Day 1: Thursday, 1 March 2007 |
| 0800-0845 |
Registration
[See Workshop Brief] |
| 0900 |
1. Opening of the meeting.
Opening Speech by Ms. Thelma Kay, Chief, Emerging Social Issues Division
(ESID), ESCAP |
| 0915 |
Coffee Break |
| 0930 |
2. Election of officers. |
| 0940 |
3. Adoption of the agenda. |
| 0945 |
4. Purpose of the Workshop and the road map
towards the 2007 high-level intergovernmental meeting |
| 0945-0955 |
“Mandate for development of the Biwako Plus Five and
road map to the high-level intergovernmental meeting,” presentation by
Ms. Keiko Osaki, Chief, Population and Social Integration Section,
Emerging Social Issues Division (ESID), ESCAP [PowerPoint
presentation] |
| 0955-1005 |
Agenda to be followed - by Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Project
Expert on Disability, Emerging Social Issues Division (ESID), ESCAP |
| 1000-1145 |
5. Mid-point review of the implementation
of the targets in 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) |
| 1005-1040 |
Progress and challenges on the implementation of the
BMF during the first half of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons, 2003-2012 – by Ms. Aiko Akiyama |
| 1040-1050 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1050-1105 |
Role of SHOs in Implementation of the BMF targets, and
case study – by Mr. Topong Kulkhanchit, Regional Development Officer,
Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI), Asia-Pacific Regional Office |
| 1105-1120 |
Implementation of BMF targets by Rehabilitation
International (RI) – by Mr. Kin Fun Joseph Kwok, Regional Vice Chairman
for Asia and the Pacific Rehabilitation International (RI) |
| 1120-1135 |
Implementation of the BMF targets in the Pacific – by
Mr. Setareki S. Macanawai, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Disability
Forum (PDF) [PowerPoint Presentation] |
| 1135-1145 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1145 |
Lunch Break |
| 1315-1500 |
6. Review of the relevant global norms and
developments that have taken place during the first half of the Asian
and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012 |
| 1315-1345 |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities –
A Tool for Development – by Mr. Jean-Pierre Gonnot, Chief, Secretariat
for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Division
for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (DESA), UN Secretariat [PowerPoint
Presentation] |
| 1345-1400 |
Implementation of BMF and Convention in China – By Eric
G. Zhang, Director for International Affairs, China Disabled Persons’
Federation (CDPF) |
| 1400-1415 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1415-1430 |
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – by Mr. Hiren
Sarkar, Chief, Development Policy Section, Poverty and Development
Division (PDD), ESCAP |
| 1430-1445 |
Global and regional norms and developments in
disability statistics – by Daniel Clarke, Statistics Division, ESCAP |
| 1445-1500 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1500 |
Coffee Break |
| 1515-1700 |
Review of the relevant global norms and
developments that have taken place during the first half of the Asian
and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012…continued |
| 1515-1525 |
Disability Inclusive development – by Jeong Kee Hong,
Expert on Disability, Emerging Social Issues Division (ESID), ESCAP [PowerPoint
Slides] |
| 1525-1535 |
Poverty reduction and disability – by Khandaker Jahurul
Alam, President, National Forum of Organizations Working with the
Disabled (NFOIWD), Bangladesh And Executive Director, Centre for
Services and Information on Disability (CSID), Bangladesh |
| 1535-1545 |
Case study on disability inclusive development by Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – by Mr. Akiie Ninomiya, JICA
Chief Adviser, Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability [PowerPoint
Slides] |
| 1545-1555 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1555-1610 |
Education and disability, policy development – by Ms.
Penelope J. Price, Consultant, Disability, Development & Education |
| 1610-1620 |
Employment and disability, policy development - by Ms.
Debra A. Perry, Senior Specialist in Vocational Rehabilitation, ILO,
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| 1620-1630 |
Access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs),
policy development – by Mr. Monthian Buntan, Representative, World Blind
Union [Presentation outline] |
| 1630-1640 |
Physical Access – by Ms. Judy Wee, President of
Handicap Welfare Association, and Chairperson of Asia and Pacific
Disability Forum (APDF) [Paper] |
| |
1640-1650 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1650-1740 |
7. Convergence between the BMF, the
Convention and the MDGs and presentation of draft outline of Biwako Plus
Five |
| 1650-1720 |
Convergence between the BMF, the Convention and the
MDGs – by Mr. Jeong Kee Hong, Expert on Disability, Emerging Social
Issues Division (ESID), ESCAP and Ms. Ritu Kumar, Social Affairs
Officer, ESID, ESCAP |
| 1720-1730 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 1730-1740 |
Presentation of the Outline of the Draft Biwako Plus
Five – by Ms. Aiko Akiyama |
Day 2: Friday, 2 March 2007 |
| 0900-0940 |
8. Review of the impact of disasters and
conflict situations on persons with disabilities |
| 0900-0910 |
Impact of tsunami on the lives of persons with
disabilities – by Mr. Topong Kulkhanchit |
| 0910-0920 |
Situation of persons with disabilities in Afghanistan –
by Mr. Naqibullah Hamdard, Advisor to Minister, Ministry of Martyrs and
Disabled, Afghanistan and Mr. Sayed Asghar Haidari, Advisor to Minister,
Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled, Afghanistan |
| 0920-0930 |
Disaster Management – by Ms. Chiho Ochiai,
Representative, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) |
| 0930-0940 |
Discussion on the topic |
| 0940-0950 |
9. Summary of discussion on the first and
second day |
| 0950-1145 |
10. Discussion and providing inputs to the
Preliminary Working Draft of the Biwako Plus FIve |
| 1145 |
Lunch break |
| 1315-1500 |
Discussion and providing inputs to the
Preliminary Working Draft of the Biwako Plus FIve … continued |
| 1500 |
Coffee break |
| 1515-1700 |
Discussion and providing inputs to the
Preliminary Working Draft of the Biwako Plus FIve … continued |
| 1700 |
11. Closing of the Meeting |
