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] [ Top ] During the last quarter of the year 2003, APCD continued to implement activities towards the empowerment of persons with disabilities in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific Region with great effort. Related to Networking and Collaboration, APCD had a mission to Hyderabad and New Delhi, India from 20-28 November 2003. The Information Support team joined the mission to conduct information gathering and exchange information with representatives from disability-related organizations from several countries in the Asia-Pacific Region, who were participating in the 6th International Abilympics in New Delhi, India. Both missions succeeded in promoting APCD, and building networks and collaborating with associate organizations in India and other targeted countries. APCD was very pleased to welcome the Tibetan Deaf Group from Tibet and to join various regional workshops and seminars on disability-related issues; for example, the Asia and Pacific Disability Forum (APDF) Inaugural Meeting & Conference 2003, the World Blind Union, Asia-Pacific Regional General Assembly and Associate Events 2003 in Singapore, and other UN ESCAP disability-related meetings.
On 12 December 2003, APCD organized a Seminar for South-to-South Cooperation for Decades of People with Disabilities: Orientation to APCD. Participants from ten developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region participated in this seminar along with delegates from 9 African countries to exchange information on the Decades of Persons with Disabilities.
Regarding human resource development activities, APCD is preparing for future regional workshops, like the Independent Living Seminar, the Non-Handicapping Environment Workshop for National Trainers and Policy Makers, and the Workshop on Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Psychiatric Disabilities, all to be held early in 2004. Information Support considers the information exchange through the publication of the 5th and 6th Empowerment APCD Newsletters most helpful as well as making the APCD website accessible on disability-related issues. Also, APCD is working on the second set of country profiles, of Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines which will be publicized in the near future.
APCD will continue to work hard in 2004 towards the empowerment of persons with disabilities in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific Region.
| Activities | January | February | March | |||||||||
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| Independent Living Training Course | 26-31 | |||||||||||
| Mission to Nepal | 11-17 | |||||||||||
| Non-Handicapping Environment Workshop for National Trainers and Policy Makers | 26-31 | |||||||||||
| Mission to Vanuatu | 7-13 | |||||||||||
| Workshop on Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities | 16-18 | |||||||||||
| Year 2004 | April | May | June | |||||||||
| 7th Empowerment APCD Newslette | ||||||||||||
| Regional Training on Community-based Rehabilitation | ||||||||||||
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