During the three days of the roundtable, participants engaged in a number of activites relating to the disability issues being discussed. These included developing a framework for action to help DPO's lobby governments, identification of areas for participatory research, and the production of a variety of press materials to promote the roundtable.
Participants also presented their own experiences to the group. These included;
- The Secretariat for the African Decade of the Disabled's plan of action for the next six years
- How the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) had successfully influenced the Ugandan government's Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Why organisations need to get involved with the UN Convention on Disabilty
The individual activities and talks are presented below:
| Summary of activities |
Framework for action - during
the three days of the roundtable participants examined the challenges
involved with engaging decision makers with disability issues. Aframework
for action for both national and international levels was then developed.
Participants were encouraged to continue to share their contributions
and experiences after the roundtable. |
| Research priorities
- The participants investigated research areas that would help
support their work. Ten areas for priority were identified. Read about the 10 research priorities here (Word, 1 page 25 KB) |
| Statement for UN International Day of
Disabled Persons - as part of the final day activities a
statement was prepared, voicing the importance of taking a rights-based
approach towards disability and development and calling for action
as a result of the roundtable. Read the full statement (Word, 2 pages 28 KB) |
Press release
- participants worked together to produce a press release about
the roundtable to adapt and distribute among their networks |
| Recommendations
for roundtable 2 and 3 Group work created a set of recommendations for the teams invovled with the planning of the next two roundtables, including ideas for presentations and topics for discussion. Read the recommendations (Word, 1 page 20 KB) |
The following presentations were shown at the roundtable:
| Summary of presentations |
| African Decade of the
Disabled (ADD), Thomas Ong'olo, Secretariat ADD - this presentation
outlined the background to the decade, its main goals and how they
were to be implemented over the next six years. Download the presentation here (PowerPoint, 138 KB) |
| Experiences
of working with Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, Martin Sennogga,
NUDIPU - Martin presented NUDIPU's research on Chronic Poverty
in Uganda. It recommended a number of strategies, which had been fed
into the PRSP of Uganda. At the time of the roundtable NUDIPU were
waiting for a response from the Ugandan government. Download NUDIPU's recommendations here (Word doc , 16 pages 77 KB) |
United
Nations Convention on Disability, Marleen Van Der Croft, Save the
Children -
'Don't wait to be invited', was Marleen's main statement. Her presentation
clarified the processes and principles of the UN Convention and
she demonstrated how DPOs could contribute to its development. |
DFID and disability, Philippa Thomas, Healthlink Worldwide - Presentating the mapping work of DFID and disability Philippa highlighted the example of India where the DFID office had successfully prioritised disability as part of its programme. Full mapping report can be downloaded here (PDF 82 pages 744 KB) |
Seeing in the Dark, David Curtis, Healthlink Worldwide - David presented the successful exhibition that simulated the lives of blind people in Bangladesh. He discussed how the exhibition had been concieved, designed and managed by people with visual impairments and disabled people. See www.healthlink.org.uk for more information on the exhibition |
