Mission and objectivesThe Global Disability Summit (GDS) is a unique global mechanism that improves the lives of persons with disabilities, especially from the global South. It was created in 2017 to convene global, regional, and national stakeholders that share the same goal and vision for disability inclusive development and humanitarian action. The Summits aim to close the gap between two often disconnected areas: disability inclusion and development cooperation. GDS is more than just a two-day event held every three yearsโit is a mechanism involving continuous advocacy with global disability development stakeholders and the mobilization of the disability rights movement and its allies. At its core, GDS is a partnership between member states and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), exemplified by the collaborative approach to co-hosting arrangements.
ContextWe want to make the GDS as accessible as possible and support all participants in the best possible way. This also applies to the ones following the summit online. Many of our participants are people with disabilities from around the globe. They require different language and assistance options to follow the programme. The livestream of the plenary programme will be available in English, German and Arabic including live captions, sign language, audio description and easy language. Online participants can choose which language and assistance they require for their full and best participation. There will be different livestream players available to choose from. Interaction for the online audience will not be possible. The online participants can only view and listen to the stage programme. Due to the complexity of the GDS livestreams (9 different versions with different audio and visual channels), we want to install a volunteer quality control team that supports our big technical team with spotting possible errors quickly. To be fit for this task, there will be a video briefing call in March, so that you are equipped with all you need to know, what to look for, how to identifiy errors and how they should be reported to fix problems quickly.
Task DescriptionWe need the support of online volunteers to follow the GDS programme online and check different language and assistance options in the livestream players. And check whether the right signals arrive, meaning: - Do I hear the right language? - Do the live captions arrive without errors and big time delay? - Can I see the sign language interpreter? - Is the camera picture smooth without stopping? - Etc. YOU CAN DO THIS ASSIGNMENT FROM HOME. No need to be in Berlin, Germany. You can apply for this task if you speak English, German and/or Arabic. The GDS takes place on 2 - 3 April 2025 in Berlin and online. Times are not finalized yet, but please consider full days, roughly 9:00am - 6:00pm CET. It is possible to only be available for half days. This can be individually arranged. More information can be found in the column on assignment context and as stated there, will be briefed in detail during the video call in March 2025.
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