ADDC Bulletin April 2019

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April 2019 Bulletin CONTENTS

ADDC NEWS

• 10 days for 10 years – Our campaign is coming
• Disability Focal Point network – Join our pilot group
• Organisational Inclusion resources now available
• Another missed opportunity with disability funding frozen in the aid budget

IN THE NEWS

• Performance of Australian Aid Report, 2017-18 DID included but declined
• First report released in the JSCFADT inquiry into Australian aid in the Indo-Pacific
• ACFID responses to aid funding in the Federal Budget
• Australian aid sector response to cuts to aid budget
• International Week of the Deaf 2019 – Sign Language rights for All
• Vanuatu Government presentation to Committee on UN CRPD
• Australian Government establishes Royal Commission to bring justice for people with disability

NEW RESOURCES

• Updated resource page on CBMA website

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT

• WHO QualityRights E-Consultation – Good Practices of Community-Based Mental Health Services

CONFERENCES, TRAINING and EVENTS

• 4^th Asia-Pacific Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID) Congress 2019
• XVIII World Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf, 23-27 July, 2019
• Call for Papers – South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment 2020 Conference, 12-15 Jan 2020

EMPLOYMENT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Disability Inclusion Advisor, CBM Australia
• USAID Fiscal Year 2018 Disability Program Funding
• University of the South Pacific Regional Disability Scholarship 2020

NEWSLETTERS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• US International Council on Disabilities, New Mission, Vision and 2019-2023 Priorities
• UN DESA Voice: Newsletter April 2019