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Regional Workshop on Disability and Development
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| DAY 1, 2 October 2002 | Time | Activity | |
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| 8:00 - 8:45 | Registration | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Opening Ceremony Opening Statements Rolf S. Zelius, Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy Director General, RSDD, Asian Development Bank Raimo Anttola [ PDF: 21kb | 4 pages ] Ambassador of Finland, Embassy of Finland, Manila |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 | Keynote Addresses: "Promoting Inclusive Strategies for Disability Issues in Development" Chair: Brahm Prakash, Director, RSPR, Asian Development Bank “Role of Government in Developing Disability Strategies Nationally and Regionally” [ PDF: 40kb | 7 pages ] Presenter: Eita Yashiro, Senator, Japan |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break/Group Photo | ||
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
“Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusion of Disability Issues in Economic Development” [ PDF: 10kb | 2 pages ] Presenter: Judith E. Heumann, World Bank Disability Advisor, The World Bank, USA | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Questions and Answers | ||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break (PDR 2-3A) | ||
| 1:30 - 3:00 | Panel 1: “ Situation of Disabled People in the Region” Barbara Murray, Manager, Equity Issues, ILO Geneva “Inclusive Education; A Process of School Improvement” [ PDF: 62kb | 13 pages ] Presenter: Hildegunn Olsen, Associate Expert Quality of Primary Education, UNESCO Regional Office, Bangkok “Disability Issues in the Employment and Social Protection” Paper [PDF] and Presentation [PDF] Presenter: Debra A. Perry, Senior Specialist, Vocational Rehabilitation, ILO Bangkok “Applying the Principles of Universal Design in Developing Infrastructure” [ PDF: 27kb | 8 pages ] Presenter: Judy Wee, Singapore “The Integration of Persons with Disabilities: The Experience of Community Based Rehabilitation Development” [ PDF: 481kb | 21 pages ] Presenter: Lorna Jean Edmonds, ADB Consultant |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:30 - 5:00 | Panel 2: “Current Regional Issues and Challenges within Mainstreaming Disability Issues” Chair: Debra A. Perry, ILO Bangkok “Towards Inclusion and Participation through Engagement of Disability Organizations” [ PDF: 41kb | 11 pages ] Presenter: Venus Ilagan, Regional Chairperson, DPI, Asia Pacific, Manila “Strategies for Mainstreaming Disability Issues in developing Assistance Programs” [ PDF: 56kb | 17 pages ] Presenter: Akiie Ninomiya, JICA Chief Advisor for Asia Pacific Development Centre on Disability, Bangkok “Inter-Sectorial and Inter-Agency Coordination in Mainstreaming Disability Issues” [ PDF: 39kb | 17 pages ] Presenter: Yutaka Takamine, ESCAP Project Expert on Disability, Bangkok “Disability, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction” [ PDF: 207kb | 23 pages ] Presenter: Isabel Ortiz, Senior Social Economist, RSPR, ADB |
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| 5:30 | Reception/Cocktails Hosts: Rolf S. Zelius, ADB Raimo Anttola, Embassy of Finland (Executive Dining Room) |
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| DAY 2, 3 October 2002 | |||
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Keynote Presentation: “Identifying Priorities for Mainstreaming Disability Issues in Development” (presentation on regional synthesis paper derived from the project and country examples) Presenters: Themes for Mainstreaming Disability into Poverty Reduction Strategies [ PDF: 394kb | 33 pages ] Lorna Jean Edmonds, ADB Consultant Cambodia Country Report [ PDF: 337kb | 85 pages ] Organization of People with Disabilities (Case Study on Inclusion) [ PDF: 48kb | 9 pages ] Son Song Hak, ADB Consultant India Country Report [ PDF: 280kb | 74 pages ] Inclusion of Disability Related Item in the National Census of India (Case Study on Access) [ PDF: 48kb | 9 pages ] Geeta Chaturvedi, ADB Consultant Sri Lanka Country Report [ PDF: 255kb | 62 pages ] Employer’s Federation of Ceylon (Case Study on Quality) [ PDF: 45kb | 8 pages ] Malika Ganasinghe, ADB Consultant Philippine Country Report [ PDF: 255kb | 69 pages ] Case Study on Participation [ PDF: 87kb | 7 pages ] Angela Pangan, ADB Consultant |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | “Mainstreaming Disability Issues - Current Trends” [ PDF: 36kb | 24 pages ] Presenter: Barbara Murray, ILO Geneva |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break (PDR 2-3A) | ||
| 1:30 - 4:30 | Working Groups: | ||
| 1:30-2:30 | Theme # 1: PARTICIPATION [ PDF: 35kb | 10 pages ] Chair: J.B. Munro, Regional Coordinator Asia Pacific, Inclusion International,New Zealand Theme # 2: QUALITY [ PDF: 48kb | 16 pages ] Chair: Md. Abdus Sattar Dulal, Executive Director, Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS), Bangladesh |
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| 2:30-3:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:00-4:30 | Theme # 3: ACCESS Chair: Kua Cheng Hock, President, World Blind Union Asia Pacific, Singapore International Cooperation and Related Issues for the Improvement of Welfare of the Deaf in the Asian/Pacific Region; [ PDF: 27kb | 9 pages ] Chair: Eiichi Takada, Board Member, World Federation of the Deaf, Japan Theme # 4: INCLUSION [ PDF: 58kb | 12 pages ] Chair: Ryosuke Matsui, Vice-President for Asia, Rehabilitation International, Japan |
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| DAY 3, 4 October 2002 | |||
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Reports back from the Working Groups Chair: Pamela Dudzik, Disability Group, The World Bank |
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| 11:00 - 12:00 | Recommendations [ PDF: 65kb | 15 pages ] Isabel Ortiz and Lorna Jean Edmonds |
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| 12:00-12:15 | Closing Remarks Brahm Prakash, ADB |
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| 12:15 | Lunch (PDR 2-3A) | ||
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