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Secretariat of the GPDD

The World Bank has selected the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI) to host the Secretariat of the Global Partnership for Disability and Development (GPDD). BBI will receive $350,000 from the World Bank's Development Grant Facility (DGF)— and will likely receive another $350,000 in 2009 — to support the growth, organizational development, and membership development of the GPDD. In turn, the GPDD shares information, expands knowledge, improves public policies and practices, and fosters collaboration to improve education and economic opportunity for individuals with disabilities and their families worldwide. In an open, international, competitive process, BBI and the Coordinating Task Force jointly selected María Reina as the Executive Director of the GPDD.

The Burton Blatt Institute is a premier organization that advances the civic, economic, and social participation of people with disabilities in a global society by creating a collaborative environment to foster public-private dialogue, and the capacity to transform policy, systems, and people through inclusive education, the workforce, and communities. Through a global network for research, education, training, technical assistance and outreach, BBI is building the next generation of leaders in law, education, communications, public policy, business, social science, arts, architecture, and technology; and shaping new knowledge to foster high expectations about access, inclusion, and effective and meaningful participation of individuals with disabilities in the social and economic mainstream.

For detailed information, including biographies of the BBI team and descriptions of its programs and services, visit the BBI website at http://bbi.syr.edu