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GLADNET History

GLADNET Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training Overview RI Arab African Conference Djerba, Tunisia, October 26, 2007. GLADNET History. Early on, ILO recognized need for vehicle for information exchange among members

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GLADNET History

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  1. GLADNET Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and TrainingOverviewRI Arab African ConferenceDjerba, Tunisia, October 26, 2007

  2. 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.

  3. Current GLADNET Executive Board • Susanne Bruyère, Cornell University, USA (Chairperson) • Edwin deVos (past 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 • Michael Kamp, Tact/Vision, Netherlands • Hiroshi Kawamura, Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, Japan • Stig Larsson, HAREC, Sweden • Marc Maudinet, CTNERHI, France • Donal McAnaney, Rehab Group Roslyn Park, Ireland • Barbara Murray, ILO, Switzerland (ex officio) • Aldred Neufeldt, Community Rehabilitation/Disability Studies Program, Univ. of Calgary, Canada (Past Chair) • Femke Reijenga, ASTRI, Netherlands • Ilene Zeitzer, Disability Policy Solutions, USA

  4. 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 • October 10, 2006, Brisbane, Australia • October 24-26, 2007, Djerba, Tunisia

  5. GLADNET Serviceswith Cornell University Catherwood Library • Infobase - • 350 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 library’s extensive collection of books, periodicals, and practitioner resources.

  6. Infobase

  7. ILRAccess (Fee for Service Research)

  8. Collaboration with the Arab Region Going Forward • Network with other global organisations and events • Arab Decade of the Person with a Disability (2004 – 2014) • Specific activities related to the Arab Decade • Conference(s) • Gathering relevant related research of mutual interest • Networking on specific topics of interest

  9. 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

  10. Susanne M. Bruyère, GLADNET Chairperson • smb23@cornell.edu • Donal McAnaney, GLADNET Secretary/Treasurer • donalmcananey@gmail.com • Sharon VanCampen, GLADNET Secretariat • sav4@cornell.edu • Edwin deVos, Past Vice Chair • E.dVos@arbeid.tno.nl • Carl Raskin, GLADMail Editor • info@gladnet.org • GLADNET Infobase • http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/gladnetcollect/ • GLADNET Information Services • http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/ilrAccess/default.html

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