Agenda Item 2: Review of the implementation

Agenda Item 2: Review of the implementation
of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action
and Biwako Plus Five towards an Inclusive,
Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for
Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the
Implementation of the Asian and Pacific
Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012
29 October 2012 – 2 November 2012
Incheon
Republic of Korea
Content
Progress
Areas for further action
ESCAP Disability Survey 2011
Commission resolution 64/8 of April 2008
2 survey questionnaires (Government & CSO)
Unprecedented high survey response rates
§ 51 Governments (82% response rate)
§ 95 CSOs (74% response rate)
Progress
Wider efforts to collect disability prevalence data
Three quarters
Asia-Pacific
Emergingofissues
must be
addressed have
Governments
prevalence data
Source: Disability At A Glance 2012
Progress
Promote rights-based policy & legal environment
25 Governments
have ratified
(%) of Governments
100
80
60
91
76
70
71
85
70
70
50
40
20
0
ESCAP (Asia &
Pacific
ESCWA (Western
Asia)
ECE (Europe)
ECLAC (Latin
America & Carib'n)
CRPD ratification & signatory status (15 October 2012)
Progress
Greater inclusion of persons with disabilities
§ Increase in CSO number & membership
§ More advocacy
§ Membership in national coordination mechanisms
Areas for further action
Data & institutional support
§ More reliable, disaggregated and comparable data
§ Legal framework needs “teeth”
§ More effective CSO participation in policymaking
Areas for further action
Pillars of disability- inclusive development
§ Reduce poverty & enhance employment
§ Strengthen social protection
§ Expand early intervention & education of children with
disabilities
§ Promote CBR programmes
Areas for further action
Accessibility gaps
§ Physical environment
§ ICT services
§ Sign language & tactile sign language interpretation & Braille
transcription services
Areas for further action
Emerging issues
Population projections of persons 60
years & older in Asia-Pacific, 19902050
§ Rapid population
ageing
§ Non-communicable
diseases
§ Disasters
Emerging
issues
must
By 2050,
25%
of AP
be
population:
older
addressed
persons
Let’s keep counting for
persons with
disabilities to count !