WFD President, Colin Allen gives a video summary of the International Disability Alliance (IDA) board meeting which was held for three days from 3 March to 5 March, in Nairobi, Kenya.

The IDA Board reviewed the work that had been done over the previous year, 2013, as well as the financial reports, which included the 2013 and 2014 budgets and received reports on their internal project work and IDA’s external representation work related to the United Nations, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities and other events in both New York and Geneva.

It was a high priority for IDA to commit to work in particular on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.  The IDA Board discussed in depth the goals, targets and indicators that promote inclusion and accessibility for persons with disabilities to be included for the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals.

It also discussed the preparation to recruit for the post of a new Executive Director, which will be advertised. Mr Vladimir Cuk is currently Acting Executive Director.

The IDA held their board elections for a two year term, effective from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016:

Chair	Maryanne Diamond, Immediate Past President, World Blind Union
First Vice-Chair	Colin Allen, President, World Federation of the Deaf
Second Vice-Chair	Ruth Warick, President, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People
Third Vice-Chair	Nawaf Kabbara, President, Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities
General Secretary	Klaus Lachwitz, Chair, Inclusion International and
Treasurer	Yannis Vardakastanis, President, European Disability Forum

The following three days are to promote the opportunity for the African Disabled Persons Organisations to gather in Kenya to discuss the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities in Africa.