#Covid19Disability #LeaveNoOneBehind#
Draft programme
The objective of this hearing is to give the floor to one of the groups more hit by the COVID-19 pandemic: persons with disabilities (PWD). In particular, we will look into the situation concerning the prioritization of pwd, or lack of, in the vaccination rollouts within the EU.
09.00 a.m. - 09.30 a.m. | Testing connections
09.30 a.m. - 09.40 a.m. | Introduction
- Pietro Barbieri, President of the EESC Thematic Study Group
09.40 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. | Panel 1: COVID-19 Vaccination rollouts and persons with disabilities: experiences from EU Member States
Moderator: Catherine Naughton, Director, European Disability Forum (EDF)
Interventions by
- Dovile Juodkaite, EESC Member- Lithuania and Baltic States
- Sif Holst, EESC Member – Denmark and Scandinavian Countries
- Tudorel Tupilusi, EESC Member - Romania
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, EESC Member – Greece
- Miguel Angel Cabra de Luna, EESC Member – Spain
- Pietro Barbieri, EESC Member - Italy
- Albert Prevos, President, French Council of Disabled People for European Affairs (CFHE) - France
Q&A
11.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. | Break
11.45 a.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Panel 2: What can the EU and civil society do to ensure the prioritization of pwd in the vaccine rollout?
Interventions by
- Yannis Natsis, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
- Satish MISHRA, World Health organisation (WHO)
Q&A
12.55 p.m. - 01.00 p.m. | Break
12.45 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Pietro Barbieri, President of the Thematic Study Group on Disability Rights
Participants can speak FR/EN/IT/DA/PT/CS/PL/SK – LT/MT/RO/EL/ES (tbc) and listen to FR/EN/IT/PL – ES (tbc)