Dear Members,
We hope you are doing well. February was a big month for the disability sector. The second Global Disability Summit brought people and organizations from around the world together (virtually) to learn about the progress made towards disability inclusion since the last Global Disability Summit in 2018. The Summit has also been an opportunity to discuss how we can ensure to push this agenda forward.
One of the thematic areas of the Summit was disability-inclusive education. Of the 1,416 new commitments that were made this year, 229 are on disability inclusive education. The World Bank continues to make progress towards its own commitment to ensure that all World Bank financed projects/programs in education are disability inclusive by 2025.
Many side events focused on success stories, challenges, lessons learned, and “what next?”. One of those events was our own “Every Learner Matters: Sharing Experiences from the World Bank’s programs on Disability-Inclusive Education”.
This issue features recordings and other resources from side events hosted by organizations working together on disability-inclusive education.
Our Community of Practice counts over 2700 members now, and we are excited that you are a part of this group. Please keep sharing resources and engaging in discussions as this community wouldn't exist without you. We are so grateful for our continued collaboration in achieving the goal of ensuring all children have access to quality inclusive education.
Please reach out to us if you have a blog post or anything else you would like featured on the IEI website—we are happy to feature your work on disability-inclusive education. You can email us at iei@worldbank.org or join our LinkedIn Group and post questions directly there.
All the best,
The Inclusive Education Initiative Team
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