6, 2020
Disability Matters
with Joyce Bender
June 9, 2020 Radio Show
NPR’s All Things
Considered
(WAMU), July 22, 2020
CNN Chile Interview,
March 30, 2020
47. US House of Representatives Testimony
“My top [recommendations] <include> that
the local disability led organizations are able
to provide services before during and after
disasters and be appropriately funded for
them.”
“The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster
Strategies has been bringing folks together
every single day. Hundreds and hundreds of
disability organizations have been working
together to make the changes that we can’t
quite seem to get the government to make.”
- Marcie Roth, Executive Director/ CEO, World
Institute on Disability
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public
Buildings, and Emergency Management, July 29, 2020,
Hearing:
Experiences of Vulnerable Populations During
Disaster
48. Connect with GADRA!
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World Institute on Disability
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Editor's Notes
Global map with the following 69 Countries highlighted in red:
Afghanistan Algeria Angola Australia Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Belgium Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Canada Cameroon Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Georgia Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mexico Morocco Myanmar Nepal Nigeria Palestine Papau New Guinea Pakistan Panama Peru Philippines Portugal Rwanda Saudi Arabia Singapore South Sudan Spain Somalia Saint Kitts and Nevis South Africa Sweden Tajikistan Tanzania Trinidad & Tobago Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom USA Venezuela Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe