What is the Civil Society Forum?
The Civil Society Forum is organized to give space to the disability community to unify their voice, share experience and create partnerships ahead of the Summit. It leverages the occurrence of the Global Disability Summit to amplify the voice and participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, and to highlight current issues relevant to the global disability movement.
The Civil Society Forum will be held on April 1 2025.
The Civil Society Reference Group
The Civil Society Forum is organized by the Civil Society Reference Group (CSRG). The aim of the Civil Society Reference Group is to ensure the meaningful participation of OPDs and civil society, in all their diversity, in the build-up to the Summit, the GDS itself and its follow-up.
The CSRG’s membership comprises representatives of civil society from the global south and the global north.
Attending the CSF
You can register to attend the CSF by clicking on the right button.
Registration is open and free of charge for anyone, we hope to see you there!
Please note that registration does not guarantee attendance. Applications close on 10 Jan 2025, and selected participants will be informed by end of January 2025.
Daily Program
1st April, 2025
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Time:
08:00 AM – 09:45 AM
105’
Location:
Registration, Coffee & Networking
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Time:
09:45 AM – 09:55 AM
15’
Location:
Projection of video on accessibility features
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Time:
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
30’
Location:
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming words and greetings by IDA, CSRG
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Time:
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
75’
Location:
Thematic Session 1
Inclusive Humanitarian Action
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Time:
12:00 PM – 13:15 PM
75’
Location:
Thematic Session 2
Youth and Children with Disabilities
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Time:
14:15 PM – 15:30 PM
75’
Location:
Thematic Session 3
The Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities
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Time:
16:00 PM – 17:15 PM
75’
Location:
Thematic Session 4
Funding and Budgeting for Disability
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Time:
17:30 PM – 18:00 PM
30’
Location:
Closing and Adoption of Civil Society Declaration
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Time:
19:30 PM – 21:00 PM
90’
Location:
Event TBC
Civil Society Forum 2022
You can watch the recording of CSF 2022 and read the declaration adopted here.