Blue Bird Taxi with Social Responsibility

February 5, 2015

Blue Bird Group, the leading taxi company in Indonesia, supported the third Regional Dialogue with complimentary transfer from and to the airport for many of the participants and speakers arriving from abroad.

Blue Bird also provided AGENDA with…

The Third Regional Dialogue on Access to Elections in Jakarta

February 4, 2015

From January 28-29, 2015 the third Regional Dialogue on Access to Elections brought together more than 200 representatives from disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs), election management bodies, governments, media, and international organizations to spark an exchange of ideas and best practices on strengthening equal access to political and electoral rights for persons with disabilities.…

New Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) Training Module on Disability Rights

February 3, 2015

In 2014, IFES began development on the first Disability Rights and Elections training module. The module’s content is informed by the standards identified in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The module development has been a collaborative effort…

AGENDA Meeting with Ministry of Social Affairs, Indonesia

January 27, 2015

On January 26, AGENDA and PPDI’s president met with the Minister of Social Affairs, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, to discuss the support of the minister for the Third Regional Dialogue in Jakarta on January 28-29, 2015 . The Minister has agreed to provide closing remarks of the Regional Dialogue.

Media Coordination Meeting KPU-RI and AGENDA

January 14, 2015

AGENDA lead by AGENDA-PPDI Program Manager on January 9, 2015 together with a Media Consultant have a meeting with KPU-RI Technical and Public Relations as well as Public Participation Bureau and Planning and Data Bureau. The meeting aims to coordinate media coverage and publication of the 3rd Regional Dialogue which will be held on…

AGENDA-KPU Audience Meeting on Regional Dialogue published on KPU Home Page

January 7, 2015

On 9th October 2014 AGENDA representatives that lead by Chris Donn met with Commissioner KPU-RI Sigit Pamungkas to discuss potential cooperation between KPU-RI and AGENDA to hold regional conference on disability access particularly on election. It’s going to be the 3rd regional conference organized by AGENDA. The conference aims to enhance accessible election…

Research on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

January 5, 2015

In the period of December 10 – 24, 2014 AGENDA conduct 24 in-depth interviews and three Focus Group Discussions (FGD) for the AGENDA research on political rights of persons with disabilities in Jakarta, Makassar (South Sulawesi) and Banda Aceh (Aceh). Those activities were part of AGENDA qualitative research project related to political participation…

AGENDA on Bali Civil Society Forum 2014

October 10, 2014

On 8-9 October AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor (PPDI) Risnawati U and Senior Program Officer (IFES) Erni A participated in Bali Civil Society Forum in a back-to-back program with Bali Democracy Forum VII. The program was devoted to…

Conference on the Inclusion of Persons with disabilities in the Electoral Processes in Islamabad, Pakistan

September 4, 2014

On 3-4 September, AGENDA’s Disability Rights Adviser acted as one of the speakers at a “Conference on the Inclusion of Persons with disabilities in the Electoral Processes” in Islamabad, Pakistan. Her session is on ‘Electoral Participation of Person with Disabilities, Why Should the Disability Communities Talk About Political Rights?'. In her session she…