The International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment, ICEVI takes this opportunity to welcome you to the 6thAfrica Forum here in Kampala, Uganda. ICEVI is once again proud to be associated with the largest convening in the blindness sector in Africa, as part of the committed planning team and as a host and co-host of various panel discussions and interactive workshops in education.
We invite you to several exciting engagements in the course of the week. Majorly, we are re-launching the EFA-VI Global Campaign alongside the Forum launch. Tuesday 6th October is the Forum’s Day of Education. This is the day that ICEVI and stakeholders in education will engage to interrogate our mission ‘to promote equal access to appropriate education for all children and youth with visual impairment so that they achieve their full potential.’ With the launch of Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs), ICEVI is taking advantage of the Forum and as a platform to propose appropriate strategies for achieving this mission as we aim at ‘achieving inclusive and quality education for all persons with visual impairment , and their lifelong learning’ in this era of renewed commitment for EFA. On behalf of ICEVI in Africa and ICEVI global, I once again welcome you all to the 6TH Africa Forum!
Tigabu Gebremedhin
