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Regional Workshop on the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families in Asia and the Pacific
11-13 October 2007
Shanghai, China

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Programme Information
* Work Programme
* Provisional Agenda

Programme of the Workshop

Day 1: Thursday, 11 October 2007

0800-0845 Registration
0900-0940 Agenda item 1: Opening of the meeting
  • Opening statement by UN ESCAP
  • Welcome statement by a Representative from Shanghai City
  • Welcome and Opening Remarks by Mr. Shen Zhifei, Vice President of China Disabled Persons Federation

Agenda item 2: Election of officers

Agenda item 3: Adoption of the agenda

0940-1010 Coffee break
1010-1015
  • Presentation: Purpose of the Workshop
1015-1045 Agenda item 4: Review of international and regional norms, and national policies regarding persons with intellectual disabilities and their families.
  • Presentation: Professor Osamu Nagase, Review of international, which are relevant to persons with intellectual disabilities
  • Discussion
1045-1200 Agenda item 5: Current situation, practices and existing issues regarding persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in the region
  • Presentation: Mr. Zhang Baoling, Executive Vice President of China Association of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Their Families and Relatives (China)
  • Presentation by representatives from each country about their policies, practices and current situations of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families.
1200-1330 Lunch break
1330-1520  Agenda item 6 : Presentation on the issues concerning persons with intellectual disabilities and recommended actions.
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in China
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in Hong China, China
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in Japan
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in Malaysia
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in NewZealand
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in the Philippines
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in Thailand
  • Presentation by persons with intellectual disabilities in Viet Nam
  • Discussion
1530-1540 Intermission
1600- Field study 1:

Closing Ceremony for the Special Olympics- will be held on 11th Oct in Jiangwan Stadium ( subject to confirmation- need full names provided to the Games’ organizer NOW for issuing tickets with participants’ names)

Day 2: Friday, 12 October 2007

0900-1030 Agenda item 7: Discussion on good practices regarding community living and empowerment of persons with intellectual disabilities.
  • Presentation by Japan
  • Presentation by a representative from China, Shanghai Disabled Persons’ Federation/ Shanghai Association of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Their Families and Relatives
  • Discussion
1030-1050 Intermission
1050-1200 Agenda item 7: (continued)
1200-1400 Lunch break
1400- Field study 2- visiting to one or two community-based projects -Sunshine Homes
1830-2000 Welcome Dinner

Day 3: Saturday, 13 October 2007

0900-1200 Agenda item 8: Working group discussions and the adoption of the recommended actions.
  • Working group discussions
  • Plenary discussion
1130-1200 Closing ceremony
  • Closing Statement by ESCAP
  • Closing Statement by CDPF
  • Shanghai Joint Statement
1200 Lunch break
1400-1600 Free time

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