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RAHİMLİ Davud Said oglu
Expert on the rights of persons with disabilities and on accessibility for all
Home address: 4 Hamza Babashov str, apt. 34, 9th micro-district, Baku city AZ1147.
Phone (home): (+994 12) 569 38 49, Cell: (+994 50) 371 03 02
Work address: 166a M J Mammadzade street, Baku city AZ 1138
Phone (work): (+994 12) 434 48 36; telfax: (+994 12) 434 93 29;
E-mail: union-dpo@baku.az davudrehimli@gmail.com
Date of birth: 15.12.1958
Place of birth: Damirchi village of the Shamakhy region
Ist group disability from 1987
Education:
1966/67 - 1976/77 Secondary school at the village Damirchi of Shamakhy region
1979 - 1980 Technical school number 61 of Baku city (first-class diploma)
1982 - 1987 Baku Base Power Engineering Technical School (first -class diploma)
1990 - 1994 Azerbaijan State Oil Academy – the faculty of applied mathematics:
profession of an engineer-programmer
Language skills:
Azerbaijani - native
Turkish- good
Russian-good
English –beginner
Work experience and social activity
1977 - 1979 – Military Service in Army
1980 - 1987 - Baku Main Construction Office
1991 – 2014 The Society “For International Cooperation of People with Disabilities” -Chairman
1995 – 2005 National Assembly of Youth Organization of Republic Azerbaijan (NAYORA) –
member of the board
1998 – National representative of the World Disability Union
2003 – Union of Disabled People’s Organizations (UDPO) - President
2001 - Member of the board of National NGOs Forum
2005 - Member of the Expert Commission under the Ombudsman
2010 - Member of the Working Group on Convention “On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” of
the UN;
2012-2014 The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan
member of the following commissions:
- commission on implementing distribution of residential houses constructed in various cities and regions of the Republic for the families of people with disabilities and martyrs,
- commission on assistance to the solution of the social conditions and medical rehabilitation problems.
2013 - Member of the Expert Group on Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting to UN Treaty
Organizations
2011 - 2012 “Support to the activity of Ombudsman” UNICEF project- consultant-expert
2015 – Deputy Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection
of Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2015 – Chairman of the department on Eastern Europe and CIS countries of the Disabled People
International
2016 - Member of the Eastern Partnership National Civil Society Platform
2012 – 2017 - Expert on the evaluation of international projects on implementation of the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2015 – Director of “Universal Dizayn” Disability Adaptation Equipment LLC
2014 – Member of the working group "Human Rights and Business" under the Ombudsman
2017- An expert on investigation of disability issues in Central Asia and Azerbaijan
2017 - Member of the Government-Civil Society Dialogue Platform for Promotion of the Open
Government
2017 – Vice-president of the International Union of Organizations of People with Disabilities
2017 – Member of the European Disability Forum
2015 - 2019 Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of
Population of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2018- Member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Commission
2019 – Consultative status at UN Economic and Social Affairs Council (ECOSOC)
2019 – Member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals
2019 - Member of The Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities for UN Sustainable
Development Goals
2020 – Member of the European Network on Independent Living
Computer skils:
MS Office, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Internet Explorer
Participation in trainings:
“Management of NGOs”, “Strategic planning”, “Advocacy and lobbying”, “Fundraising”, “Management of the projects”, “To ensure sustainability of projects”, “Abilities to work in a team”, “Understanding of Disability”, ”Integration in education”, “The principles of the management of projects”, “Inclusive education”, “EU “PADOR” registration and preparation of project”, “Monitoring and evaluation", “Staff management and leadership”, “Nationalization and prioritization of SDGs”, “Development of proposals by civil society for implementation of SDGs”, “Promoting the role of civil society in gender-sensitive SDGs implementation”, “Social Media” trainings.
Master Training of Trainers program on “Support to NGOs in Advertising, Monitoring and Evaluating the Implementation of SDGs at National and Local Levels” organized in March 2019 in the frame of the project “Promoting the role of civil society in gender-sensitive implementation of Sustainable Development Goals” implemented by UNDP.
“Provision of accessibility of social infrastructure objects for people with disabilities and other groups of population with limited mobility” training organized in May 2019.
Carried out trainings:
“Understanding of Disability” in the communities of refugees and IDPs (internally displaced persons) (Aghdam, Barda, Terter, Mingechevir, Agjabedy)
Trainer-expert, “Physical barriers”, “Integrated education”, “Understanding of disability”, “Inclusive education”, “Community planning and development”, “Abilities to work in a team”, “Advocacy and lobbying”, “Development of skills”, “Monitoring and evaluation".
Publications:
7 books concerning disability issues and various brochures, posters and other publications
Participation in events:
Participation in number of local, regional, and international events. Participated in UN meetings in New York, Geneva, Vienna, Tbilisi, Baku.
Marital status: Married, have two sons