To support the Biwako
Millennium Framework for Action Towards
an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based
Society for Persons with Disabilities
in Asia and the Pacific (BMF), the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) was
designed a two-year (2004-2005) project
aimed at improving statistical capacities
in the collection and production of disability
data in developing countries in the region
through a series of workshops. The project
was approved by the Subcommittee
on Statistics at its first session,
Bangkok, 18-20 February 2004 and the Government
of the Republic of Korea has generously
offered to fund the project.
As part of the project activities, the
first Workshop for Improving Disability
Statistics and Measurement was organized
by the Statistics Division of UNESCAP
with the collaboration of World Health
Organization (WHO), the Australian Bureau
of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian
Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The main objectives of the Workshop were
to:
- Familiarize the participants
with the ICF and other international
guidelines and principles for the development
of disability statistics;
- Introduce best practices
in disability data collections, from
the planning stages to the collection
and dissemination of the data;
- Develop a strategic
action plan for improving national disability
information systems in accordance with
ICF and other international standards;
and
- Agree on the work
to be carried out by the participating
country teams for the second workshop.
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