Inclusion in action: NAPDU forum sets course for humanitarian response

The National Assembly of Persons with Disabilities of Ukraine is organizing a forum in Kyiv on "Inclusion and Participation: Persons with Disabilities at the Center of Humanitarian Response Policy in Time of War".

September 12-13, 2023

Online / offline

Premier Hotel Rus

м. Kyiv, 4 Hospitalna str.

The forum aims to bring together more than 70 representatives of organizations of people with disabilities, activists representing the interests of people with various disabilities, parents raising children with disabilities, older people, civilians and military from different regions of Ukraine who have suffered and acquired disabilities to:

✔Discuss the participation and contribution of organizations of persons with disabilities to the humanitarian response over the 1.5 years of the full-scale invasion;

✔share experiences and discuss existing challenges in humanitarian response;

✔develop joint recommendations for including disability issues in the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan.

The forum is a unique opportunity for representatives of public organizations of people with disabilities, international institutions, UN agencies, clusters, government agencies and the media to discuss the provision of humanitarian assistance to people with disabilities and the elderly during martial law.

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Program of the event

September 13 (online / offline)

9:30 Registration

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome speech

10:15 - 12:00 Closing discussion panel: "Humanitarian Response Priorities 2024: Inclusion and Contribution of Persons with Disabilities" (summarizing the thematic discussions).

12:00 Free communication

*Thematic discussions:

The National Assembly of Persons with Disabilities of Ukraine invites interested institutions to