Agenda Item III
Review of the Progress of the BMF Implementation

By Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
UN ESCAP

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Agenda Item III

Review of the Progress of the
BMF Implementation

By
Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability

Regional Workshop on Comprehensive National Plan of Action on Disability - Towards the Mid-point Review 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, 19-21 October

UNESCAP effort- BMF implementation questionnaire conducted from 2004

• With an aim to establish base line data to measure existence of policies, service delivery and other instruments on the BMF areas and strategies.
• 38 questions in the questionnaire.

UNESCAP effort- BMF implementation questionnaire on policy foundation conducted in 2004

23 Governments and 18 NGOs responded.
Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor Leste, Turkey, Viet Nam

2004 BMF questionnaire responses reveal on institutional framework

20 of the 23 responding Governments reported the existence of a national coordinating mechanism.
15 Governments report that a national plan for implementing the BMF exists (8) or is under development (7).
13 Governments reported that their national constitution included one or more articles related to persons with disabilities.

2004 BMF questionnaire responses reveal on the Early Detection, Intervention and Education

20 Governments says that early detection/intervention services are available.
16 out of 21 Governments, which provided information, provides both inclusive education and education in separate, specialized institutions.

Questionnaire responses reveal on participation of persons with disabilities

11 countries and area said “yes” to both a) and b).
- Afghanistan (Deputy Minister of Ministry of Martyr and Disabled is a PWD), Australia, China, Hong Kong China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Philippines (national anti-poverty commission), Republic of Korea, Thailand (blind person is a part of government delegation for the international convention), Viet Nam, Indonesia (involves PWD in election regulation revision committee).
8 countries said “yes” to a)
- Cook Islands (Disability Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs), India ( central and local committee), Fiji, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Turkey, Nepal, Pakistan.

2004 BMF questionnaire responses reveal on one aspect of economic empowerment

Microcredit as a measure used by government aimed at promoting employment of persons with disabilities.

17 countries: Bangladesh, China, Cook Island, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, Japan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Additional responses from 7 countries in 2005

Phillipines
Indonesia
Nepal
Cambodia
Pakistan
Lao,PDR
Afghanistan

National mechanism

	Name of the mechanism	Focal point
Philippines	(National level) National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (Local level) Regional Committee for the Welfare of Disabled Persons	National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
Indonesia	National Coordination Team for the Effort of Social Welfare Improvement for person with Disability	Minister of Social Affair
Nepal	National Co-ordination committee on Disability	MWCSW, Secretary
Cambodia	Disability Action Council	Disability Action Council
Pakistan	Directorate General of Special Education	None
Lao, PDR	Lao Disabled People’s Association	Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare
Afghanistan	Currently being developed	Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Persons

National plan of action

	Name of action plan	Year of enactment	Description
Philippines	National Plan of Action for the Decade of Persons with Disabilities	2004	The plan was developed in consultation with stakeholders, associates, partners most especially with persons with disabilities nationwide who are the ultimate targets of the vision and goals of the new Decade…
Indonesia	Indonesia National Action Plan for PWDs	2004-2013	Budget: Each Ministry has budget, MOSA 90 million for 2005
Nepal	No plan
Lao, PDR	Strategic Plan for Rehabilitation and Development
Pakistan	Strategic Direction on Disability and Rehabilitation
Cambodia	Strategic Direction on Disability and Rehabilitation		Objectives, current services prohibited, gaps, recommendations
Afghanistan	Currently being developed

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Disability statistic available for planning purposes

	Collection vehicles for statistics	The main government agency or ministry as main date collector	The prevalence of disability	Source of the prevalence	Current definition of disability used for purpose of data collection
Napal	Population consensus & sample survey	Central Bureau Statistics (CBS); National Planning Commission and UNICEF A situational study of disability in Nepal	1.63 % (except mild and moderate disable)	NPC and UNICEF survey	A person unable to perform livelihoods due to physical deficiency weakness of dystrophy whether inborn or due to accident or disease are defined as disabled
Philippines	Registers, population consensus, sample survey and Electric PWD Profiler System	National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP) Department of Health (DOH) – for the registry as stipulated in RA 7277 National Statistics Office (NSO)	1.23 %	2000 National Census of Housing and Population	Disability shall mean; (1) physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more psychological or anatomical functions of an individual; (2) a records of such an impairment or; (3) being regarded as having such an important (Source: Magna Carta for Disabled Persons RA 7277)
Indonesia	Registers; Population consensus and sample survey	Statistic Central Board	1 %	MOSA and Centra	The handicapped is any person having physical and/or mental deficiencies which can hinder or restrict said person to properly function.
Afghanistan	Records of NGOs and other National and International bodies working in the field of disabilities, in empowerment and education; Through previous population census Sample surveys conducted by the Ministry MMD and the other Government bodies From Electoral Registers	The Central Statistical Office and MMD	Not known. In the absence of reliable date, only estimates based on date from local surveys in Afghanistan put it at 4 %. The often quoted WHO figure of 10 % of any population being disabled is also used.		The WHO and BMF definitions are generally used.
Pakistan	Registers, population consensus and sample survey	Statistics Division, Blue Area, Islamabad	(current) 2.4 %, (WHO) 7 %	National Census Report 1998 and WHO	Disability is a limitation of performance in one or more activities which are generally accepted as essential basic components of daily living such as partial or complete inability to perform them.
Lao, PDR	Population consensus	Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare	8%	WHO	None.
Cambodia	Registers and sample surveys	National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning	2.4%	National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning	Any citizen who lacks any physical organ or capacity or suffers any mental impairment, which causes decent restriction on his/her daily life or activities such as loss of limes, quadriplegia, visual or hearing impairment or mental handicap etc.

Observations

Reasonable progress made in the areas of
- Policy formulation
- Institutional mechanism
Challenges
- women with disabilities
- psycho-social disabilities..
- disability data collection
Effective planning for implementation, monitoring and evaluation is called for.

Thank you

UNESCAP Disability Website: http://unescap.org/esid/psis/disability/index.asp

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