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Beyond Bridging the Gap: the Virtual Closing Event of our project
Time to wrap up. After four years of work, Bridging the Gap is about to end, and to celebrate the project organised a virtual closing event on June 14th, as part of the 14th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP14). The event “Beyond Bridging…
Read MoreBridging the Gap analyses its contribution to disability-inclusive development
On June 8th and 9th 2021, The European project “Bridging the Gap II – Inclusive Policies and Services for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities” (BtG-II), organised an online technical workshop and a Policy Dialogue Conference – “Disability inclusion in development cooperation – The European way forward“ – to contribute to the current debate on…
Read MoreBridging the Gap’s webinar-based training cycle available in Portuguese
Thanks to the collaboration between Bridging the Gap and the project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) “PIN – participative paths for the economic inclusion of young people with disabilities in Mozambique – AID11460″, led by the Italian Non-governmental organisation “Amici di Raoul Follereau” (AIFO) and in partnership with Terres des Hommes…
Read MoreBridging the Gap promotes the creation of a Latin American community of good practices in inclusive education
As part of the capitalization strategy of the project, Bridging the Gap held on 4 and 5 May the virtual conference ‘The path to inclusive and accessible education policies: Data, indicators, and best practices for the educational inclusion of girls and boys with disabilities’ with the aim of promoting the creation of a Latin American community of best…
Read MoreSudan restates its commitment to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of public life
After ten years of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Sudan, the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), with the support of Bridging the Gap and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) Khartoum Office, has started a series of initiatives to integrate and enforce the…
Read MoreIDA and IDDC launch an advocacy campaign to prioritize persons with disabilities in COVID-19 vaccination
The International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) have initiated an advocacy campaign to call on all governments, United Nations agencies and the private sector to take all measures to prioritise persons with disabilities in vaccination against COVID-19. This campaign has been launched at global, regional, and national levels to…
Read MoreThe challenges and solutions for a disability-inclusive COVID-19 recovery debated at IVth Bridging the Gap’s Stakeholder Conference
The IVth Stakeholder Conference of Bridging the Gap “OPDs meet the EU: joining forces for inclusive development”, held on April 15th, joined representatives from the European Union (EU) and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) to analyze the challenges and solutions to make COVID-19 response and recovery efforts fully inclusive and accessible, as well as…
Read MoreBridging the Gap, the ILO/UNICEF/UNPRPD Inclusive Social Protection Programme, IDA, and ADF call for action on equal access to social protection programs in Africa
The European project Bridging the Gap, the ILO/UNICEF/UNPRPD Inclusive Social Protection Project, the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the African Disability Forum (ADF) held on March 30-31 the Policy Dialogue Conference “Social protection in Africa: a new path towards the inclusion of persons with disabilities” to trigger and reinforce the policy dialogue on inclusive social protection in Africa based on interesting practices across the continent. The Conference…
Read MoreJob Opportunity: Bridging the Gap coordinator in Burkina Faso
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Bridging the Gap consortium partner, is looking for a coordinator of Bridging the Gap project in Burkina Faso for a six-month period starting in April 2021 (replacement position). The person recruited will be in charge of ensuring the smooth implementation of the project in Burkina Faso, coordinating its…
Read MoreTender opportunity: Technical Assistance for the virtual undertaking of the final capitalisation study of Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap II launches a tender for the virtual undertaking of the final capitalisation study of the project to collect, organise, classifying and analysing the experience of Bridging the Gap in order to maximise both the impact and sustainability of the project over time, as well as the appropriation of its products and results…
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