News and Events

14-16 November 2016, Jakarta

National stakeholder consultation on disability data collection in Indonesia

ESCAP, co-organized with the Government of Indonesia, a national consultation in Jakarta from 14 to 16 November 2016 to support the development of an action plan to prepare data for the Incheon Strategy’s 41 core indicators. The consultation consisted of meetings with senior officials and statisticians from 11 ministries including among others the Ministry of Social Affairs, the National Statistics Agency, the Ministry of Manpower and the Ministry of Public Works.

26-28 October 2016, Paro

National Consultation on Disability Data Collection in Bhutan

ESCAP conducted a national consultation on disability data collection with the Government of Bhutan from 26 to 28 October 2016. The aim was to build the capacity of Bhutanese policymakers and statisticians in collecting reliable and comparable data on disability and to enhance their awareness of the Incheon Strategy's goals, targets and indicators.

13-17 September 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia

Consultations on ESCAP e-learning course on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction in Indonesia

ESCAP conducted stakeholder consultations in Jakarta and Semarang, Indonesia from 13 to 17 September 2016 to obtain feedback on an ESCAP-developed e-learning course on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction. The consultations included high-level representatives from the National Disaster Management Authority as well as from organizations of persons with disabilities.

05-09 September 2016, Manila, Philippines

Consultations on ESCAP e-learning course on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction in the Philippines

ESCAP organized a series of stakeholders consultations on an ESCAP-developed e-learning course on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction in the Philippines from 5 to 9 September 2016. The e-learning course primarily aims to enhance the technical knowledge of policy makers in implementing measures on disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction. Two consultations were held in Manila and two were held in Cebu, both of which targeted policy makers, specialists in disability and disaster risk reduction as well as persons with disabilities affected by disasters.

15-17 December 2015, Shanghai

Information for All: ESCAP-CDPF Workshop on Accessible Knowledge, Information and Communication for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Information for All: The ESCAP-CDPF Workshop on Accessible Knowledge, Information and Communication for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, was held from 15 to 17 December 2015 in Shanghai, China, in partnership with the Government of China, China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) and Shanghai Municipal Government.

02-03 March 2015, New Delhi

Second Session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022

The Second Session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities was organized by ESCAP in cooperation with the Government of India through the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2 to 3 March 2015 in New Delhi, India. The Session was convened in pursuance of the recommendations made and the rules of procedure adopted by the Working Group, at its First Session (25-26 February 2014, Incheon, Republic of Korea).

22-23 April 2014, Sendai, Japan

Asia-Pacific Meeting on Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Changing Mindsets through Knowledge

 

 

Outcome Document of the Asia-Pacific Meeting on Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction

 

 

25-26 February 2014, Incheon

First session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Korea, through its Ministry of Health and Welfare, convened the First Session of the Working Group on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022, from 25 to 26 February 2014 in Incheon, Republic of Korea.