Provisional Agenda
Tuesday 23 September 2003: Collecting data on disability
Registration
Opening
Biwako Framework and objectives of the meeting
Session 1: Collecting data on disability through censuses
Lunch
Session 2: Collecting data on disability through household surveys
Session 3: Administrative registers as a source of disability information
Wednesday 24 September 2003: A standard framework for disability and health
Session 4: Introduction to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health (ICF) as a framework for disability measurement
Lunch
Working Group A: Identifying the information needs of data users
Working Group B: Defining disability to be measured by different tools
Thursday 25 September 2003: Meeting policy needs and improving national
disability statistics
Presentations and discussion: Roadmap for implementing ICF as a framework for
disability and for harmonizing disability measurement
Lunch
Session 5: Meeting policy needs for disability data
- Goals of BMF (PowerPoint presentation by ESCAP Secretariat)
- Disability data for policy needs: Users' perspectives (Panel discussion by selected
disability policy makers, UNESCO and UNESCAP Secretariat)
Friday 26 September 2003: Improving the measurement and understanding of
disability in the region
Session 6: Uses of disability data (report by selected participants: governments and
NGOs)
Lunch
Session 7: Following-up on Biwako: A regional initiative on disability measurement
Adoption of conclusions and recommendations
Closing
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