Disability Agenda at the IDB

Learning Event

(Lunch will be served)

 

Washington DC, April 20, 2006

12:30 – 2:30 pm.

IDB Conference Center CR 201

1330 New York Ave., N.W.

 

 
Seminar Description

 

About 10-15% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean lives with a disability. Until now persons with disability (PWD) have remained invisible in the statistics, and have not been targeted in development planning. This is changing with the development of new data. The primary objectives at the Bank is working for the full inclusion of PWD in the social and economic development in the region by: (i) creating greater awareness among Latin American and the Caribbean leaders and decision makers shaping the agenda for PWD, (ii) learning from best practices and develop new initiatives to promote the inclusion of PWD in areas such as education, labor, urban design and transport, (iii) expanding the role of the Bank in increasing opportunities for PWD.

 

The objective of this meeting is to improve IDB assistance on disability by exploring mechanisms and initiatives, which can help strengthen the disability agenda at the IDB. The emphasis of the meeting is operational and the issues addressed are:

 

 

After an introduction on IDB work in disability, new data on disability will be presented as part of the IDB Initiative on Disability Statistics (session 1). The data is highly relevant for operational staff, providing them with arguments for why and how to include PWD and the data to back it up. In session 2,  three staff members from the operations department will share their experience of technical assistance on disability to the region in presenting information on programs under implementation. Session 3 is a discussion on operational opportunities and implications with basis in the data available.

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

12:30  - 12:40 PM                               Welcome and Overview

Marco Ferroni, Deputy Manager, Sustainable Development Department

 

12:40 – 12:45 PM                               Introduction: Wanda Engel, Chief, SDS/SOC

 

12:45 – 1:30 PM                                  Session 1: The Overview

The main objective of this session is to present the status of the Disability Agenda at the IDB as well as present data on socioeconomic indicators for persons with disability relative to the total population.

 

                                                                Advances of the Disability Agenda at the IDB

Ernest Massiah, SDS/SOC

 

Disability Data: What we know about Social Exclusion and Disability in LAC

Georgina Pizzolitto, SDS/SOC

Sanne Tikjoeb, SDS/SOC

 

How the World Bank is Advancing the Disabilty Agenda

Daniel Mont, Senior Economist, WB Disability and Development Team

 

Moderator: Wanda Engel, Chief, SDS/SOC

 

1:30 – 2:00 PM                                Session 2: On-going Activities

The main objective of this session is to present three case studies on disability and development from the Operational Departments at the IDB.

 

Case Studies presentation

 

·   Work Training Blind Population (Maria Teresa Traverso, RE2/SO2)

·   Activities on Disability in RE1/SO1 – The case of Chile (Julieta Trias, RE1/SO1)

·   Guidelines in Accesibility (Jose Brakarz, SDS/SOC)

 

Moderator: Laura Ripani SDS/SOC

 

2:00 – 2:20 PM                                   Session 3: The Future

This session will be an open discussion to explore mechanisms and initiatives which can help  strengthen the IDB disability agenda.

 

Moderator: Carmen Albertos, Social Division, Regional Department 1

 

2:20 – 2:30 PM                                    Closing Remarks: by Carmen Albertos, Social Division, Regional Department 1