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Organized by:
UN ESCAP
(United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Population and Social Integration
Section, Emerging Social Issues Division
and
China Disabled
Persons' Federation
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UN ESCAP/CDPF Field Study cum Regional Workshop on Capacity Building of
Grassroots Self-help Groups of Persons with Disabilities in Local
Communities - Second Phase of and Follow-up to the Regional Workshop on
Poverty Alleviation of Persons with Disabilities
Chengdu,
Sichuan Province, China
16-18 August 2005
 Joint
Statement (Adopted on 18 August 2005)
Final
Report
The China Disabled Persons' Federation, in cooperation with UNESCAP's
Population and Social Integration Section, Emerging Social Issues Division
has organized this Field Study cum
Regional Workshop as a
follow-up to a Regional Workshop on Poverty Alleviation of Persons with
Disabilities held at Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China in 25-29 October
2004
This regional workshop aims to build capacities and increase
participation of disabled persons and grassroots self-help groups of persons
with disabilities in decision-making and development at the community level.
It targets policy-makers and planners of self-help groups, NGOs, local
governments and other relevant organizations concerned with the empowerment
of disability groups in local communities in Asian countries, such as
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste and Viet Nam.
The outcome of this workshop will be beneficial for UNESCAP members and
associate members in the formulation of national policy on disability, in
particular, to meet priority areas 1 and. 7 of the
Biwako
Millennium Framework, namely "self-help organizations of persons with
disabilities" and “poverty alleviation through capacity building of persons
with disabilities and through social security”, respectively. |
