HIV Call to Action.pdfMicah Network Disability Forum
The newly established Micah Network Disability Forum has approximately 45 members, and is designed to facilitate information and resource sharing between disability specialists and others whose programs involve disability.
Draft Terms of Reference
1. Name: Micah Network Disability Forum
2. Purposes:
- to link Micah Network members working on or concerned with disability
- to advocate on disability inclusion as a critical development and ministry issue for Micah Network members and the broader community
- to share information, learnings, strategies and resources (eg technical support publications, theological reflections, case studies, good practices, policy and briefing papers and training materials) to better equip one another to respond to disability
- to link and integrate disability and development practice
- to develop the Micah Network website section on disability as a resource for information sharing, case studies, reflection and learning on disability http://en.micahnetwork.org/home/resources/disability
- to provide a space for fellowship and prayer for our work on disability
- to provide a space for development and dissemination of theological reflection on disability in different cultural and contextual settings
- to develop good practice guidelines and other resources where needed
- to act as a resource for the wider Micah Network member base (eg capacity building, speaking into the church and advocacy)
3. Scope:
Perhaps six topics of discussion/ information exchange:
- Sharing learnings and best practices (case studies, guidelines etc)
- Collaborative research
- Staff training and exchanges
- News and event updates (eg news and collaboration opportunities from other networks, coalitions, Australian Disability and Development Coalition, etc)
- Sharing Resources (print, film and music, poems, drama scripts, arts & crafts)
- Sharing ideas on fundraising methods, advocacy skills
4. Modes of discussion
- Email: the main mode, incorporating listserver, email discussion techniques and web archive of postings and resources (Dgroups)
- Website: key resources to be accessible on Micah Network website (Disability section)
- Teleconference/skype etc: secondary mode for sub-group project work and focused discussions
- Face to face: At Micah Network Consultations (eg October 2007, A Christian Response to the Marginalised, Malaysia) and strategic consultations on key issues
If you would like to enquire about joining the Micah Network Disability Forum, please email Anita.Deutschmann@micahnetwork.org