- Togo : La joie des enfants handicapés en ces périodes de fête
- ENDA Santé / une journée d’échanges dans le cadre de l’initiative Fonds d’innovation et d’impulsion (F2I)
- Appel à Manifestation d’Intérêt
- Association Enfant Surdité Avenir recrute une Secrétaire Comptable
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- Journée internationale de la femme sourde 2021
- Air Côte d’Ivoire / Une agence hostile aux personnes handicapées
- Violation flagrante de l’article 20 de la CDPH par Air Côte d’Ivoire
- Produire les statistiques sur le handicap.
- Togo/Terrorisme : les personnes handicapées et leur contribution
- Togo/Améliorer la qualité de services de réadaptation.
- L’AFD et le groupe VYV soutiennent le projet DéfiSens-AO en Afrique de l’Ouest
- Togo : la FETAPH donne le ton au recensement des personnes handicapées
- Togo : 5ème RGPH, La FETAPH œuvre pour que « personne ne soit laissé de côté »
- Togo : Actualité des OPH : l’Association Togolaise des personnes Aveugles (ATA) avait tenu son assemblée générale ordinaire
- 4 janvier 2022 : célébration de la journée mondiale de l’écriture braille dans un contexte particulier de la pandémie liée au Coronavirus
- Togo : activité des OPH, le comité de suivi du projet ADP a tenu sa Deuxième réunion ordinaire annuelle
- Yatma Fall élu président de la fédération ouest africaine des personnes handicapées
- TOGO/Savanes : APHMOTO apporte son appui accompagnement aux enfants parrainés par YovoTogo
- Santé : réflexion sur les besoins de soins des personnes handicapées dans le contexte du coronavirus
Agenda
"Inclusives Cities": DECISIPH at Africities-Dakar, December 4-8, 2012
From 04/12/2012 to 08/12/2012The 6th edition of the Africities Summit is scheduled to take place at the King Fahd Palace Hotel Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, from 04 to 08 December 2012. Its theme will be "Building Africa from its Territories: What challenges for the local governments ?”
The participants represent all the protagonists of the African local life and their partners from other regions of the world:ministers in charge for the local governments and ministers in charge of sustainable development and of employment;local authorities and elected officials;central and local administrations representatives;civil society organizations, professional associations and trade unions;economic operators of the public and private sectors, and of the social economy;traditional and moral authorities;researchers and academics;international cooperation agencies.
This summit opens the day after the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the 3rd of December. This year’s theme was, “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all”. This day is followed shortly by the International Human Rights Day on the 10th of December with the theme of “My Voice Counts: Rights and Inclusion in public life”. Thanks to this alignment of events, Africities is a beautiful opportunity to promote the rights of people with disabilities, and human rights more globally. (See Press Release)
DECISIPH/Handicap International will contribute to this event on several ways.
Participation of DECISIPH and its partners: a strong delegation will be present during the summit, with Disabled People’s Organisations representatives and institutional partners (national and local governments)
Accessibility of the summit: Handicap International supports the organizers to make the summit more accessible to persons with disability. For instance, plenary sessions (opening and closing) will be translated to deaf participants.
Organization of a special session on Inclusive Cities.
The session "Inclusive Cities: Improving Involvement
of people marginalised and discriminated against" will take place on December 6th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM at the King Fahd Palace Hotel.
This “Inclusive Cities” session will share the experiences of local authorities, civil society organizations and development partners, in their efforts to ensure greater inclusion of marginalized populations in local development policies. Cases of good practice from West Africa and Brazil will be discussed in order to incite reflection, discussion and formulation of recommendations for the post-2015 development agenda aiming at local and global development for all.
Interventions:
Welcoming Word, presentation of the session by the Facilitator, David HOUSSOU, Expert in Urban Development and Housing, Independent Consultant
"Equity and inclusion", Mrs. Aissata TALL SALL, MP and Mayor of Podor-Senegal
"Local Development in West Africa : How to Make it Inclusive for All ?" (experience sharing film on Inclusive Local Development (ILD)), Cathy DIMBARRE KPEHOUNTON, Regional Coordinator, DECISIPH West Africa, Handicap International
"Sharing experiences of creating inclusive WATSAN programmes", Mariame DEM, Regional Director West Africa, WaterAid, Dakar
"Accessibility policies: Sharing of experiences of creating accessibility policies with the Municipality of Salvador and VidaBrasil", Heron CORDEIRO, Accessibility Programme Coordinator, NGO VidaBrasil, Brazil, et Raimundo NONATO, Accessibility Coordinator, Salvador Municipality, Brazil
"Challenges of inclusive local governance: Perspective on the MDGs and discussions on the post-2015 agenda", Mylène LAVOIE, Local Governance and Development Policy Specialist, UNDP, Regional Centre Dakar
The Session Note is available:
