Dear Jaco, Thanks for this. I had been made to believe that the meeting was largely Asian. I had even started to moot a possibility of a similar meeting in Africa. ARTICLE 19 has in the past few years starting some work on how to breakdown article 21 of the UN CRPD and happy to share Regards HENRY O. MAINA DIRECTOR ARTICLE 19 KENYA/EASTERN AFRICA ACS PLAZA, 2nd FLOOR, LENANA ROAD P O BOX 2653,00100 NAIROBI TEL:+254 (20) 3862230/2 Office mobile: +254 727 862230 FAX:+254 (20) 3862231 EMAIL: henry@article19.org ________________________________________ From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+henry=article19.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] on behalf of Du Toit, Jaco via kictanet [kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke] Sent: 09 September 2014 04:35 PM To: Henry Maina Subject: [kictanet] Role of ICT's for Persons with Disabilities: http://www.unesco-ci.org/ict-pwd/ Dear colleagues, UNESCO, in close cooperation with international, regional, and national partners, is organizing the International conference “From Exclusion to Empowerment: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies for Persons with Disabilities” from 24 to 26 November 2014, in New Delhi, India. Interested partners who would like to be part of this international event that contains the international conference, film festival, and exhibition on ICTs for inclusion of persons with disabilities, can obtain more information at the following URL: The speakers will be policy and decision makers, industry representatives, research community, information and media professionals, filmmakers and producers, persons with disabilities, and civil society members. Regards Jaco ------------------------------------------------- Jaco DU TOIT Adviser for Communication & Information UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa United Nations Avenue, UNON, Gigiri (Room C-209) P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (0)20 762 2346/2566 Fax +254 (0)20 762 2750 Email:j.dutoit@unesco.org, Website: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/nairobi