Doing the Right ThingsRight: People with Disabilities in the Labor Market GLADNET Business Meeting G

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Doing the Right Things RightPeople with
Disabilities in the Labor MarketGLADNET
Business MeetingGLADNET Annual General
MeetingNovember 10-11, 2005 - Manama, Bahrain
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Overview of GLADNET

• History
• Current Executive Board Members
• Current activities
• AGM
• GLADMail Network Survey
• GLADNET Leadership Operations Manual
• Website
• Relationship with Cornell University Catherwood
  Library
• Infobase
• Fee for Service Research from Website
• Collaboration with the Arab Region Going Forward

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GLADNET History

• Early on, ILO recognized need for vehicle for
  information exchange among members
• October 1994 questionnaire sent to disability
  organizations to ascertain the need of an
  organization such as GLADNET
• February, 1995 - meeting of what was to become
  GLADNET was held at the ILO. It was attended by
  53 organizations at their own expense
• 1997 -- GLADNET constituted as an international
  NGO at its annual general meeting. First elected
  Chair, Dr. Aldred Neufeldt, University of
  Calgary, Canada.
• Today, GLADNET has a world-wide network
  representing a select group that have committed
  themselves to creating and working for the
  vitality of a new kind of virtual organization.

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Current GLADNET Executive Board

• Susanne Bruyère, Cornell University, USA
  (Chairperson)
• Edwin deVos (Vice Chair)
• Donal McAnaney (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Beverley Beckles, National Centre for Persons
  with Disabilities, Trinidad and Tobago
• Monroe Berkowitz, Rutgers University, USA
• Nick Buys, Centre for Human Services, Griffith
  University, Australia
• Edwin de Vos, NIA-TNO, the Netherlands
• Hiroshi Kawamura, Japanese Society for
  Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, Japan
• Stig Larsson, HAREC, Sweden
• Donal McAnaney, Rehab Group Roslyn Park, Ireland
• Barbara Murray, ILO, Switzerland (ex officio)
• Aldred Neufeldt, Community Rehabilitation/Disabili
  ty Studies Program, Univ. of Calgary, Canada
  (Past Chair)
• Bob Ransom, ILO, Switzerland (ex officio)
• Ilene Zeitzer, Disability Policy Solutions, USA

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Annual General Meetings

• May 29, 1997, Montreal, Canada
• August 20-22, 1998, Wanchai, Hong Kong
• May 26-29, 1999 International Labour Organisation
  (ILO) Geneva, Switzerland
• May 25-26, 2000, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
• May 16-18, 2001, Kyoto, Japan
• December 8-9, 2003 International Labour
  Organisation (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland
• November 10-11, 2005, Manama, Bahrain

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GLADMail Network Survey

• In the fall of 2004, the GLADNET Executive Board
  designed a survey to gather input from the
  GLADNET network about GLADNET activities now and
  in the future. 
• The survey was distributed on October 28, 2004 in
  anelectronic format to the 618 email addresses
  on the GLADMail list. 
• At the end of this two-week period, a total of 45
  respondents of the 618 in the GLADMail network
  listing (7). 
• The following is a summary of the major themes
  fromthe information gathered from these survey
  results.

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GLADMail Network Survey Results

• GLADNET website rated most important activity
• GLADMail network members most often looking for
  published research articles
• Currently, most often consult Google or other
  online search engines, publicly available
  electronic databases, and subscription databases
• 80 would use a customized service provided by
  GLADNET to identify current research and
  publications on specific topics
• Majority of respondents willing to pay nothing or
  no more than 100/year for such service

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GLADMail Network Survey Results (cont)

• Members most often felt GLADNET should meet once
  a year
• Theme of meeting was very important in decision
  to attend
• Location of meeting also very important
• Proximity to other global disability conferences
  or events also a factor in deciding to attend
• Cost of attendance an important factor

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GLADNET Leadership Operations Manual

• History of GLADNET
• GLADNET General Assembly
• GLADNET Board of Directors
• Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary-Treasurer
  , other Officers
• GLADNET Secretariat
• GLADNET Executive Director, Operations Manager,
  Webmaster, GLADMail Editor, InfoBase Manager
• Appendices
• By-laws of the GLADNET Association
• Minutes from Past Annual General Meetings
• Minutes of Past Board of Directors Meetings
• Locations of Annual General Meetings by Year
• Past Board of Directors Chairpersons and Members
  by Year

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GLADNET Website

• Contact Us
• About (Description, annual report, list of board
  members)
• Infobase (link to search the Infobase now hosted
  at Cornell University)
• Services (link to ILRAccess service for GLADNET
  members)
• Events (GLADNET events and other events important
  to GLADNET community)
• Links (External online resources of use to
  members)
• Membership (Benefits of membership application)
• GLADmail (Link to subscribe)

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Relationship with Cornell University Catherwood
Library

• Infobase -
• 150 publications
• Available in different languages
• Google searchable
• Fee for service research from website
• comprehensive research services on work related
  topics, as well as document delivery from the
  librarys extensive collection of books,
  periodicals, and practitioner resources.

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Infobase
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ILRAccess (Fee for Service Research)
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Collaboration with the Arab Region Going Forward

• Discussion at AGM
• Ideas for collaboration in the future
• Network with other global organisations and
  events
• Arab Decade of the Person with a Disability (2004
  2014)
• Specific activities related to the Arab Decade

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Discuss major areas where GLADNET might help your
country or the Region?

• Issues?
• Right to work and employment issues?
• Employment for disabled youth?
• Employment for women with disabilities?
• Training program information? If so, what types
  of training? 
• Networking with others?
• Others

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Susanne M. Bruyère, GLADNET Chairperson smb23_at_cor
nell.edu Aldred Neufeld, GLADNET, Past
Chair aneufeld_at_ucalgary.ca Sharon VanCampen,
GLADNET Secretariat sav4_at_cornell.edu Edwin
deVos, Vice Chair E.dVos_at_arbeid.tno.nl Donal
McAnaney, Secretary/Treasurer) donalmcananey_at_reh
ab.ie Carl Raskin, GLADMail Editor info_at_gladnet.
org GLADNET Infobase http//digitalcommons.ilr.co
rnell.edu/gladnetcollect/ GLADNET Information
Services http//www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/ilrAc
cess/default.html