Programme : Presentation on Day
1Purpose of the Workshop
Presented by Kay Nagata
UNESCAP
Slide 1
UN ESCAP/CDPF Field Study
cum Regional Workshop
on Poverty Alleviation among Persons with Disabilities
Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
25-29 October 2004
The purpose of the Workshop
By Kay Nagata, UNESCAP
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Poverty and disability (dynamism)
Graphic of a cycle:
- Underdevelopment / Insufficient infrastructure
- Low level of economic development / Poverty
- Mal-nutrition / Insecurity / Terrorism / Civil Conflict
- Disability / Insufficient Services
- Impairment / Low Production / Lack of Human Resource Development
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Preamble
Beijing, 1992
Launch of Agenda for Action, Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons, 1993-2002
Resolution 58/4 (May 2002)
Promoting an inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based society for people
with disabilities in the Asian and Pacific region in the twenty-first
century (2003 – 2012)
Paradigm shift
From charity-based approach to inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based
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Seven priority areas for action
- Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities and related
family and parent associations;
- Women with disabilities;
- Early detection, early intervention and education;
- Training and employment;
- Access to physical environments and public transport;
- Access to information and communications, including ICT;
- Poverty alleviation .
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4 Strategy areas with 17 strategies
- National plan of action
- A rights-based approach
- Statistics and common definitions for planning
- Strengthened CBR approach and independent living
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Poverty alleviation and the BMF
- Integration of disability concerns in the implementation of the MDG
goals;
- Poverty alleviation through capacity-building, social security and
sustainable livelihood programmes;
- Promotion of CBR and community-based initiatives;
- Pro-poor development strategies (UNDP HD report) and disability
integration;
- International cooperation
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Strategies to achieve the BMF targets
Disability issues should have:
- National plan of action
- A rights-based approach (International convention for PWD)
- Disability statistics, indicators and common definitions for planning
- Strengthened community-based approaches to prevention of causes,
rehabilitation and empowerment of PWD
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The time-frame for disability-related events
- The new Decade: 2003-2012;
- The mid-point review of the BMF (based on the review, targets and
strategies, at the mid point, in 2007);
- The target of the Convention process to be finalized by 2007????;
- Achievement of MDG goals
- Twin Track Approach of (i) “disability integration” and (ii)
empowerment of PWD (e.g. CBR projects, capacity building, etc.)
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Two main paradigms
- Development model: Twin track approach (disability integration into
mainstream projects, CBR, poverty alleviation, MDG goals, etc.)
- Human rights- based approach: The Convention for PWD, national laws,
self-help groups, shift from medical model to social model, etc.;
- No conflict --- rights based development
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Technical cooperation
- Twin Track Approach:
- Disability Integration and Empowerment of PWD;
- Disability impact assessment integrated in development projects;
- Participation of PWD in planning, designing, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of overseas projects;
- Assessment tools/impact analysis questionnaire
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Policy oriented joint statement
- Commitment to implementation of the BMF goals and targets;
- Identification of innovative poverty alleviation projects;
- Participation and empowerment of persons with disabilities;
- Disability Integration (Twin Track Approach);
- Disability Funding, disability impact assessment, and tools for
disability impact assessment
- Re-thinking of effective CBR or community-oriented projects for PWD
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Thank you
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