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Presentation: Text version of a PowerPoint Presentation:
Road Map to the
High-level Intergovernmental Meeting and Inputs to the Biwako plus 5
Presented by Keiko Osaki
Emerging Social Issues Division
UNESCAP
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Road Map to the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting and
Inputs to the Biwako plus 5
Keiko Osaki
Emerging Social Issues Division
ESCAP
19 October 2006
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Outline
- What is the Biwako + 5?
- Road Map to the High-level intergovernmental meeting
- Preliminary inputs for the Biwako +5
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Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards and Inclusive,
Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia
and the Pacific (BMF).
- A set of recommendations for action by Governments and concerned
stakeholders in the AP region.
- Adopted at the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting in Otsu, Japan, in
the eve of the second Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012.
- Consists of 7 priority areas for action
- Includes 21 targets
- Includes 9 strategies to achieve the targets
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Mid-point Review of the BMF
Para 63 of the BMF
“A mid-point review of the BMF 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.”
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High-level meeting in 2007
ESCAP resolution 61/8 (2005)
“Requests the Executive Secretary to hold in 2007, a high-level
intergovernmental meeting on the mid-point review of the Decade.”
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Biwako plus 5
- An outcome document to be adopted at the high-level intergovernmental
meeting on the mid-point review of the Decade in September 2007.
- A document that supplements the BMF and serves as a guide for further
effective implementation of the BMF.
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Review towards the high-level meeting
What are needed?
- Comprehensive review
- In-depth review of the target-by-target, strategy-by- strategy
achievements.
- Many of them are time bound
- (ex. target 1-5, 16, 18, strategy 8, 9)
- Reflection of emerging issues since 2002
- Natural disasters, civil conflicts
- Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
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Road Map to the High-level Meeting
2006 Nov. Distribution of the 2006 survey
2007 Jan. Deadline for submission of the reply
Feb. Expert Group Meeting
2nd BMF Stakeholders Coord. Meeting
May First draft of Biwako+5 for the review by Governments
July Draft to be finalized
Sept. High-level Intergovernmental Meeting
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Review of the BMF implementation
already started….
- 2003-2006: ESCAP regional workshops on various themes (ex. convention,
women, poverty alleviation, self-help groups, CBR, employment).
- 2003-2006: Meetings in collaboration with other stakeholders (ex. APDF,
LCI, CDPF)
- Periodic reports submitted by secretariat to the intergovernmental
meetings ( commission, committee and sub-committee).
- 2004 Survey on BMF implementation.
- 2006 Survey on BMF implementation (upcoming)
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Inputs from the 1st session of the BMF Stakeholders Coordination
Meeting, July 2006
- Disability-inclusive development
- Emphasis on marginalized groups of persons with disabilities
- Definition of disability (social approach to disability)
- Stereotype of categorization
- Lack of data to assess poverty level and social participation of
persons with disabilities.
- Disability-inclusive disaster preparedness and responses
- Relevance to the UN Convention on of the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities
- Needs for more collaboration among Governments, development agencies
and NGOs/DPOs.
- Effective action plans at national, provincial, local levels
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Your inputs are most welcome !
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