Inter-Country Meeting for Promotion of Inclusivity in Education, Employment, Health &

Inter-country meeting for Promotion of Inclusivity in Education, Employment, Health & Well Being of Persons with Disability in the South-East Asia Region

Programme Schedule

March 3, 2010 1830 – 2030 hrs. Inaugural Function Venue Sunken Garden, The World Bank 70 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi

Welcome Ms. Sarla Maheshwari / Ms. Sukanya Balakrishnan About The Conference Dr. Uma Tuli, Founder & Managing Secretary, AJCT Lighting the Lamp Sharing of Experiences Ms. Anne Hawker President, RI Keynote Address Ms. Susan Hirshberg The World Bank Inaugural Address Mr. Mukul Wasnik Hon’ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Dance Performance By Amar Jyoti School Students Vote of Thanks Ms. Venus Ilagan Secretary General, RI ******** 1950 Dinner Sunken Garden

March 4, 2010

Venue Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi

0745 – 0815 hrs. Registration Session I : 0830 to 1000 hrs. Current Trends in Inclusive Education

Chairperson Mr. Simon Haskell, Eminent Professor Switzerland Rapporteur Ms. Sunita Singh, Mrs. Bandana Malhotra Keynote Speaker Dr. M N G Mani, India (Inclusive Education – Policy Issues And Challenges) Paper I Ms. Judith Hollenweger, Switzerland (Quality Indicators for Inclusive Education)

Paper II Ms. Anupriya Chadha, India (Achieving Education For All through Inclusion: Glimpses from India)

Paper III Mr. T D T L Dhanapala, Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka's Journey of Moving Towards Inclusive Education)

Paper IV Ms. Frieda Mangunsong, Indonesia (Effectiveness of Inservice Teacher’s Training In Inclusive Primary Schools in Jakarta, Indonesia)

1000 – 1030 hrs. Tea Break

Session II

1030 to 1200 hrs. Making Inclusion A Reality thru Holistic Approach

Chairperson Ms. Anshu Vaish, Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of HRD Rapporteur Ms. Sharmila Divatia, Ms. Sunita Singh Keynote Speaker Dr. Uma Tuli, India (Inclusion : Difficult but Possible)

Paper I Mr. K R Rajendra – India (Making Inclusion A Reality thru Holistic Approach)

Paper II Prof. Umesh Sharma – Australia (Inclusive Education : What can we Learn from Developing Countries)

Paper III Mr. Ram Prasad Dhungana, Nepal (Skills Development Initiatives in Nepal - Trends, Challenges & Hopes)

Paper IV Dr. P Samuel, USA (Promoting Community Inclusive thru Family Support Navigation)

Session III

1200 to 1330 hrs. Healthcare Initiatives & Support Services

Chairperson Dr. A K Mukherjee, Director General, Indian Spinal Injury Centre, India

Rapporteur Ms. Usha Mahajan, Mrs. Bandana Malhotra Keynote Speaker Dr. R K Srivastava, India

Paper I Prof. Naila Khan, Bangladesh (Multidisciplinary Child Development Centres within Government, Hospitals providing vulnerable children access to diagnostic services, early intervention an improved quality of survival in Bangladesh)

Paper II Dr. Jitendra Jamdar, India (Comprehensive Rehabilitation Scenario in Central India)

Paper III Dr. Udita Jahgirdar, USA (Antenatal Care And Prevention Of Disability)

Paper IV Dr. Anita Mathur , USA (Prevention of Post-Natal Disabilities)

Paper V Ms. Aishath Looba, Maldives (Rehabilitation Services for people with disabilities – The current context -Maldives)

1345 - 1415 hrs. Lunch Break

Session IV

1415 to 1545 hrs. Transition from Education to Employment

Chairperson Mr. Vinod Khanna, Principal Consultant, Tech Mahindra Foundation, India

Rapporteur Mrs. Bandana Malhotra, Ms. Usha Mahajan

Keynote Speaker Prof. Madan Kundu, USA (Transition From Education To Employment: Challenges For Students with Disabilities And Professionals)

