Asia Pacific Regional Workshop - Tentative Programme

	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

Main	Programme	Materials	Online	Chengdu

Programme Information
	Work Programme
	Provisional Agenda

Provisional Programme

Day 1: Tuesday, 16 August 2005
0930-1130	Opening Ceremony Speech by Mr. Ge Honglin, Governor of Chengdu Municipal Government [Transcript of the Speech] Speech by Ms. Thelma Kay, Director of the Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP [Transcript of the Speech] Speech by Mr. Lu Shiming, Vice President of CDPF [Transcript of the Speech]
1130-1200	Election of Bureau The purpose the workshop (Ms. Kay Nagata, UN ESCAP) [Presentation slides]
1200-1400	Lunch
1400-1700	Agenda item 1: Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities Cross-disability organizations and single disability organizations (International Resource Person) [Presentation slides] Country experiences (Mr. Zhou Jian, CDPF + Participants) [China Country Paper]
18:30-19:30	Welcome reception hosted by Chengdu Municipal Government
Day 2: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
0900-1200	Agenda item 2: Advocacy and human rights issues (Mr. Wei Mengxin, CDPF and International Resource Person) [Presentation slides] [Paper] Agenda item 3: Management Issues Local organizations (Mr. Mao Dafu, Chengdu Disabled Persons' Federation) [Paper] Accountability (Regional Resource Person) [Presentation Slides] Resource Mobilization and Fund-raising (Panel Discussion) Project cycle management: Log- Frame (UNESCAP) Grass-roots research, Participatory Rural Appraisal (UNESCAP) [Presentation slides]
1200-1400	Lunch break
1400-1800	Field trip
Day 3: Thursday, 18 August 2005
0900-1200	Agenda item 4: CBR and Self-help Groups of Persons with Disabilities Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Strategy for poverty alleviation, rehabilitation & equal opportunities (DAR/WHO) [Presentation slides] Good practices of self-help groups of persons with disabilities (Ms Xuyan Shanquan, town association of disabled persons, China) [Transcript] Good practices of self-help groups of persons with disabilities (Regional Resource Person) [Presentation slides] Agenda item 5: Drafting Committee (Committee members) Agenda item 6: Adoption of Action-oriented Recommendations (Plenary session)
1200-1230	Closing and Farewell
Afternoon	Field Trip (Panda Park)

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