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] [ ] [ ] This summer, APCD was very busy organizing regional trainings, seminars, workshops, and networking and collaborating. APCD also joined the celebration of the historical upcoming Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol.
The third trimester of the year 2006 began with a Refresher Training on Self-help Groups (SHG) of Persons with Disabilities towards Rights-based and Sustainable Community Development. Ex-participants of previous APCD training courses on SHG and Community-based Rehabilitation learned new dimensions on the topic of SHG. APCD Human Resources Development organized the 3rd Training of Information and Communication Technology for Visually Impaired Persons for 14 participants from 7 countries aimed at training of computer trainers for visually impaired persons.
In this quarter, APCD held a networking and collaborative event in collaboration with the UNESCAP, entitled the UNESCAP/APCD Seminar on South-to-South Cooperation on Disability: Development of APCD Network. In spite of the political instability in Thailand, 17 participants from 10 countries joined the seminar along with participants from the South African region. Through this seminar, APCD and stakeholders could exchange points of view and best practices resulting from the ex-participants implementation during the past 4 years.
APCD continuously networked and collaborated with focal points and associate organizations especially in the information sharing areas.
APCD was pleased to welcome guests especially H.E. Jiro Kawasaki, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japanese Government representative, in August. APCD also welcomed both the public sectors and private sectors like the SM Supermalls from the Philippines, which did an excellent job in promoting public awareness on physical accessibility issues for persons with disabilities.
Tentative APCD activities in the next upcoming 6 months (October 2006 - March 2007) are:
| Tentative Activities (2006) | October | November | December | |||||||||
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| Newsletter Volume 17 | ||||||||||||
| Refresher Training on Regional Workshop on Accessible Web-based Information Networking | 31 Oct - 10 Nov | |||||||||||
| Mission to Papua New Guinea | 4 - 7 | |||||||||||
| Regional Training on Independent Living for People with Disabilities | 13 - 21 | |||||||||||
| Tentative Activities (2007) | January | February | March | |||||||||
| Newsletter Volume 18 | ||||||||||||
| ICT for All: Training of Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) for Persons with Print Disability | 16 Jan - 2 Feb | |||||||||||
| Regional Training Seminar on Capacity Building of Self-help Organizations of Persons with Disabilities, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 12 - 16 | |||||||||||
| Regional Training on Community-based Rehabilitation | 27 Feb - 16 Mar | |||||||||||
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