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Organized by:
UN ESCAP
(United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Population and Social Integration
Section, Emerging Social Issues Division
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Agents of Change: Workshop on Self-help Organizations of Persons with
Disabilities (SHOs), Related Family and Parents Associations and Women with
Disabilities towards Biwako Plus five
Bangkok, Thailand, 18-20 October 2006
  Joint
Statement on Agents of Change
The
mid-point assessment of the
Second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012) is
scheduled to take place in September 2007, at a high-level intergovernmental
meeting. At the meeting, implementation of the regional policy guideline,
the
Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free
and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the
Pacific (BMF) will be reviewed and the supplementary document for the
BMF, “Biwako Plus Five,” covering the latter half of the Decade, 2008-2012,
will be adopted.
BMF places the primary importance on self-help organizations of persons
with disabilities and related family and parent associations (known as
priority area (a)), as agents of change, most qualified and best
equipped for policy needs assessment, formulation, implementation and
monitoring. BMF also emphasizes that members of the organizations should be
inclusive of women and girls with disabilities, persons with intellectual
disabilities, persons with psycho-social disabilities and persons in rural
communities.
This workshop has the following five objectives:
- Conduct in-depth review of the implementation of BMF targets,
particularly 1 to 5 in the priority areas a) and b);
- Identify good practices to achieve the targets;
- Explore roles of SHOs and others in development and advocacy, and
identify ways and means for sustainable development of SHOs and others;
- Explore potential roles SHOs and others can play in the initial
implementation of the convention and disability data collection;
- Making inputs to the draft Biwako Plus Five.
At the end of the Workshop, a joint statement and a summary report on
review of the BMF targets implementation and inputs to the draft Biwako Plus
Five will be adopted. |