Paper I Ms. Anne Hawker – New Zealand (From Education to Employment)

Paper II Ms. Urmila Sarkar, UNICEF, India (School to Work Transition: Experiences from Asia and the Pacific)

Paper III Mr. Samir Ghosh, India (Promoting Accessibility and Employment)

Paper IV Mr. Niranjan Khatri, India (Creating Employment Opportunities – A Bold Initiative) Paper V Mr. Gioion Kaino Mandes, Tanzania (Transition From Education To Employment For Persons With Disabilities; An Experience of Tanzania)

1545 to 1615 hrs. Tea Break

1615 to 1715 hrs. Open Forum – Inclusion: Issues & Challenges Dr. H C Goyal, Dr. J P Singh, Mr. S Kuntia, Ms. Asha Hans Mr. Sam Carlson, Mrs. Aruna Dalmia, Ms. Sonya Philip

Visit Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Vasant Kunj, Delhi followed by dinner.

March 5, 2010

Session V

0900 to 1030 hrs. Promoting Infrastructure & Accessibility

Chairperson Mrs. Asha Das, Former Secretary, Government of India Ministry of S J & E

Rapporteur Dr. Bhushan Punani, Ms. Sharmila Divatia

Keynote Speaker Mr. Joseph Kwan, Hong Kong (The Universal Accessibility Approach towards an Inclusive and Accessible Environment and Infrastructure)

Paper I Mr. Sanjeev Sachdeva, India (Infrastructure & Accessibility)

Paper II Md. Aktar Uddin, Bangladesh (Emergence of inclusiveness towards mainstreaming the PWDs in Bangladesh)

Paper III Mr. Bal Krishan Gaire, Nepal (Innovation in Accessible Transport for All)

Paper IV Ms. Mimi Lusli, Indonesia (Infrastructure & Accessibility)

1030 – 1100 hrs. Tea Break

Session VI

1100 to 1230 hrs. Networking to Promote Inclusivity

Chairperson Mrs. Sangita Gairola, Additional Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of SJ & E Rapporteur Ms. Usha Mahajan

Keynote Speaker Jacqueline Van Swet, The Netherlands (Networking to Promote Inclusivity)

Paper I Ms. Indumathi Rao, India (Networking to Promote Inclusivity)

Paper II Ms. Venus Ilagan – Philippines (Networking for Disability)

Paper III Prof. S. Mukhopadhyay, India (Networking to Promote Inclusivity – Issues & Challenges)

Paper IV Ms. Arlene S Kanter, USA (UNCRPD as an organizing tool for increasing awareness and self advocacy on the rights of persons with disabilities in the Asian Region)

1230 – 1240 Address by Dr. Kiran Walia, Hon’ble Minister of Health, NCT Delhi

1240 – 1300 Interaction with Hon’ble Minister

1300 – 1345 hrs. Lunch Break

Session VII

1345 to 1515 hrs. Challenges & Way Ahead

Chairperson Dr. S D Gokhale, President Longevity Centre & CASP, India

Rapporteur Ms. Sunita Singh

Keynote Speaker Ms. Aloka Guha, India (Do we have the will?)

Paper I Prof. C S Pandav, India (Disability Healthcare Challenges & Way Ahead)

Paper II Ms. Anuradha Mohit, India (Hill Model of Inclusive Education : A Case Study)

Paper III Dr. Jerry Rosenqvist, Sweden (Inclusive Education : Challenges & Possible Solutions) 1515 – 1600 hrs Open Forum Discussion - Empowerment thru Partnerships Dr. Naila Khan, Ms. Susan Hirshberg, Thakur Vijay Prasad, Dr. Uma Tuli, Mr. Khaled El Mohtar, Ms. Sudha Kaul, Mr. T D Dhariyal, Mrs. Poonam Natrajan

1600 to 1630 hrs. Tea Break

1630 to 1715 hrs. Concluding Session

Presentation of Recommendations

Cultural Programme by students from Akshay Pratishthan

1800 hrs. Visit to Delhi Haat INA