New African Strategy on Disability

The Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (SADPD), along with its partners, will host a disability roundtable on the development of the new African Union Continental Disability Strategy (AUCDS) for the newly declared African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2010-2019). The roundtable will be held on 31 August to 2 September and offer an opportunity to provide inputs into the process of formulating a new AUCDS, which will be submitted to the relevant ministerial sessions and adopted by the African Heads of States Summit. More Information: bheki@africandecade.co.za.

(from Enable Newsletter, July 2011)