Seminars

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Organization

• Cluster One
• Cluster Two
• Cluster Three

Organization

The Seminar will be conducted in plenary and in three working groups:

Cluster I

International Norms and Standards relating to Disability: issues in policy design and evaluation, legislation, and monitoring implementation.

Seminar participants who join this cluster would: (a) review and assess substantive work to date on international norms and standards with the focus on promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and (b) examine progress and obstacles to their application in terms of policies, programmes and legislative practice of countries. It is envisaged that participants will formulate recommendations on options for improved practice, on priorities for policy research and evaluation, and on practical measures to apply international norms and standards in the design, planning and evaluation of disability action, including recommendations on "models" to facilitate drafting national disability legislation.

Cluster II

Issues and strategies for building national capacities to promote and monitor implementation of norms and standards related to persons with disabilities.

Seminar participants who join this cluster would (a) review and discuss issues and trends in capacity building for disability action and (b) examine critically the design, conduct and evaluation of catalytic and innovative approaches to training and in organizing technical exchanges on international norms and standards. Interested participants would have an opportunity to join a pilot workshop on training of trainers to promote and monitor implementation of the United Nations "Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities" with special attention directed to women with disabilities. Group work would involve formulation of a strategic framework for building national capacities for equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons with disabilities.

Cluster III

New and emerging approaches to definitions of disability: social, cultural and environmental perspectives on disability and development.

Seminar participants who join this cluster would take as the point of departure the working formulations on disability as presented in the ICIDH BETA-2 (International Classification of Impairments, Activities, and Participation, document WHO/MSA/MNH/EAC/97.2) and would review and discuss alternatives to its medically and welfare-based formulations. The group would submit a report of findings and recommendations on definitions of disability that reflect its social, cultural and environmental aspects. The work of the group will represent a contribution to the global dialogue on disability action with the aim of enriching its social, cultural and environmental parameters.

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