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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
18-20 October 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

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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

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Day 1: Wednesday, 18 October 2006

0900 1. Opening of the meeting.
Opening Speech by Mr Barry Cable, officer in charge and a.i. of UN ESCAP
0915 Coffee Break
0930 2. Election of officers.
0940 3. Adoption of the agenda.
0945 4. Purpose of the Workshop and the road map towards the 2007 high-level intergovernmental meeting [PowerPoint slides]
0945-1015  “Road map to the high-level intergovernmental meeting and the purpose of the workshop,” presentation by Aiko Akiyama, Project Expert on Disability, Emerging Social Issues Division (ESID), ESCAP
1015-1030 “BMF target and strategies implementation assessment,” presented by Jeongkee Hong, Expert on Disability, ESID, ESCAP [PowerPoint slides]
1030-1045 Question and answer
1045 5. Discussion on the implementation of the targets in the BMF.
1045-1145 Country presentations( about 8)
1145 Lunch Break
1315 5. Discussion on the implementation of the targets in the BMF
  1315-1415 Continuation of country presentations (about 7)
  1415-1430 Summary presentation by Mr Joseph Kwok, Associate Professor of City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
  1430-1500 Discussion “What are the challenges for the second half of the Decade?”
1500 Coffee break
1515 6. Towards disability-inclusive development.
  1515-1545 Overview of disability-inclusive development and roles SHOs and others can play,” presented by Mr Yutaka Takamine, Professor at Ryukyu University
  1545-1630 Discussion on the topic

Day 2: Thursday, 19 October 2006

0900 7. Nothing about us without us-SHOs and advocacy.
  900-9030 Achievements and challenges on advocacy by SHOs and others
Presented by Mr Topong Kulkhanchit, Development Officer, Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), Asia-Pacific Regional Office
  930-1015 Discussion on the topic
1015 Coffee break
1030 8. Sustainable development and networking of SHOs.
  1030-1100 Social capital and social enterprise: A complementary strategy for sustainable development of self help organizations of people with disabilities,” presented by Mr. Joseph Kwok, Associate Professor of City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. [PowerPoint presentation.]
  1100-1145 Discussion on the topic
1145 Lunch break
1315 9. International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and SHOs.
  1315-1330 Current Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and SHOs roles thus far, presentation to be announced
  1330-1400 Discussion on the topic
1415 10. Overview of disability statistics in ESCAP region-exploring roles SHOs can play
  1415-1430 ESCAP activities on disability statistics
Presented by Mr. Daniel Clark, Project Assistant, Statistics Division, ESCAP
  1430-1515 Discussion on the topic
1515 Coffee break
1530 11. Discussion on the Biwako Plus Five.
  1530-1545 What is BMF plus five and inputs so far, presented by Ms. Keiko Osaki, Chief, Population and Social Integration Section, ESID [PowerPoint slides]
  1545-1630 Discussion

Day 3: Friday, 20 October 2006

0900 12. Drafting Committee for the Joint Statement
1130 13. Plenary review and adoption of the draft Joint Statement and Summary Report of the
Workshop
  1130-1200 Summary of discussion so far and presentation of the joint statement
presented by Mr. Topong Kulkhanchit and Mr. Yutaka Takamine
1200 Lunch break
1315 13. Plenary review and adoption of the draft Joint Statement and Summary Report of the
Workshop.
  1315-1500 Discussion and adoption of the Joint Statement and summary report of the workshop
1500 Coffee break
1530  14. Closing: Closing remark

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