Slide
1
Welcome to the First
Workshop on Improvement of Disability Statistics
Bangkok Training
Bangkok, 24-28 May
2004
Lene Mikkelsen, Chief
of Statistics Development, UNESCAP
Slide 2
Why are we here today?
- 400 million people estimated
to suffer from some form of disability
- available data not adequate
for policy formulation
- lack of a common framework
impedes communication
- BMF recommends the improvement
of national disability information systems
Slide 3
UNESCAP’s work
on disability
- Strong promoter of UN’s
global initiatives on the rights of persons
of disabilities
- Mandate from BMF for
its statistical work
- 2003 Regional forum on
disability statistics for policy use
Slide 4
Recommendations from
2003 regional meeting to ESCAP and SIAP
- Organize with WHO training
in the use of ICF
- Training for producers
and users - including at the sub-regional
level
- Constitute a forum that
can promote the ICF framework
- Commence an action plan
with countries for implementing the ICF
- Collaborate closely with
key stakeholders in implementing these recommendations
Slide 5
Project Modalities and
Outcome
- Through four workshops
enhance capacity to use the ICF and design
better collection instruments
- Share experiences in developing
and testing collection tools
- Develop a disability manual
and training materials
- Disability statistics
better able to support policies, BMF and users’
needs.
Slide 6
Objective of first workshop
- Improve knowledge about
tools and instruments for disability measurements
- Develop a better understanding
of the ICF
- Show how to operationalise
ICF into a disability survey or census measure
- Develop an action plan
for ICF implementation
Slide 7
Workshop Programme workers?
- Standards and norms and
current status in region (Lene and Han)
- ICF (Nenad and Nicola)
- Collection instruments
and measurements issues (Ken)
- Strategic action plan
(All)
- Homework and planning
(All)
Slide 8
Work Methods
- Total submersion for five
days
- Lecture style sessions
mostly in the mornings
- Many group discussions,
some with conclusions to report back
- Some light evening home
work
- Questions and active
participation is strongly encouraged
- Keeping an open mind
is advisable
- Informality is encouraged
Slide 9
Tentative programme
- Monday: Overview of UN
standards and ICF
- Tuesday: ICF
- Wednesday: Data collection
instruments
- Thursday: Surveys and
strategies
- Friday: Action plans
and work for next meeting
Slide 10
Information items
- Hours of work: 8:30-17:00
, lunch 11:30-13:00
- Daily subsistence allowance
to funded participants will be paid Tuesday
- Social event on Wednesday
evening: dinner & karaoke competition
- All our support staff
are experts in local shopping
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