Day 1 and Day 2: Monday - Tuesday, 25-26 October 2004

Venue: Longxi County and Anding County of Dingxi City

Theme: To introduce and study the poverty-alleviation practice in China, i.e. the government playing a leading role, science and technology & the initiatives of disabled persons themselves being given full play.

Oct. 25, 2004

1. Departure from Lanzhou for Longxi County at 8:00 a.m.

2. (Morning) Visit to Weihe Village of Longxi County to have a look at the Limestone Factory of Mr. Wang Long (PWD)

3. Lunch break at Longxi County

4. (Afernoon) Visit some breeding farms operated by PWDs

5. Stay at Dingxi Hotel for the night

Oct. 26, 2004

1. (Morning) Visit to Dongyue Village

2. Lunch break at Dingxi Hotel

3. (Afternoon) Visit to Fengxiang Village

4. Departure for Lanzhou at 15:30 and arrival in Lanzhou at 16:30

Day 3: Wednesday, 27 October 2004

1. Remarks by Mr. Luo Xiaohu, Vice Governor of Gansu Province, China
2. Remarks by Ms. Thelma Kay, Director, Emerging Social Issues Division, delivered by Ms. Kay Nagata, Social Affairs Officer, Population and Social Integration Section of ESCAP
3. Inaugural speech by Mr. Sun Xiande, Vice President of CDPF on behalf of the Chinese Government

(n.b., Coffee break is 1000-1015 hours in the morning and 1530-1545 hours in the afternoon every day)

Election of Bureau

• Regional/international overview (Ms. Kay Nagata, ESCAP)
• Country-specific example (China)

National efforts to reduce poverty among PWD:

Agenda item 5: Regional outlook on poverty and disability (Ms. Aiko Akiyama, ESCAP)

• Nutrition/health (WHO)
• CBR (WHO)
• Education and training (Ms. Ines Basaen)
• Employment, self-employment and social security (ILO video)
• Accessibility, etc. (ESCAP secretariat)

Day 4: Thursday, 28 October 2004

• Cambodia [country paper]
• China [country paper]
• India [country paper]
• Indonesia [country paper]
• Nepal [country paper]
• Viet Nam [country paper]

Good practice replication:

• Innovative and successful projects on poverty alleviation among PWD in the region (e.g. income generating activities for PWD, micro-financing schemes, micro health insurance)
• Tools for effective evaluation of disability sensitivity, such as disability budgeting, disability impact monitoring/analysis, etc. for policies and projects

Integration of disability concerns into sectoral policies:

• Education, training, employment, self employment and social security
• Urban and rural development, accessibility, transport, ITC and tourism

Day 5: Friday, 29 October 2004

• Impact of globalization and new partnerships (private sector, civil society, "fair trade market", etc)
• ESCAP movie of “Power of Partnership: Pro-poor public-private partnership”.

Agenda item 9: Global/regional efforts for reduction of poverty among PWD: Technical cooperation (International resource person)

• Technical cooperation and capacity building at the regional level including disability impact assessment for development projects

Group 1: POLICY ISSUES including measuring and monitoring poverty and disability (including monitoring of disability impact, disability budgeting) and integration of disability concerns into development and poverty alleviation policies;

Group 2: GOOD PRACTICES including formulation of innovative projects (at the micro level) for poverty alleviation of PWD and technical cooperation and capacity building at the regional level

Other participants (Free Time)

• Closing remark by Ms. Thelma Kay, Chief, Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP