Goal and Objectives of the Conference Programme Committee Sub-committees Fund Raising, Financial Management Logistics Management Documentation Introduction of Hosting Agencies CBR Network South Asia (CNSA) Sub themes for presentation Instruction for submission of papers and presentations Information about hotels and their rates Venue Contacts |
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| Hosted jointly by: South Asian Regional Network In CBR, Bangalore, India National Federation of Disabled- Nepal |
Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children & Social Welfare CBR National Network- Nepal |
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| CBR National Network- Nepal P.O. Box: 3255 Kathmandu, Nepal Email: info@cbrnetwork.com.np |
Phone: 00977-1-4261219/4260583 Fax: 00977-1-4261047 Web:www.cbrnetwork.com.np top |
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Goal and Objectives of the Conference Goal: Come together and share knowledge, experiences and expertise to campaign CBR movement to further ensure equitable accommodation and opportunity for PWDs in South Asia Objectives: 1. Update on people’s information about good CBR practices in South Asia 2. Strengthen CBR Network in South Asia to empower DPOs in the region. 3. Promote inclusion of PWDS to enhance their contribution to the society 4. Empower PWDs to participate in all social events. 5. Promote social justice and human rights to ensure equal participation of PWDs Steering Committee 1. Mr. Binod K. Adhikari – Chairman, Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare 2. Mr. Madan Rimal - Social Welfare Council 3. Representative - Ministry of Health 4. Representative - Ministry of Education and Sports 5. Representative - Ministry of Local Development 6. Mr. Birendra Pokharel - NFD-N 7. Core Committee Members - CBR-N 8. CBR-N Coordinators - SAARC Countries 9. Mr. Krishna P. Bhattarai - CBR Network South Asia 10. Ms. Bimala Ghimire - PRERANA Nepal 11. Mr. Meen Raj Panthi - Action Aid Nepal Advisory Committee 1. Mr. Punya Prasad Neupane - Secretary Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare 2. Dr. Reetu Raj Gartaula - Member Secretary Social Welfare Council 3. Dr. L.N. Prasad – Impact Nepal 4. Dr. Shibesh Chandra Regmi – Action Aid Nepal 5. Mr. J.B. Lebrun – Handicap International 6. Dr. Bhushan Punani – Blind Men's Association, Ahmedabad, India 7. Ms. Indumathi Rao – South Asian Regional CBR Network, Bangalore, India 8. Dr. Ashok Kumar Banskota – Friends of the Disabled 9. Mr. Tirtha Raj Onta – Nepal Red Cross Society 10. Mr. Rajan Bahadur Raut – Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind 11. Mr. Rajesh Prasad – Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind 12. Prof. Bashudev Kafle – Tribhuvan University 13. Dr. Dinesh Devkota – Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Retarded 14. Mr. Sachchidananda Srivastav – Association for the Welfare of the Mentally Retarded 15. Mr. Masayuki. Watanabe – CBR Network Japan 16. Prof. Sheila Wirz – University College London 17. Dr. Maya Thomas – APDRJ, India 18. Ms. Mary Wickenden – University College London 19. Mr. Joseph aguettant - Terredes Hommes 20. Dr. Ahluwalia - Rehabilitation Council of India 21. Mr. Akiie Ninomiya – Asia Pacific Centre for Disability, Bangkok 22. Dr. Padmani Mendis – Upsala University, Sri Lanka 23. Mrs. Nupur Bhattacharya – Save the Children Norway 24. Mr. Reetu Raj Bhandari – Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare 25. Mr. Ganesh Upadhyay - Ministry of Home 26. Dr. Arjun Karki – NGO Federation 27. Prof. Y. Nozaki - Nihon Fukushi University, Japan 28. Dr. Huib Cornielje – Enablement, Netherlands 29. Dr. Kedar Baral - Plan Nepal 30 Mr. Gauri Pradhan – Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre |
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| Programme Committee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Prakash Wagle 2. Birendra Pokharel 3. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 4. Upendra Kumar Adhikari 5. Bimla Ghimire 6. Rama Dhakal 7 Indira Joshi 8 Mr. Bikash Dangol |
CBR-N NFD-N SARN MOWCSW Prerana NDWA CBR Patan NFDH |
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| Sub-committees Scientific and Technical |
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| 1. Prof. Basudev Kafle 2. Birendra Pokharel 3. Dr. Khem Karki 4. Prakash Wagle 5. Dr. Bhushan Punani 6. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 7. Surya Bhakta Prajapati 8. Upendra Prasad Adhikari 9. Deepak Sapkota 10. Prakash Kumar Adhikari Information and Communication 1. Sudarshan Subedi 2. Om Prakash Banjade 3. Hom Nath Aryal 4. Tika Dahal 5. Laxman Gyawali 6. Ananda Ram Poudel 7. Ram Prasad Dhungana 8. Madhav Prasad Aryal |
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| Fund Raising, Financial Management | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Rabindra K.C 2. Rama Dhakal 3. Bimala Ghimire 4. Anil Upadhyaya 5. Ramesh Naulakha 6. Meen Raj Panthi 7. Nara B. Limbu 8. Ratna Lal Maharjan 9. Prakash Wagle 10. Kumar Thapa |
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| 1. Nitra B. Deuja 2. Krishna Acharya 3. Sabitri Sharma 4. Kumar Regmi 5. Sumish Bimba 6. Sanjaya Bantawa 7. Dambar Ale 8. Krishna Pyari Nakarmi 9. Fauja Bahadur Karki 10. Pom Narayan Poudel 11. Manish Prasain Reception and Registration 1. Indira Joshi 2. Tulsa Sharma 3. Ramesh Niraula 4. Surya Kunwar 5. Biru Nepali 6. Tulsi Ram Basyal 7. Prem Bhakta Dangol Volunteer Mobilisation 1. Mitra Lal Sharma 2. Chintamani Poudel 3. Damodar Pandit 4. Sunita Thapa Exhibition Sub-Committee 1. R. K. Dhamala 2. Gangaram Yadav 3. Raju Maharjan 4. Dipak Shakya |
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Introduction of Hosting Agencies Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW), Nepal The ministry, since its inception, is trying its best to improve the situation of women, children and socially vulnerable groups like people with disabilities and senior citizens. The management of disability has been included in its five year periodic plan. Also, strategically, the ministry has prepared national plan of action and implementing it in collaboration with other stakeholders. The ministry’s increased focus to the issue of disability management has created considerable attention. A high level Disabled Service Co-ordination Committee has been formed under the convenorship of MWCSW minister. The Committee is widely represented by the representatives of organisations actively involved in disability movement. The ministry is playing an important role to empower disabled people’s organisations throughout the country. The ministry has also played important role to strengthen the networking of organisations involved in disability management. Despite resource constrants, every year the ministry is supporting the organizations closely linked to disability management with some resources. In general, the ministry is effortful to bring positive change in the life of disabled people through proper collaboration with all concerned government, non government sectors and international communities. CBR Network South Asia has been established in 1993 with the aim of strengthening networking in the region. CBR Network South Asia collects and disseminates information on disability management and development, organises training for CBR workforce, supports in match making of expertise and needs, promotes partnership market and creates regional sharing opportunities. Since a few years it has been focusing on formal education on CBR / disability management in collaboration with the University of Bangalore. These Training programmes are offered on distance mode have collaboration with Rehabilitation Council of India, Indian Epilepsy Association, India, the international portage association, U.S.A and international institute of rehabilitation management, Lisbon, Portugal. CBR Network South Asia promotes research on CBR, integrated education, social inclusion of people with disabilities, activities related to senior citizens including proper utilization of senior citizens’ experiences, gender and disability, policy advocacy, etc. CBR Network South Asia (CNSA) publishes and distributes various social communication tools and training materials in CBR. The Network has developed different materials on disability management and supported all countries based on their needs. Set of small leaflets on different aspects of CBR, CBR fact sheets and a very comprehensive CBR information kit consisting of 52 CDs are a few examples of CNSA’s work. CBR Network is an associate member of Rehabilitation International (USA). National Federation of the Disabled - Nepal (NFD-N) The National Federation of the Disabled – Nepal has emerged as a key strategic player within Nepal’s disability field. NFDN represents171 organisations working in disability including self-help organisations working to advance the rights, dignity and lives of PWDs. It has expanded its network through five regional offices and has been planning to strengthen district coordination committees countrywide. From its commencement, NFDN has been taking responsibilities of co-ordinating, and building the capacities of its member organisations. NFD-N’s works is to ensure the principles and strategies underlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognised legal instruments that protect and promote the rights and dignity of PWDs. NFDN has represented PWDs in national and international arena. It has its representation in Special Education Council under the Ministry of Education and Sports and Disabled service National Co-ordination Committee. NFDN represents PWDs in international forum as member of National Assembly of Disabled People International (DPI). It is also the associated member of the Asia Pacific Development Centre on Disability (APCD). Since its commencement, NFDN has become instrumental in co-ordinating, advocating and elevating the status of PWDs in Nepal. NFDN with its strong policy advocacy has been able to bring out some important legal provisions and programmes at the national level. CBR National Network-Nepal CBR National Network-Nepal (CBRN - Nepal) is a forum of non-government organisations established to serve the interest of people with disabilities throughout the country through umbrella framework. CBRN-Nepal aims to bring positive change in the socio-economic status and human rights of people with disabilities by building capacities of its member organizations spread all over the country. Vision CBRN-Nepal envisions a society, which respects the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities presenting to them with equal opportunity to actualise their potential and become productive members of the society. Mission Guided by the principles of solidarity, equality and integration, the CBRN-Nepal is committed to bring positive influence on all round development of people with disabilities in partnership with stakeholders on socio-economic status, environment, health, education, development and human rights.
• Organise National CBR Conference once a year • Conduct CBR management training to organisations working in disability • Publish CBR News Bulletin annually • Strengthen networks in regional and district level • Work towards introducing disability as cross cutting issues in development processes • Disseminate information on disability management and development within Nepal and South Asia. • Participate in national and international events related to disability and rehabilitation We invite all presenters to present their papers within the seven priority sectors identified by Biwako Millennium framework for Action for Asia and the Pacific. We will look for responses to the question below on each issue. What have we achieved so far? How can we achieve those goals? What are the lessons learnt? 1. Self-help Group of People with Disabilities and related family members 2. Women With Disabilities 3. Early Detection Intervention and Education 4. Training and Employment 5. Access to Built Environment 6. Poverty Alleviation through Social Security and Livelihood 7. Access to Information and Communication 8. Strengthen Network and Sharing in South Asia to achieve the goals set in the Biwako Millennium Framework. Abstracts
• All presenters should provide a complete article before presenting the paper in the conference • Article should not exceed 900 words exclusive the title of the article and author’s name • The article is expected to follow the following structure Introduction Methodology Results/finding Conclusion and recommendations • The original article of the accepted abstract should be dispatched in time so that the conference secretariat receives it by the 10th of September 2007.
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| Information about hotels and their rates Varieties of hotels are available in Kathmandu. Participants may choose a hotel as per their choice. Information about some hotels is given below. Most of the hotels can be booked online however, if you need any assistance in booking accommodation, please inform conference secretariat in advance. Since October is peak tourist season in Nepal advance booking is suggested. Information about hotels and their rates |
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Subsequent to this conference there will be one day workshop on 7th of October 2007. The workshop is to be conducted by ICEVI on “Education for All Visually Impaired Children”. ICEVI will accept only 25-30 participants in the workshop. Participants applying to participate in the CBR conference can at the same time, apply for the ICEVI workshop. ICEVI will provide lunch and snacks for the participants selected for the workshop. For more information about the ICEVI conference, please contact: Dr. Bhushan Punani Blind People’s Association India E-mail: blinabad@bsnl.in |
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