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Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV Countries) Completion Report Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund Project “Capacity Development in Disability and Development for CLMV Government Officers” 2007-2010 Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) Completion Report Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund Project “Capacity Development in Disability and Development for CLMV Government Officers” 2007-2010 Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) Completion Report “Capacity Development in Disability and Development for CLMV Governmert offi cers” Preface This is a completion report of the project ‘Capacity Development in Disability and Development for CLMV Government Offi cers’ supported by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund and implemented by the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development. The project was composed of a series of training courses and work- shops over three years from July 2007 to June 2010 with the objective of enhancing the capacities of government offi cers engaged in disability issues to analyze, formulate and implement policies and programs in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV countries). In the ASEAN region, persons with disabilities have been largely left out of the development process. They are often caught in the vicious cycle of disability and poverty. Institutional, physical, informational and attitudinal barriers have made them invisible, leaving them unable to contribute to society and realize their full potential. The issue of “disability and development” has commonality and signifi cance for all ASEAN countries albeit in different degrees. As this project is intended to contribute to narrowing the development gap among ASEAN countries, it focused on CLMV countries. Regional and international instruments adopted in recent years refl ect increasing attention to disability issues, and a rights-based approach to disability has gained recognition and visibility in disability discourses. At the international level, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which entered into force on 3 May 2008, marks the inception of a new era in which a rights-based approach would be pursued within a legislative framework. At the regional level, the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-Free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacifi c and its supplement, Biwako plus Five, bring together the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, the project has been designed to develop government offi cers’ capacities in disability and development, which will allow them to formulate policies related to persons with disabilities in each CLMV country, thereby enacting and promoting the rights of persons with disabilities. The following is the completion report for the project reviews and summarizes our activities and achievements. i Preface We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Ms. Yukiko Nakanishi, Mr. Osamu Nagase, Mr. Soya Mori, Mr. Shintaro Nakamura, Ms. Junko Utsumi, Ms. Chisato Esaki, Dr. Kenji Kuno, and all the experts, resource persons, groups and organizations who support this project. We are also grateful to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their guidance and for providing a good bridge to the ASEAN Secretariat. Finally, we would like to express our special gratitude to the ASEAN Secretariat for understanding the value of the project and for having extended their continuous support throughout the project’s duration. June 2010 Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development ii Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Background ........................................................................................... 2 1.2 Benefi ciaries .......................................................................................... 2 1.3 Objectives and Activities ........................................................................ 3 1.4 Activities ................................................................................................ 4 1.5 Management Structure of the Project ................................................... 6 1.6 The Main Feature of the Project .......................................................... 7 2 Basic Concept of the Project 2.1 Disability and Development ................................................................ 12 2.2 The Twin-Track Approach: Not “Disability” and “Development” but “Disability and Development” ......................................................... 17 2.3 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) -Towards Inclusive Community and World .......................................... 26 2.4 Importance of Disabled Person-centered Approach ............................ 32 3 Implementation of the Project 3.1 Preliminary Survey .............................................................................. 44 3.2 First Training ....................................................................................... 62 3.3 Third Country Workshop ..................................................................... 72 3.4 In-Country Workshop .......................................................................... 77 3.5 Wrap-Up Seminar ............................................................................... 89 4 Impact of the Project 4.1 Cambodia ........................................................................................... 94 4.2 Lao PDR ............................................................................................. 97 4.3 Myanmar ........................................................................................... 100 4.4 Vietnam ........................................................................................... 103 5 Summary and Lessons Learned from the Project Experience 5.1 Summary from Each Country ............................................................ 108 5.2 Learning from the Action Plan Implementations ............................... 109 5.3 Nothing About Us Without Us - the Importance of Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities ................... 110 5.4 Proposals ......................................................................................... 111 Appendix A-1: [First training] List of the Participants (Cambodia) .......................... 114 Appendix A-2: [First training ] List of the Participants (Lao PDR) ........................... 115 Appendix A-3: [First training] List of the Participants (Myanmar) ........................... 116 Appendix A-4: [Firtst training] List of the Participants (Vietnam) ........................... 117 Appendix B-1: [First training] Evaluation by Participants (Cambodia) .................... 118 Appendix B-2: [First training] Evaluation by Participants (Lao PDR) ...................... 120 Appendix B-3: [First training] Evaluation by Participants (Myanmar) ...................... 125 Appendix B-4: [First training] Evaluation by Participants (Vietnam) ....................... 133 Appendix C-1: [Third Country Workshop] List of the Participants ........................... 136 Appendix C-2: [Third Country Workshop] Evaluation by Participants ..................... 137 Appendix D-1: [In-Country Workshop] List of the Participants (Cambodia) ............ 140 Appendix D-2: [In-Country Workshop] List of the Participants (Lao PDR) .............. 141 Appendix D-3: [In-Country Workshop] List of the Participants (Myanmar) .............. 142 Appendix D-4: [In-Country Workshop] List of the Participants (Vietnam) ............... 143 Appendix E-1: [In-Country Workshop] Evaluation by Participants (Cambodia) ....... 144 Appendix E-2: [In-Country Workshop] Evaluation by Participants (Lao PDR) ........ 147 Appendix E-3: [In-Country Workshop] Evaluation by Participants (Vietnam) .......... 152 Appendix F-1: [In-Country Workshop] Action Plans (Cambodia) ............................ 154 Appendix F-2: [In-Country Workshop] Action Plans (Lao PDR) .............................. 167 Appendix F-3: [In-Country Workshop] Action Plans (Myanmar) .............................. 172 Appendix F-4: [In-Country Workshop] Action Plans (Vietnam) ............................... 183 Appendix G-1: [In-Country Workshop] Action Plan Implementation Report (Lao PDR)... 191 Appendix G-2: [In-Country Workshop] Action Plan Implementation Report (Vietnam) .... 199 Appendix H-1: [Wrap-Up Seminar] List of the Participants ..................................... 213 Appendix H-2: [Wrap-Up Seminar] Discussion Minutes ......................................... 218 1 Introduction Completion Report “Capacity Development in Disability and Development for CLMV Governmert offi cers” 1.1 Background ASEAN and Japan have a well established mutually signifi cant partnership in promoting regional peace and stability. Now the people in these countries are facing new challenges and opportunities in the rapidly changing global economy. Various measures have been taken for poverty reduction based on the national development plans and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) in the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Union of Myanmar and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (hereinafter referred to as CLMV) in order to bring them into line with other ASEAN countries. As a result, macro-level indicators such as GDP growth rate and poverty incidence rate show that economic growth has been fostered in CLMV countries. Nevertheless, the government fi nancial defi cit is still a common problem among CLMV countries, and as a
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