ACTION PLAN The committee will solicit information from WBU member countries about the persons who are engaged at political levels in their respective countries along with their contact details Develop a database and network to connect these political leaders at regional levels who may be able to assist with influencing processes as well as assisting the regions to help advocate for important human rights treaties and facilitate the exchange of best practice STATUS: Strategic Objective 5: Engaging with members, other stakeholders and international development organizations to protect the rights of blind and partially sighted persons in situations of disaster, humanitarian emergency or conflict and to ensure that all services and programs are accessible to them Objective Leader: Michiko Tabata INITIATIVE # 1: Develop strategy to support WBU’s role and engagement in situations of disaster, humanitarian emergency or conflict, using relevant resources ACTION PLAN Identification of resources, discussion on strategies, documentation Develop a MoU (or similar agreement) with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Adoption of a WBU Declaration on the situation of Blind and Partially sighted displaced and refugee people by the action of Disaster STATUS:
ACTION PLAN The committee will solicit information from WBU member countries about the persons who are engaged at political levels in their respective countries along with their contact details Develop a database and network to connect these political leaders at regional levels who may be able to assist with influencing processes as well as assisting the regions to help advocate for important human rights treaties and facilitate the exchange of best practice STATUS: Strategic Objective 5: Engaging with members, other stakeholders and international development organizations to protect the rights of blind and partially sighted persons in situations of disaster, humanitarian emergency or conflict and to ensure that all services and programs are accessible to them Objective Leader: Michiko Tabata INITIATIVE # 1: Develop strategy to support WBU’s role and engagement in situations of disaster, humanitarian emergency or conflict, using relevant resources ACTION PLAN Identification of resources, discussion on strategies, documentation Develop a MoU (or similar agreement) with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Adoption of a WBU Declaration on the situation of Blind and Partially sighted displaced and refugee people by the action of Disaster STATUS:
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