Regional Workshop on Monitoring the Implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific (BMF)
Bangkok, Thailand, 13-15 October 2004

Guidelines for Preparation of a Country Paper

Your country paper should cover the following components (4-5 pages):

1. Review of achievements and shortcomings in the implementation of the BMF at the inception of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012) in your country;

2. Your views/plans on the BMF implementation of your country for the rest of the Decade, especially with regard to:
   1. Indicators for monitoring the implementation progress;
   2. Institutional mechanisms for monitoring the implementation (e.g., National Focal Point on Disability, National Coordination Council on Disability, National Statistical Office);
   3. Capacity building and technical cooperation (e.g., disability assessment, disability budgeting, project assessment from disability perspective), and
   4. A rights-based comprehensive national policy.

Please submit your country paper to the UNESCAP Secretariat, Ms Aiko Akiyama at <akiyama@un.org> before 31 August 2004.

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