Dear Joint SDG programme partners and Steering Committee Members,

 

Following up to the interest expressed during 1^st meeting of the Steering Committee for the Joint SDG programme “Transforming Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities” (held on 8 May 2020), we are pleased to invite you to join the webinar ahead of the “Implementation of the Model Disability Survey in Georgia” on the 1^st of October 2020 at 13:00 (Georgia time)

 

This virtual forum will be held by Alarcos Cieza, Unit Head - Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO HQ and facilitated by Satish Mishra, Technical Manager – Disability and Rehabilitation, WHO Regional Office for Europe

 

The virtual forum hosted by WHO in Zoom (details to follow)

 

 

Agenda

•               Agenda and introduction of participant’s – 10 min

•               Introduction to Model Disability Survey (MDS)  - 30 min

•               Questions and Answers  - 20 min

 

Brief on the SDG project: WHO in partnership with Government of Georgia, UNICEF, UNDP, OHCHR, UNFPA, UN WOMEN and in collaboration with national stakeholders is implementing a project titled ‘Transforming Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities in Georgia’. The project aims to address gaps in the social protection system in order to transform the situation of persons with disabilities in the country. As part of the project, WHO is responsible for implementation of the Model Disability Survey (MDS) to better understand the situation of people with disability, including their prevalence, and what needs to be done to ensure they can enjoy their human rights fully on an equal basis with others. MDS will support an evidence-based policy reform in the social protection sector and other relevant sectors.

 

Brief on the Model Disability Survey (MDS): The MDS is a general population household survey that estimates the distribution of disability in the population of a country or region, and identifies unmet needs, barriers and inequalities faced by people with mild, moderate and severe disability. The MDS was developed by WHO and the World Bank in collaboration with a range of stakeholders from other international organizations, leading researchers, persons with disabilities and their collective organizations.

The MDS is fully grounded in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. The MDS includes a broad range of indicators of inequality, unmet needs and barriers, and allows direct comparison between groups with differing levels of disability. The MDS is therefore suitable to monitor the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The objectives of regional or national implementations of the MDS are:

•               to determine the current distribution of disability in the population;

•               to estimate the prevalence of severe, moderate and mild disability;

•               to identify unmet needs of persons with different levels of disability;

•               to identify what are the barriers and inequalities faced by persons with different levels of disability.

More information about MDS is available at https://www.who.int/disabilities/data/en/

 

Thanks and please get back to me for any queries,

Kind regards,

Giorgi

 

Giorgi Kurtsikashvili, M.D.

National Officer

WHO Country Office in Georgia

 

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Dear Steering Committee Members and Meeting Participants ,

 

At the request of the UN Resident Coordinator, let me share with you the minutes of the 1^st meeting of the Steering Committee  for the Joint SDG programme “Transforming Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities” (held on 8 May 2020). Please provide your inputs and/or comments at your earliest convenience, desirably, in “track changes” to Ms. Tinatin Tsertsvadze of UNICEF at ttsertsvadze@unicef.org for her to finalise the document.

 

With this message I would also like to ask those of you who know Ms. Natia Mestvirishvili’s contact details to share this mail to her (regrettably, I was unable to obtain her e-address)

 

 

Thank you and best regards,

Teo

 

Teona Kiknadze      Executive Associate to UN Resident Coordinator      Office of the UN Resident Coordinator (RCO) in Georgia          …………………………………………………………………………      9, R. Eristavi St. • Tbilisi • 0179 • Georgia      T +995 322251126, ext. 110 | Mob: +995 599 50 00 91      teona.kiknadze@un.org      • www.ungeorgia.ge • twitter:@ungeorgia • facebook:@UNGeorgia         ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

 

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