REMINDER
International Conference on National Disability Strategies in Galway on 10 December
The NUI Galway Centre for Disability Law and Policy will host the International Conference on National Disability Strategies on Friday, 10 December, in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway. This conference will launch the recent findings of the Centre’s research project on National Disability Strategies and the critical success factors which enable strategies to make a difference for people with disabilities at grassroots level. The keynote speech will be delivered by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability, Shuaib Chalklen. South African Shuaib Chalklen plays a leading role in monitoring progress in promoting the rights of people with disabilities around the world and nurturing Governments in the right direction.
The conference will be formally opened by Minister John Moloney TD, Minister of State for Disability and Mental Health. Other key international figures involved in disability law reform speaking at the conference will include: Anne Hawker, current President of Rehabilitation International and Advisor on disability to the New Zealand government; Molly Harrington, Office of the Disability Strategy for the Ministry of Housing and Social Development, British Columbia; Siobhán Barron, Director of Ireland’s National Disability Authority and Minister Pat Carey, Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.
This conference aims to highlight some of the key messages from a book I have written for Cambridge University Press on a global comparative study of National Disability Strategies, entitled From Rhetoric to Action: Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – the use of National Disability Strategies which is due to be published in 2011. Some of the key recommendations for improvements in the Irish National Disability Strategy in this book will be discussed at the conference.
Professor Gerard Quinn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, said: “This is an exciting event for NUI Galway. Some of the most influential disability reformers and activists in the world will be here to share ideas about how to link national disability strategies to the achievement of the UN disability convention and ensure that such strategies work well. This is even more important in a recession. I would urge all those who have an interest in advancing disability policy in Ireland and abroad to attend this important event.”
The conference is open to all members of the public. The conference programme and further information including how to register for the event is available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/NDS/welcome.html. For further information please contact Ms Eileen Glynn in the CDLP events office at Tel: 091 494012 Mobile/SMS: 0876660634 Fax: 091495569
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