The Pacific Disability Forum, the International Disability Alliance (IDA), and the International Disability and Development Consortium invite people with disabilities from the Pacific region to join the Bridge CRPD-SDGs training. This training is for people who qualify and live in the Pacific region. The countries include Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Niue, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru.
The training will take place between 12-18 September 2024 in Fiji. The deadline for the application is July 20, 2024.
This training will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation in the National Sign Languages Reasonable accommodations will be provided to selected participants upon request.
The intake of participants will be guided by the Bridge CRPD-SDGs Quality Criteria.
Persons with disabilities from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. We welcome applications from all ages, levels of experience, all levels of literacy, and across the diversity of the disability movement, especially from those groups who face high restrictions in participation.
Please read the call for applications for more details on the training, and see our Bridge CRPD-SDGs page for information on the imitative and previous trainings.
How to apply
If you are interested in applying, or are an organization that would like to propose a candidate, the following 3 materials are essential for the application process:
- An expression of interest and commitment to the training and its objectives. This can either be written, one page maximum, or via recorded oral or video presentation, including in sign language, not longer than 3 minutes.
- An updated brief CV, not more than 2 pages long. Please include your gender, date of birth and if you are a person with a disability, your impairment group.
- Letter to show linkages with an OPD: Your linkages with the OPD movement must be supported by a letter on the letterhead of an OPD that you are associated with, which could be a sub national, national, regional or international organization of persons with disabilities. Alternatively, if you are working with a collective/network of persons with disabilities that is supported by an IDDC member or a mainstream human rights or humanitarian organization, you can also provide a letter from those organizations.
All application documents should be sent only to bridge_platform [at] ida-secretariat.org by July 20, 2024.
Find further information on the attached Call for Applications here.
