PROGRAMME:
9.00 Registration and coffee
9.30 Welcome and Introduction – Nicola Ramsden, Chairman of The BEARR Trust
9.45 Overview. Changes in attitudes to disability, challenges of stigma and inclusion – a Russian and a British perspective
Speakers:
Anna Portugalova, Director, Downside Up, Charitable Fund Moscow
Andrea Bennett, former BEARR Trustee, Chair of Trustees at ‘For Us Too’, East Kent, UK
Discussant: Professor Christopher Gerry, Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Political Economy, School of Global and Area Studies, Oxford
Chair: Nicola Ramsden, Chairman of The BEARR Trust
11.00 Coffee
11.30 PANEL 1: Leaving care, accommodation, supported living, accessibility
Maia Shishniashvili, Hand in Hand, Georgia
Dilmurad Yusupov, doctoral researcher, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University and co-founder of NGO “Sharoit Plus”
Chair: Ali Lantukh, Trustee of the BEARR Trust
12.30 Buffet lunch
13.45 PANEL 2: Inclusive education and training
Tanya Buynovskaya, Director of Operations, Healthprom, UK
Viorica Cojocaru, CCF (Child, Community, Family) NGO, Moldova
Chair: Ross Gill, Trustee of the BEARR Trust
14.45 Tea
15.15 PANEL 3: Employment and employers; digital access
Iryna Los, Director, Centre for Legal Assistance, Open Doors NGO, Nikopol Ukraine
Vardine Grigoryan, Board Member, “Disability-Inclusive Development” NGO, Armenia
Chair: Biljana Radonjic Ker-Lindsay, Trustee of the BEARR Trust
16.15 Conclusions
16.30 Close (Participants are invited to stay for a glass of wine and informal discussion)
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