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Organized by:
UN ESCAP
(United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Population and Social Integration
Section, Emerging Social Issues Division
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The First Session of the Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF) Stakeholders'
Coordination Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand, 17-19 July 2006
 The
Biwako Millennium Framework
(BMF)
provides a framework for action to further the goals of an inclusive,
barrier-free and rights-based society for persons with disabilities in Asia
and the Pacific. BMF contains seven priority areas for action and four
strategic actions that Governments, in cooperation with civil society, are
urged to pursue to further achieve the goals and commitments of BMF in the
period 2003-2012.
BMF and
ESCAP resolution 61/8 states that the midpoint review should be
conducted in 2007, in which current status of the BMF implementation will be
reviewed and the targets and strategic plans for the second half of the
Decade will be formulated.
Following these mandates, the primary objective of this first session is
to formulate a revised working draft of a well-focused set of strategies for
the second half of the Decade, entitled "Biwako Plus Five-forward looking
strategies for the second half of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons (2008-2012)." The Session’s agenda will include:
- Brief review of the BMF implementation and the process towards the
mid-point review in October 2007 and the Presentation of the Biwako plus
Five – forward looking strategies for the second half of the Asian Pacific
Decade of Disabled Persons (2008-2012); towards the mid-point review
in October 2007;
- Brief discussion on the outcomes of the tenth
session of the Thematic Working Group on Disability-related Concerns
(TWG-DC);
- Working group discussions on the draft BMF plus Five in five
working groups;
- Plenary review of each working group session
The second session will take place in 16-17 October 2006 in Bangkok,
Thailand, together with the ESCAP/APDF Regional Workshop on Biwako plus 5 in
2007.
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