Dubai Inclusive Development Forum 2015 begins today

(MENAFN- Arab News)DUBAI: The "Dubai Inclusive Development Forum 2015" organized by the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai will be launched today in Dubai.
The two-day event will discuss the challenges and alternatives that contribute to turning Dubai into a disability-friendly city by the year 2020.
The forum falls under the "My Community... A City For Everyone" initiative launched by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council.
It aims to spread and exchange knowledge in various fields related to the rights of persons with disabilities and to discuss the methods that support their full inclusion in society. International experts academics practitioners in addition to local specialists will participate in this forum.
The agenda of the first day of the forum includes the presentation of several working papers to discuss and raise outstanding issues related to persons with disabilities. It will also include specialized dialogue sessions on developmental screening and early intervention inclusive urban development inclusive employment and entrepreneurship inclusive education and learning inclusive hospitality and tourism and social protection.
On the second day of the forum Aisha Miran Assistant Secretary General Strategy Management and Governance Sector at the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai will present the "My Community... A City for Everyone" initiative: Dubai's journey toward a disability-friendly city by the year 2020 and will shed light on the outlines of the Dubai strategy for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.
The Forum will also include specialized workshops with government task forces which are formed to develop plans and programs that achieve Dubai's future vision in the inclusion of persons with disabilities and the provision of equal opportunities.