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Presentation: Text version of a PowerPoint Presentation:
Purpose and
Outline of the Workshop
Presented by Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
UN ESCAP
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Purpose and Outline of the Workshop
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
Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
UN ESCAP
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Focus of the Workshop
- Self-help Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (SHOs), Related
Family and Parents Associations and Women with Disabilities
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Self-help organization
- “Self-help organization of people with disabilities is an organization
run by self-motivated disabled people to enable disabled peers in their
community to become similarly self-motivated, and self-reliant. The
organization may engage in efforts to provide community-based support
services through mutual support mechanisms and advocacy for disabled
persons to achieve their maximum potential, and assume responsibility for
their own lives. Thus-characterized by self-determination and control by
disabled people, self-advocacy and mutual support mechanisms, aimed at
strengthening the participation of people with disabilities in community.”
–ESCAP publication, 1997.
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BMF and its related ESCAP activities- 7 priority areas
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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SHOs, related family and parents associations
Agents of change
most qualified and best equipped to speak on their behalf for proper
design and implementation of policy, legislation and strategies—according
to the BMF
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Effective mid-point mandated by BMF
- Para 63 of the BMF:
- Based on the review, a mid-point review of the BMF should be
conducted. 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 an outcome document, a supplementary guideline for
the second half of the Decade.
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Review of the BMF implementation thus far
- 2004 Survey and BMF monitoring workshop.
- 2006 Disability at a Glance.
- 2003-2006 ESCAP regional workshops on various themes (convention,
women, poverty alleviation, self-help groups, CBR, employment).
- 2003-2006 Collaboration with other actors-APCD, APDF, LCI, CDPF…
- Periodic reports submitted by the secretariat to the intergovernmental
meetings ( commission, committee and sub-committee).
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Review of the BMF implementation needed from now on.
- In-depth review of the target-by-target, strategy-by- strategy
achievements.
- Time bound targets- target 1, 2, 3,4,5, targeted at 2004, 2005
- Structure of the BMF.
- Surgery to be conducted by ESCAP----
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Purpose 1 of the Workshop
Review of the targets 1 from 5
Under agenda
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Priority area 1-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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Priority area 1-Target 2
- Governments and civil society organizations should, by 2005, fully
include organizations of persons with disabilities in their
decision-making processes involving planning and programme implementation
which directly and indirectly affect their lives.
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Convention draft 10 October
- Article 4-3
- “In the development and implementation of legislation and policies to
implement the present Convention, an in other decision-making processes
concerning issues relating to persons with disabilities, State Parties
shall closely consult with and actively involve persons with disabilities,
including children with disabilities, through their representative
organizations.”
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Priority area 2-Target 3
- Governments should by 2005, ensure anti-discrimination measures, where
appropriate, which safeguards the rights of women with disabilities.
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Priority area 2-Target 4
- National self-help organizations of persons with disabilities should,
by 2005, adopt policies to promote the full participation and equal
representation of women with disabilities in their activities, including
in management, organizational training and advocacy programmes.
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Priority area 2-Target 5
- Women with disabilities should, by 2005, be included in the membership
of national mainstream women’s associations.
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Review of the targets 1 from 5
How much was done, what are the challenges? Who should do what to
overcome the challenges and achieve the targets?
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Agenda 5
- Presentation by those who were asked to prepare the BMF information
sheet in the alphabetical order of the country and an area.
- Summary- by Mr Joseph Kwok.
- Discussion –led by Ms Penny Price
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Purpose 2 of the Workshop
- Exploring roles of SHOs, family and parents organizations in selected
areas
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Issues related to SHOs, family, parent associations
- Leadership
- Management
- Single disability organization , cross-disability organization
- Gender balance, representation of marginalized persons with
disabilities.
- Sustainable financial support
- Networking
- Knowledge gap bet. rural and central organizations.
- Differentiation bet. Substituted decision-making and supported
decision making.
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Selected areas
- Development –more activities during the last four years
- Advocacy- trademark of SHOs and others
- Sustainable development and utilization of social capital.
- International convention-competency of SHOs and others were proved
- Disability data collection- incorporation of ICF
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Presenters
- Mr Yutaka Takamine - development agenda 6
- Mr Topong Kulkhanchit - advocacy agenda 7
- Mr Joseph Kwok-social capital and sustainable development - agenda 8
- Mr Monthian-Buntan-convention - agenda 9
- Ms Daniel Clarke-disability data collection - agenda 10
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Discussion threads under each presentation
- What roles SHOs and others have played so far?
- What have they accomplished?
- What impacts have they had on?
- What roles can they play in the future?
- What Governments, NGOs, SHOs, donors should do to promote more active
role playing of SHOs?
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Agenda6- disability-inclusive development
- Presentation- Mr Yutaka Takamine
- Discussion led by Ms Kannita.
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Agenda 7
Nothing about us without us
- Presentation- Mr Topong Kulkhanchit
- Discussion –led by Ms Venus Illagan.
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Agenda 8- social capital and social enterprise
- Presentation- Mr Joseph Kwok.
- Discussion-led by Ms Venus Illagan
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Agenda 9
Convention-
- Presentation- Mr Monthian-Buntan
- Discussion-led by Mr Khandaker Alam.
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Agenda 10 -disability data collection
- Presentation -Mr Daniel Clarke
- Discussion led by Mr Muhammad Fazil Cheema.
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Exploring roles of SHOs, family and parents organizations in selected
areas
- Acknowledging achievements, challenges and formulate strategic
recommendations for future
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Purpose 3 of the Workshop
Explanation on the BMF plus five and discussion- what happen between
now and 2007 September high-level intergovernmental meeting-agenda 11
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Three expected outcomes
- Summary of BMF achievement review from target 1 to 5.—(rapporteur,
Yutaka, Topong)
- Ideas on the BMF plus Five .—(rapporteur, Yutaka, Topong)
- Joint Statement on the Agents of Change with recommendations to
promote active role playing of SHOs, related family and parents
organizations and examples of roles in different areas
(drafting committee- bureau of officers, three resource persons,
secretariat)
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Participants
- Representatives of SHOs, family and parent organizations
- Government focal points.
- Particular attentions were paid to
- Representation from persons with different disabilities
- Urban and rural
- Developing countries and developed countries
- Representation from different parts of the region
- Women with disabilities
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Biwako and the Convention-synchronization
- Biwako
- non-legal document
- inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based
- Targets and actions
- Convention
- legally binding once ratified
- human rights treaty
- Common
- Development aspect
- human rights
- principles
- priority areas
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Let’s enjoy the Workshop!
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