Tag: International

Specific Objective: Strengthen the capacity of organizations of people with disabilities in monitoring and evaluating the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities across the Northern, Central, and Southern regions of Vietnam.

On the morning of December 2, 2022, the Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC) cooperated with the Club of Women with Disabilities in Vinh Linh District to organize a meeting to celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3. 2022. The event was organized in the form of a contest "Democratic flower picking contest".

From November 01 to November 08, The International Final Conference & Final Evaluation Meeting for the “Enable the Cooperation, Disable the Barriers” project was held. The conference was organized by 4 NGOs from different countries including Action to the Community Development Institute (ACDC - Vietnam), Perkumpulan Difabel SEHATI Sukoharjo (SEHATI - Indonesia), Zavod za izobrazevanje in inkluzijo ODTIZ (ODTIZ - Slovenia), Development Center Association of Individuals with Disability and Their Families (EBAGEM - Turkey). The project is funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.

The International Week of Deaf People (IWDP) and the International Day of Sign Languages ​​(IDSL) are two initiatives of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). These two events are held annually in September and are based on the founding date of the WFD (September 23, 1951) to provide an opportunity for the Deaf to celebrate their community, language, culture and history; make the public more aware of the local deaf community; and recognize the achievements of the Deaf Community. This is also a special occasion for organizations that are related or wish to engage with the Deaf Community to build and maintain relationships with the Deaf and be recognized as an ally of the Deaf Community.

From June 9 to June 15, the International Youth Training Program was held in Kocaeli, Turkey. The activity under the project “Enable the Cooperation, Disable the Barriers” is implemented by ACDC under the Erasmus+ Program funded by the European Union. This is a project that aims to strengthen the capacity of youth organizations including youth with disabilities in youth activities at the local, national and international levels, as well as, increase their active and sustainable participation of youth and promote sustainable cooperation among NGOs.

On May 11th -13th, 2022, in Hanoi, the United Nations Development Program in Vietnam (UNDP Viet Nam) in collaboration with ACDC organized a training workshop on "Feedback Mechanism and List of issues that need to be clarified in the first report on the implementation of the international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities by the Vietnamese government”. The event is sponsored by the Embassy of Norway in Vietnam and the Multi-Sponsorship Trust Fund for the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities among United Nations organizations.