The Global Disability Rights Library project announces a call for organizations to apply to receive a free digital Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL). Applications are open to disabled people’s organizations, universities, and agencies in developing countries. Sixty organizations will receive the digital library to empower them to disseminate valuable disability rights knowledge and toolkits to their communities.
The goal of the GDRL project is to improve the lives of persons with disabilities in developing countries. The project uses an innovative off-line digital storage technology to deliver digital resources to people beyond the reach of the internet. The electronic library will be stored in a hard drive, called an “eGranary unit” that also contains an interface emulating the look and functioning of the web but without requiring actual internet connectivity. Users will include disabled people’s organizations (DPOs), decision makers, government agencies, individual advocates, and others who cannot easily download information from the web. Read more about the GDRL project at:
http://www.usicd.org/index.cfm/global-disability-rights-library
The GDRL is a collaborative effort between the U.S. International Council on Disabilities and the University of Iowa’s WiderNet Project with support from USAID to bring the best materials on disability rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to developing countries.
Ideal deployment site candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to promoting and facilitating disability rights. Successful applicants will have the organizational capacity to become a hub for disseminating disability rights information and will be inclusive of a diverse disability community. Interested organizations are urged to review the application and full eligibility criteria posted on WiderNet’s website at:
http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/GDRLSiteSelection
There will be several selection rounds. Applicants not accepted in an early selection round will be immediately rolled over into subsequent selection rounds. Candidates are encouraged to apply early. *Please do not wait until the final deadline.*
Apply by March 1, 2011, to be considered for deployment by June 30, 2011
Apply by September 1, 2011, to be considered for deployment by December 31, 2011
Apply by May 1, 2012, to be considered for deployment by August 31, 2012
Questions about the application process or eligibility criteria should be directed to gdrl@usicd.org. Applicants who cannot use email also may reach us by post mail at
Andrea Shettle, MSW, MA
Program Manager, Global Disability Rights Library
United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD)
1012-14th Street, NW, Suite 105
Washington, DC 20005
United States of America
sommaire en français
Le projet Global Disability Rights Library (Bibliothèque globale pour les droits des personnes handicapées) lance un appel pour les organisations à appliquer pour obtenir gratuitement un bibliothèque digitale sur les droits des personnes handicapées. Les candidatures sont ouvertes aux organisations de personnes handicapées, universités et organismes dand les pays en voie de développement. Soixante organismes recevront la bibliothèque numérique pour leur permettre de diffuser des connaissances précieuses et des outils sur les droits des personnes handicapées dans leurs communautés.
resumen en español
El proyecto Global Disability Rights Library (Biblioteca Mundial de Derechos de los Discapacitados) hace un llamamiento a las organizaciones a solicitar una biblioteca digital gratuita sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Las nominaciones están abiertas a las personas con discapacidad, organizaciones, universidades y organismos de países en desarrollo. Sesenta organizaciones recibirán la biblioteca digital para que puedan difundir los conocimientos y herramientas valiosas sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad en sus comunidades.
