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Biwako Millenium Framework - National Plan of Action

The First Session of the Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF) Stakeholders' Coordination Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand, 17-19 July 2006

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Programme Information
* Work Programme
* Provisional Agenda

Provisional programme of the Workshop

Day 1: Monday, 17 July 2006

0800-0845 Registration
0900-0915 Agenda Item 1. Opening of the Workshop
  • Opening Statement
0915-0930 Coffee break
0930-1030 Agenda Item 1. Opening of the Workshop
  • Election of officers
  • Adoption of the agenda

Agenda Item 2. Purpose of the Meeting

1030-1200 Agenda Item 3. 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:
  1. Presentation of the working draft of the Biwako plus Five – forward looking strategies for the second half of the Asian Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2008 to 2012. [PowerPoint slides]
  2. Brief review of the BMF implementation and the process towards the mid-point review in October 2007 [PowerPoint slides]
Agenda Item 4. Outcomes of the tenth session of the Thematic Working Group on Disability-related Concerns (TWG-DC):
  • Confirmation on the Minutes of the tenth session of the Thematic Working Group on Disability-related Concerns (TWG-DC)
1200-1330 Lunch (group lunch at the UNCC dining room)
1330-1630 Agenda Item 5. Plenary discussion on the draft BMF plus Five.

Day 2: Tuesday, 18 July 2006

0900-0915 Briefing on the Working group discussion on the draft BMF plus Five
0930-1200 Agenda Item 6. Working group discussion on the draft BMF plus Five.
  1. International convention, rights-based law, policy and institutional framework, disability statistics and data
  2. Empowering agents for change (self-help organizations, solidarity with civil society, women with disabilities, marginalized groups of persons with disabilities, networking, social-capital building?)
  3. Physical and information accessibility
  4. Sectoral issues (prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation, education, employment etc.,)
  5. Disability and development (international cooperation, mainstreaming, poverty alleviation in rural communities, CBR, disaster-related projects, capacity building and institutional development, MDGs, 2005 World Summit Outcome...).
1200-1330 Lunch
1330-1630 Agenda Item 7. Plenary review of each working group session:

Day 3: Wednesday, 19 July 2006

0900-1200 Agenda Item 7. Plenary review of each working group session.
1200-1330 Lunch
1330-1630 Agenda Item 8. Review of the revised working draft of the Biwako plus Five.
Agenda Item 9. Other matters (Outstanding issues from task forces under the TWG-DC, and reports from ESCAP, APDF, APCD and United Nations agencies).
Agenda Item 10. Closing Session

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