Programme : PresentationBrief
overview of Biwako Millennium Framework towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and
Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities
presented by Aiko Akiyama, UN ESCAP
A text version of a Powerpoint presentation
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Brief Overview of Biwako Millennium Framework
towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities
with Specific Focus on Promotion of a rights-based Approach to Disability Issues
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What is the Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF)?
- Key Mandate and the Action Guideline for Governments and other stakeholders for the 2nd
Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 2003-2012
- Main theme:Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society
- Stress on Paradigm shift : from charity-based approach to inclusive, barrier-free and
rights-based
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Structure of the BMF - 7 priority areas with 21 targets
4 Strategy areas with 17 strategies
- National plan of action
- A rights-based approach
- Statistics and common definitions for planning
- Strengthened CBR approach and independent living
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1 Self-help organizations (SHOs)
Critical issues:
- PWDs/SHOs - best informed and most motivated for policy to voice their concerns for
policy-making
- Rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) and families for self-representation
- SHOs from rural areas and marginalized PWDs
Targets:
- By 2004 - Govt. funding and NGO policies to support SHOs
- By 2005 - Govt. and civil society fully include PWDs in decision-making
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2. Women with disabilities (WWD)
Critical issues:
- WWD are multiply disadvantaged.
- WWD are underrepresented in SHOs and gender movement.
- Govt. have a responsibility to rectify imbalances
Targets:
- By 2005 - Gov. establish anti-discrimination measures
- By 2005 - SHOs establish policies to promote WWDs
- By 2005 - Womens organizations mainstream WWDs
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5. Access to built environments and public transport
Critical issues:
- Inaccessibility is the major barrier to socio/economic participation
- Universal design approach benefits many population groups( I.e., aging population)
- Investment in the removal of barriers make economic sense
- Access means more than physical aspect
Targets:
- Gov. adopt and enforce accessibility standards
- By 2012 - all existing and new transport should be fully accessible
- All international/regional funding agencies should include universal design in
loan/grant criteria
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6. Access to information and communications, including information, communication and
assistive technologies
Critical issues:
- Digital divide is ever widening (poverty/ isolation)
- ICT gives window of opportunities for PWDs
- Information and communication are basic rights
- Accessibility should be universal and non-proprietary
Targets:
- By 2005 - PWDs should have equal access to Internet etc., as non-PWDs.
- By 2004 - int'l ICT standards & accessibility
- By 2005 -national ICT standards & accessibility
- Develop a standardized sign language, finger Braille etc.,
- Establish a system of employable sign language interpreters, Braille transcribers etc.,
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Four Strategy areas to achieve the BMF targets
Disability issues should have:
- National plan of action
- Promotion of a rights-based approach to disability issues
- Statistics and common definitions for planning
- Strengthened community-based approaches to prevention of causes, rehabilitation and
empowerment of PWD
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2 Promotion of a rights-based approach to disability issues:
civil/political/social/economic/cultural rights
- Strategy 2:Gov. adopt new/reexamine existing laws in tune with UN HR standards
- Strategy 3: NHRI should integrate disability concerns
- Strategy 4: Gov. ensure participation of PWDs in policy-making from the beginning
- Strategy 5: Gov.ratify core international HR treaties
- Strategy 6: Gov. support and contribute to the work of Ad Hoc Committee
- Strategy 7: Gov.include PWDs in the process towards and monitoring of a proposed
convention
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Thank you
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