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Presentation: Text version of a PowerPoint Presentation:
BMF Target and
Strategies Implementation Assessment
Presented by Jeongkee Hong
Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
UNESCAP
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BMF Target and Strategies Implementation Assessment
18 October 2006
Jeongkee Hong
Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
UNESCAP
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Effective mid-point mandated by BMF
- Para 63 of the BMF:
- A mid-point review of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action
should be conducted. Based on the review, the targets and strategic
plans for the second half of the Decade may be modified and new targets
and strategic plans formulated.
- Resolution 61/8 of May 2005:
- Mandates a high-level intergovernmental meeting in 2007 and adoption
of the BMF plus 5, as a set of effective
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Graphic Presentation of the Priority Area
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Description of "Graphic Presentation of the
priority
areas" for the visually impaired:
The graphic is composed of five boxes surrounding and attached to a
circle in the center.
Within the central circle are a box and a circle. In the box is the text
"Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related family and
parental associations". In the circle is the text" Women with disabilities."
The five surrounding boxes have the following text, from the bottom
right, clockwise. The first box has "poverty alleviation through
capacity-building, social security and sustainable livelihood". The second
box has "Early detection, early intervention and education". The third box
has "Traiing and employment, including self-employment". The fourth box has
"Access to built environments and public transport". The fifth and final box
has "Access to information and communications, including information,
communication and assistive technologies."
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BMF Priority Areas for Action
- Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related
family and parent associations (Target 1~2);
- Women with disabilities (Target 3~5);
- Early detection, early intervention and education (Target 6~9);
- Training and employment, including self-employment (Target 10~12);
- Access to built environments and public transport (Target 13~15);
- Access to information and communications, including information,
communications and assistive technologies (Target 16~20);
- Poverty alleviation through capacity-building, social security and
sustainable livelihood programmes (Target 21).
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Strategies to Achieve the Target of the BMF
- National plan of action (five years) on disability (strategy 1)
- Promotion of a rights-based approach to disability issues (strategy
2~7)
- Disability Statistics/common definition of disabilities for planning
(strategy 8~9)
- Strengthen community-based approaches to the prevention of cause of
disability, rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities
(strategy 10)
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Cooperation and Support in pursuance of the BMF
- Subregional cooperation and collaboration (strategy 11~12)
- Regional Cooperation
- Collaboration with the Asian and Pacific Development Center on
Disability (strategy 13)
- Networking among centres of excellence in focused areas (strategy
14~16)
- Inter-regional Cooperation (strategy 17)
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Main Components of 2005 Survey
- National commitment for disability matters
- National Mechanism
- National Plan of Action
- Actions to Implement the BMF
- Mainstreaming of disability issues in policy
- Legislation
- International convention for PWDs
- Constitution
- Integration of disability concerns
- Sectoral laws for PWDs
- Comprehensive law
- Disability-specific anti-discrimination law
- Participation of PWDs
- Disability statistics available for planning purposes
- BMF priority areas
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Sample of 2005 Survey
- Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related
family and parent association
21-a. Do you have any national cross-disability self-help
organizations?
Yes ( ) No ( )
21-b. If yes in 21-a., please indicate:
Name of the organization (_________________________________)
Year of establishment (_________________________________)
Name and contact address of the focal point ________________)
21-c. Please indicate the types of support provided by your government
for self-help organizations (check all that apply):
Financial assistance ( )
In-kind donation ( )
Preferred contract with the organization ( )
Provision of human resources ( )
Tax-exemption ( )
Others (please specify)
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Characteristics of 2005 Survey
- Relevant Information Collection
- Existing Legislative Framework, National Plan of Action, Mechanisms,
etc
- Statistical Data
- Simple and Categorical Questions
- Multiple Choices, but limited Scope of Categories
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Basic Element of 2006 Questionnaire
- Update of Previous Survey
- Target-by-Target Approaches
- Descriptive, rather than Multiple Choices
- Focus on the Target Achievement
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2006 Survey Questionnaire (Example)
Target 1.
Governments, international funding agencies and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) should, by 2004, establish policies with the
requisite resource allocations to support the development and formation of
self-help organizations of persons with disabilities in all areas, and
with a specific focus on slum and rural dwellers. Governments should take
steps to ensure the formation of parents associations at local levels by
the year 2005 and federate them at the national level by year 2010.
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2006 Questionnaire (Example) (cont..)
Questions
- Specification of any policy to support the development and formation
of self-help organisations (SHOs) with PWDs established by your
Government, including the year of the establishment and the main component
of the policy
- Types of financial support provided to SHOs by the Government.
Allocation in a requisite level?
- Does the policy to support SHOs in all areas, especially focus on slum
and rural areas?
- Specification of any measures to ensure the formation of parent
associations at local and national level taken by the Government. The year
of the formation at local and national level, respectively.
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Challenges
- Early Formulation of Survey Questionnaire
- Distribution of the Survey to the related authorities for PWDs,
including Government, and NGOs
- Increase the Rate of Response within deadline
- Pertinent Interpretation on the Survey Results
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Time frame for The Biwako Plus Five
- Oct. 2006 Drafting Questionnaire
- Nov. 2006 Distribution of Survey
- End of Jan. 2007 Deadline of Survey
- Feb. ~ July. 2007 Assessment of BMF
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Thank you for your attention
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