Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network Meeting 31 January to 2 February 2018, Helsinki Participant list Jointly organised by the GLAD Co-chairs, the Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia (DFAT) and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and co-hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA Finland) and the Abilis Foundation. **Denotes GLAD Steering Committee Member; *Denotes GLAD Network Member; No star denotes Observer or Guest to meeting Abilis Foundation** Kalle Könkkölä Chair Marjo Heinonen Executive Director Andrea Fichtmuller Programme Coordinator Nathaly Guzmán Figueroa Programme Coordinator Slade Syakango Programme Coordinator Hisayo Katsui Research and Development Manager Birendra Pokharel Disability and Development Expert Paola Guzmán Figueroa Photographer Ariba Martine Booth Head of Business Development Big Lottery Fund Christopher Manion International Portfolio Manager Business Disability International** Susan Scott-Parker CEO & Founder CBM Australia (DFAT Technical Partner) Briana Wilson Disability Inclusion Advisor- Manager Disability Rights Fund** Diana Samarasan Founding Executive Director European Commission* Cecile Grosjean International Aid, Cooperation Officer Humlog Institute Hlekiwe Kachali Director International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIAPP) Federico Martire Director, Bridging the Gap Finnish Church Aid Eija Alajarva Head of Humanitarian Assistance Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Secretariat Federica Settimi GLAD Assistant
Government of Australia Senator the Hon Concetta Minister for International Development and the Pacific Michelle (Elle) Pendrick Adviser Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia** Jonathan Kenna Ambassador, Stockholm, Sweden Kevin Magee Assistant Secretary, Northern Southern and Eastern Europe Branch Mika Kontiainen Director, Disability Jane Van Vliet Assistant Director, Humanitarian Partnerships Jade Cooper GLAD Secretariat/Program and Policy Officer, Disability Antony Lynch Second Secretary, Stockholm, Sweden Kristy Fitzgerald Program and Policy Officer, Disability Susanna Fridlund Videographer Government of Canada Global Affairs Canada* Sarah D'Aoust Policy Analyst Government of Finland Kai Mykkänen Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Helenius Heidi-Maria Communication Officer, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA Finland)** Katariina Sario Senior Adviser, Non-discrimination Ilkka Raisanen Ambassador, Chief Specialist Satu Pehu-Voima Education Advisor Janina Hasenson Legal Counsellor Kimmo Laukkanen Deputy Director Claus Jerker Lindroos Director, Humanitarian assistance and policy Anna Malinen Humanitarian assistance and policy unit Katja Fokin Legal Officer Satu Lassila Senior Adviser Jouko Eskelinen Senior Adviser Alva Bruun Senior Adviser Government of Germany Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)** Heike Kuhn Head of Division
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)** Bernd Schramm Project Manager, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Esther Sommer Advisor, Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Government of Ireland Irish Aid* Abby Ryan Governance, Human Rights and Gender Equality Team Government of Norway Norwegian Agency for Development NORAD** Gørild Dagmar Mathisen Head of Section for Human Rights, Gender and Fragility Ivar Evensmo Senior Adviser Government of Sweden Swedish International Development Agency SIDA (Sweden)** Birgitta Weibahr Senior Policy Specialist, Human Rights and Democracy Government of the United Kingdom UK Department for International Development** Gerard Howe Head, Inclusive Societies Department Penny Innes Head, Disability Inclusion Team Richard Boden Deputy Team Leader, Disability Inclusion Team Alasdair Grant Lead, Global Disability Summit Ian Attfield Senior Education Advisor Claire Clement Policy Advisor - Humanitarian Government of the United States of America, USAID** Rebecca Levy Division Chief, Empowerment and Inclusion Joshua Josa Disability Inclusive Education Specialist International Committee of the Red Cross Mina Mojtahedi Disability Inclusion Coordinator Mary Werntz Deputy Director of Operations International Disability Alliance** Colin Allen Chair Vladimir Cuk Executive Director Priscille Geiser Program Manager Alex Cote Consultant Talin Avades Assistant to Executive Director International Disability and Development Consortium (Advisor) Dominic Haslam Chair Alessia Rogai
Knowledge management and learning coordinator, Bridging the Gap II (IDDC) International Labour Organization* Stefan Tromel Senior Disability Specialist Nippon Foundation* Yishii Yasubonu Senior Program Director ONCE Foundation Javier Güemes Technical Director, International Relations Office Open Society Foundation** Alison Hillman Unit Manager Pacific Disability Forum Nellie Caleb Co-chair Quality Outcomes Limited Valli Yanni Meeting Facilitator Sasana Inklusi dan Gerakan Advokasi Difabel (SIGAB) Indonesia Mohammad Syafi'ie Research Coordinator Joni Yulianto Advocacy Advisor Shaw Trust Nick Carey Chief of Staff United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF* Rosangela Berman Bieler Senior Adviser, Children with Disabilities Gopal Mitra Programme Specialist, Children with Disabilities Carlos de la Espriella Contracts Officer, Constructions United Nations Development Program (UNDP)* Sarah Rattray Lead Advisor on Disability United Nations Development Programme, UNPRPD Technical Secretariat** Emanuele Sapienza Global Policy Specialist, Civil Engagement United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)* Jennifer Pye UNESCO IIEP specialist in Inclusive Education United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)* UN Women Maribel Derjani-Bayeh, Policy Specialist (UN Women, and as rotating Chair, also represents the Inter-Agency Support Group on the CRPD (IASG)) United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Niels Lohmann Team Leader Capacity Development Vammaiskumppanuus - Disability Partnership Finland Anja Malm Executive Director Washington Group for Disability Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics* Jennifer Madans Associate Director for Science, NCHS World Bank**
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo Global Disability Advisor Anna-Maria Eftimiadis Senior Partnerships Specialist World Federation of the Deaf Meri Hyrske-Fischer Team Leader Eeva Tupi Human Rights Officer World Health Organisation Chapal Khasnabis Programme Manager, GATE Personal Assistants, sign-language interpreters and closed-captioning providers Eiri Välikangas Captioning Riikka Oderychev Captioning Jacqueline Lightfoot Interpreting services Jacqueline Shelton American Sign Language Interpreter Jertta Kangas-Lumme Finnish Sign Language Interpreter Liz Scott Gibson International Sign Interpreter Ellen Hoang Sign interpreter Tarja Sandholm Sign Interpreter Kati Lakner Sign Interpreter Kalyan Debnath Personal Assistant Marko Tabakovic Personal Assistant