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Third Session of the COP

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Disasters and Disability

Emerging Issues

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD) Toolkit for Inclusive Reconstruction in Haiti Disability and Disasters Study Disability and Disaster Experiences

Change in Policies and Management Shelter Building Back Better

Announcement and steps further

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Outline

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

Global initiative to include disability into Development Cooperation Funded by the World Bank Multi-stakeholder Alliance

Governments Disabled People’s Organizations UN Agencies Multilateral Financial Entities NGOs Foundations Universities

Awareness raising, Knowledge creation and sharing, Networking

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for Disability and Development Global Partnership

GPDD Working Group on Haiti Reconstruction Toolkit on Long term Recovery. Haiti: reconstruction

for all Focus on Universal Design

Physical Environment Livelihood, Employment and Social Protection Transportation and Communication Education Health Capacity Building of Disabled People Organizations Organizational and Operational Issues

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Reconstruction in Haiti Toolkit on Inclusive

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

Document the impact of recent disasters on persons with disabilities

Assess inclusion in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery; and changes in practices and systems between disasters

United States (Katrina, Gustav, Ike) Bangladesh (Floods, Cyclone Sidr) Indonesia (Yogyakarta, Tsunami 2004) Tsunami 2004 in India, Thailand, Sri Lanka

Lessons learned Similarities

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Natural Disasters Study Disability and

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

Persons who acquire disabilities during disasters vs. those who have acquired disabilities prior to disaster

Inaccessible shelters Good example in

Indonesia (lesson learned from Tsunami to Yogyakarta)

Examples

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

© Red Cross

Changes in Disaster Policies and Management New Focus on Disaster risk reduction vs.

emergency response Focus on vulnerabilities Still needs to include disability Special Needs Challenge TOPPOF exercise Post-Katrina Emergency Management

Reform Act

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Examples

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

© Associated Press, Eric Gay.

Building back better vs building back faster

Good practice in Thailand

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Examples

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

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Next Steps

Global Partnership for Disability and Development

Side event previous to MDG Summit on Pakistan

Comprehensive Manual Thank you

Disabled Welfare Association (DWA) and Danishkadah jointly did a survey of Internally Displaced Persons with Disabilities (IDPWDs), at

Razkabad camp Karachi, on Sunday 22nd August 2010 .