Purpose of the Meeting

By Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
UN ESCAP

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Purpose of the Meeting

First Session of the BMF
Stakeholders’ Coordination Meeting
(BMF-SCM)

17 July 2006
By Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
UN ESCAP

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Mandate and policy framework thus far

• ESCAP resolution 58/4 of 22 May 2002
• Biwako Millennium Framework-2002
• ESCAP resolution 59/3 of 4 September 2003
• ESCAP resolution 61/8 of 18 May 2005

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BMF and its related ESCAP activities- 7 priority areas

1. Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related family and parental associations [2005, 2006]
2. Women with disabilities [2003]
3. Early detection, early intervention and education [2003]
4. Training and employment, including self-employment [2005]
5. Access to built environments and public transport [2003, 2006]
6. Access to information and communications, including information, communication and assistive technologies [2003]
7. Poverty alleviation through capacity-building, social security and sustainable livelihood [2004, 2005]

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Biwako Millennium Framework and its related ESCAP activities-four strategies

• National plan of action on disability---2005
• Promotion of a rights-based approach to disability issues---2003 from 2006
• Disability statistics/common definition of disability for planning---2003 from 2006
• Strengthened community-based approached to the prevention of causes of disability, rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities---2004 to 2005

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Biwako Millennium Framework and its related ESCAP activities-with partners

• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Food and Agricultural Organization( FAO)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• UN Education and (UNESCO)
• Asian and Pacific Development Centre on Disability ( APCD)
• Asian and Pacific Disability Forum (APDF)
• Leonard Cheshire International ( LCI)
• China Disabled People’s Federation (CDPF)
• Art for All

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BMF and its related ESCAP activities - review of the implementation

• Questionnaire on the BMF implementation
• 2004 Workshop on the monitoring and implementation
• Country profile
• Country papers and inputs from the stakeholders
• Commission and committee reports

Lead to...

• Principle of definitions, terminologies
• Policy implementation
• Need for systematic data collection for policy needs
• Outreach to sub-regions

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Need for supplementary document for the BMF

• Weaknesses and shortcomings, challenges identified by assessment for the BMF implementation so far.
• Changes in the global, regional disability community:
  • The process towards the international convention on disability—human rights approach focused more;
  • Increasing attentions to the linkage between disability and development;
  • Natural disasters and disability;
  • Four regional frameworks on disability
    Asian and Pacific, Africa, Arab and Organization of American States

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Towards the mid-point review and
The Biwako Plus Five

Chart showing:

• June 2005: TWG-DC 10th Session, Proposed scenario
• October 2005: Review of Priority Areas
• July 2006 (Now): First session of the BMF-SCM, Inputs to the working draft
• October 2006: Second Inputs to the working draft
• 2007: Second Session of the BMF-SCM
• 2007: Expert Group Meeting
• 2007: Adoption at the high level intergovernmental meeting

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Towards the mid-point review and
The Biwako Plus Five

• Review papers at the national level implementation, regional efforts
  Theme-specific paper

Leads to...

• Biwako Plus 5 Draft

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Programme of this Meeting

1st Day - Today, 17 July

• Review of the implementation of the BMF
• Introduction of the working draft of the BMF plus five
• In-depth discussion on the draft (structure, principles, categorization of the working groups etc.,)

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Programme of this Meeting

2nd Day, 18 July

• Brief for the working group discussion
• Working group discussion
• Report of the each working group

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Programme of this Meeting

Last Day, 19 July

• Continuation of the working group report
• Report of the summary of inputs by the rappoteur
• Plenary review of the summary
• Expected outcome of the Meeting-
  Summary recommendations to the working draft of the BMF plus five

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Thank You

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