Programme :
Review of the BMF implementation and
the Road map to the Biwako Plus Five
Presented by Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
ESCAP
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Review of the BMF implementation and the Road map to the Biwako Plus
Five
ESCAP/CDPF Regional Workshop on Promotion of Barrier-free Tourism
Sanya City, Hainan, China
30 October 2006
Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
ESCAP
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Effective mid-point mandated by BMF
- Para 63 of the BMF:
- “Based on the review, a mid-point review of the BMF should be
conducted. The targets and strategic plans for the second half of the
Decade may be modified and new targets and strategic plans formulated.”
- Resolution 61/8 of May 2005:
- Mandates a high-level intergovernmental meeting in 2007 and adoption
of the BMF plus 5, as a set of effective ……
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Review of the BMF implementation thus far
- 2004 Survey and BMF monitoring workshop.
- 2006 Disability at a Glance.
- 2003-2006 ESCAP regional workshops on various themes (convention,
women, poverty alleviation, self-help groups, CBR, employment).
- 2003-2006 Collaboration with other actors-APCD, APDF, LCI, CDPF…
- Periodic reports submitted by the secretariat to the intergovernmental
meetings ( commission, committee and sub-committee).
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Data, information and findings
- Many, many country papers, proceedings with data, information and good
practices.
- Information from the "Disability at a Glance":
- Sixteen countries have a comprehensive law on disability;
- 12 countries have a national action plan on disability;
- Six countries have both a policy and a plan;
- Eight countries developing a plan.
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Findings-a wide range of prevalence rate
[Graph showing the Proportion of persons with disabilities among total
population in countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Rates range from 0.7% in
the Cook Islands to 20% in Australia]
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More accepted approach towards "disability"-
Disability
- Impairment
- Physical Visual
- Hearing Intellectual
- Psycho-social
- Developmental
- Internal, Multiple
- Barriers
- Physical
- Attitudinal
- Informational and
- Institutional barriers
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Emphasis in the BMF
Paradigm shift from...
- Charity-based approach
- Trickle down of economic development
- No choice
to...
- Rights-based approach
- Realization of rights
- Claimable
- On equal basis
- Choice
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Challenges
- Translation of concepts (social model approach, right-based approach)
at the policy development, implementation and operational levels
- Definition of disability
- not “the” definition on disability
- intent of policies (HK anti- discrimination law).
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Challenges
- Categorization-
- Four predominant categories of impairments
- Physical, visual, hearing, intellectual
- Others tend to be neglected…
- Psycho-social, invisible disability, multiple disabilities,
developmental disabilities
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Challenges
- Semantics of categorization—Confusing use of "mental."
- Lack of data—on poverty, social participation
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Review of the BMF implementation needed from now on.
- In-depth review of the target-by-target, strategy-by- strategy
achievements.
- Time bound targets- many of them ( target 1, 2, 3,4,5, 16, 18,
strategy 8, 9 targeted at 2004, 2005)
- Structure of the BMF
- Preamble, Principles and Policy Directions, Targets and Actions in
the Priority Areas, Strategies to Achieve the Targets, Cooperation and
Support in Pursuance of the BMF, Monitoring and Review.
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Global and regional development on disability and development
instruments
- Agreement on the Draft Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities.
- Initiatives to incorporate the ICF into disability data collection.
- World Summit for Information Society, Declaration of Principles
and Plan of Action with disability inputs.
- Comprehensive approach to CBR.
- Policy and programme attentions to disability-inclusive
development-World Bank, JICA, USAID,DFID..
- MDG and its review by II.
- Four regional frameworks on disability
- Asian and Pacific, Africa, Arab and Organization of American States
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Emerging Issues
- Natural disasters
- Conflict
- Affects population of persons with disabilities and needs,
community-wide strategies.
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Thus,
- A document that serve as a supplementary guide for the BMF for the
second half of the Decade is called for. That document should be based on
a review of the BMF targets, strategies achievement and consider the
developments during the last four years.
- The document, “BMF plus 5” will be an outcome document of the 2007
high-level intergovernmental meeting.
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Inputs to the BMF plus 5 so far
- 1st session of the BMF Stakeholders Coordination Meeting
- Inputs on critical issues, actions required, strategies to the
preliminary draft.
- Disability-inclusive development, emphasis on marginalized groups of
persons with disabilities, Definition of disability, emphasizing the
shortcomings of environment (social approach to disability),
disability-inclusive disaster preparedness and responses, strategies
corresponding to the recent development on the convention, collaborative
needs for Governments, development agencies and NGOs/DPOs. Effective
strategies for national action plan (plans should be developed and
implemented at local and provincial level as well as national level);
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FYI- What happened to Beijing plus 5
- Prep Com (Commission on the Status of Women) had a basic idea.
- Regional meetings with full participation of NGOs.
- Member states agreed on the structure of the Beijing Plus 5 doc.
- Secretariat prepared the draft, inputs from NGOs and UN agencies
considered.
- Final –Special session of the GA.
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Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action
- Introduction
- Achievements and obstacles for each priority area
- Current challenges
- Actions by Governments:
- Actions by Governments, private sector, NGOs and other actors of
society
- Actions by UN system, international and regional organizations
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Time frame for The Biwako Plus Five
2006
- October: 2nd discussion on the structure and content
- November: Distribution of survey
2007
- January, end: Deadline of survey submission
- February, end: Expert group meeting on the BMF/2nd BMF-SCM
- First Quarter: Secretariat prep of the draft, with inputs from NGOs
and UN
- Second Quarter: Government inputs
- July: Finalization of draft
- September 17-19: Adoption at the high level intergovernmental meet
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Biwako and the Convention - synchronization
- Biwako
- non-legal document
- inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based
- Targets and actions
- Convention
- legally binding once ratified
- human rights treaty
- Common
- Development aspect
- human rights
- principles
- priority areas
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