APDF General Assembly and Conference October 17-18, 2010
Background
The formation of APDF (Asia Pacific Disability Forum) was recommended by membersof Regional NGO (RNN) Campaign Conference held in Osaka in 2002, the Ending Yearof the first A/P Decade to promote the second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled
Persons 2003-2012 adopted by UNESCAP and its policy document, BMF.

APDF wasofficially founded in 2003 in Singapore. Over the past ten years we have witnessedsignificant developments in the disability field in the world. The most important one is,of course, the adoption of the Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities(CRPD)
in 2008.

Other important international landmarks include the adoptions of ICF in

2001, and the joint position paper of CBR in 2004.
There are also various developments among DPOs/NGOs in this region including thegrowing activeness of the Pacific area, ASEAN and South Asian countries.

Purpose of APDF General Assembly and Conference 2010
APDF has a tradition to organize its General Assembly and a Conference every two years
since its inauguration in 2003.

Considering that UNESCAP’ Social Development Commission

will meet from October 19-21, 2010 on a new post 2012 Regional Strategic Policy, APDF willtake the golden opportunity to meet before the ESCAP meeting, so that outcome of APDF
meetings will be fed into the meeting.
Therefore APDF 2010 Assembly and Conference participants will also be asked to deliberateon the future roles of APDF in a disability regional environment which is moving fast towards
diversity and inclusion; -and what and how the new forum of non-governmental organizations
should become .
We acknowledge with gratitude that APCD (Asia Pacific Development Center on Disability)
agrees to provide its facility, with a nominal fee for the APDF meetings on October 17 - 18.

Program
October 17, Sunday at APCD
10:00-12:00 APDF Executive Committee meeting
11:30 -Registration of General Assembly and Conference

12:00-13:00 Lunch for all participants1

13:00-16:00 General Assembly
Observers are most welcome.
Provisional Agenda items
1. Election of officers
2. Application for the membership of IDA and the related Revision ofAPDF Constitution
Whether APDF should apply for the membership of IDA formally ornot.
If the majority of APDF members agree to be a formal member of IDA,the Constitution should be amended so that more than half of its
members as well as its executive committee members should be DPOs.
3. Action plan until the end of the 2nd AP Decade in 2012 and beyond
4. Other matters
16:00-18:00

Joint Executive Committee meeting with the participation of old andnew members
18:00-19:30

Dinner for all participants

Conference, October 18, 2010 at APCD
Theme : “Innovations and Good Practices on CRPD : Accelerating Ratification, Effective
Implementation and Monitoring “
8:30-9:00

Registration of the Conference

9:00 -10:30

Paper presentation (activity report)<Tea break>
10:45-12:15

Round Table Panel Discussion“New developments in the disability field in and outside the region”
1. Representative from UN Committee on CRPD
2. IDA and GPDD by Mr. Khadaker Jafurul Alam, Chair of the APDF
3. APCD by Mr. Akiie Ninomiya, Executive Director of APCD
4. An overview of progress from a Southeast Asian perspective by Ms.
Saowalak Thongkuay, Regional Development Officer, DPI AP
5. PDF by Mr. Setareki Macanawai, Chair, PDF
6. The end year Conference in Korea 2012 by Dr. II-Yung Lee,Representative of 2012 APDF Conference in Korea at the end year
Of AP Decade2

12:15-13:15

Lunch

13:15-14:30

Paper Presentation<Tea Break>
14:45-16:30 Round Table Discussion on how APDF can contribute to regionally andglobally toward the end of the second AP Decade and beyond
Panelists :Representative from UN Committee on CRPD
Mr. Kandaker Jafurul Alam , Chair of APDF
Mr. Akiie Ninomiya, Executive Director of APCD
Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay, Regional Development Officer of DPI AP
Mr. Setareki Macanawai, Chari of PDF
Dr. II- Yung Lee, Representative of 2012 APDF Conference at the end
year of AP Decade in Korea
Facilitators:
Dr. Joseph Kwok, Vice Chair
Mr. Ryosuke Matsui, Secretary General(for 30 minutes) Adoption of a Statement which is to be submitted to the ESCAP Social
Development Division Commission from October 19-21.
Participants: 60
Participation fee for APDF Conference :US$100 per person
Participation fee for APDF Assembly Conference : US$100 per person to be collected onsite.
Note: The fee covers conference facilities, tea breaks for two days, lunch for two days,
dinner on 17 October. Participants who only take part in General Assembly and nottaking the lunch and dinner will be admitted free of charge.
Paper presentation
Participants who wish to make a presentation during the Paper Presentation sessions
at the Conference are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 150 words focusing
on the Conference Theme.
Deadline: August 31, 2010
Submission to APDF

Secretariat(e-mail: eueno@dinf.ne.jp )3Participants who are selected as presenters and submitted a full paper of no more than
1,500 words before the meeting will be offered complimentary registration.
Deadline : September 24, 2010
Submission to APDF Secretariat (e-mail: eueno@dinf.ne.jp )Contacts:Conference secretariat :APCD Foundation
Address : 255 Rajvithi Rd.k Rajithevi, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand
Phone : 66-(0)-2354-7505
Fax :66-)0)-2354-7505

Person in-charge :Ms. Nongluck Kisorawong, Administrative Manager, APCD.

e-mail: nongluck@apcdfoundation.org
APDF Secretariat:
1-22-1, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo, 162-0052
Phone: 813-5292-7628, Fax : .813-5292-7630
e-mail: eueno@dinf.ne.jp4