Training Workshop on Capacity Building
for Self-help Organizations of Persons with Disabilities
10-20 September, 2003
Bangkok, Thailand
General Information
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Preface
The Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, located in Bangkok, Thailand, is a legacy of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993 - 2002). Its objective is to promote the empowerment of persons with disabilities and a barrier-free society in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
APCD was jointly established with the collaboration of the Government of Japan and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand on 1 August, 2002. APCD is also working in close cooperation with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), other United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations whose work is related to persons with disabilities.
This Training Workshop on Capacity Building for Self-help Organizations of Persons with Disabilities is one of the APCD activities with full support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Social Development and Human Security to promote the UN ESCAP BIWAKO Millennium Framework (BMF) for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Right-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, particularly in the area of self-help organizations of persons with disabilities in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
] Essential Facts
| Course Title | Training Workshop on Capacity Building for Self-Help Organizations (SHO) of Persons with Disabilities |
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| Duration | 10 - 20 September, 2003 |
| Deadline for Application | 31 July, 2003 * The application forms must be submitted to the Royal Thai Embassy/Consulate in each invited country. |
| Countries Invited & Participants | Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam *Maximum 3 participants from each of the above countries. |
| Language | English |
| Target Group | Leaders and managerial personnel of Self-Help Organizations (SHO) concerning the following disabilities:
*Participants from each country should consist of persons with different types of disabilities. |
| Course Objectives | To strengthen the foundation of self-help organizations through:
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| Training Venue | Asia Hotel Bangkok (http://www.asiahotel.co.th) 269 Phayathai road, Rajthevi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand TEL: 66-(0)2- 2150808, FAX: 66-(0)2- 2159005 |
| Accommodation | Asia Hotel Bangkok (http://www.asiahotel.co.th) 269 Phayathai road, Rajthevi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand TEL: 66-(0)2- 2150808, FAX: 66-(0)2- 2159005 |
| Expenses & Allowances | The following expenses for each selected participant will be borne by the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) :
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] Curriculum
The following lectures/discussion/group-work are included:
Philosophy/Concepts concerning Self-help Organizations (SHO) of PWD (Persons with disabilities)
- Definition of SHO of PWD
- Single-disability organizations
- Cross-disability organizations
- Independent living movement
- Equality management: leadership, power and authority
- Inter-organizational management
- Participatory decision-making
- Organizational communication: communication for effectiveness
- Information management
- Accountability: financial transparency
- Human resource management
- Conflict resolution management
- Advocacy: human rights protection techniques
- Policy-making: lobby/collaboration skills with the Governments and other relevant organizations
- Poverty alleviation: micro-finance/credit methods
For the further information, please contact:
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability
Tel (662) 247 2619
Fax (662) 247 2375
Email: training@apcdproject.org
website: http://www.apcdproject.org
] Requirement for Application
An applicant should:
- Be a leader or managerial personnel of a self-help organization concerning the following disabilities:
- Physical disabilities
- Blindness and other visual impairments
- Deafness and other hearing impairments
- All other disabilities
*For an applicant who needs to an accompanying personal assistant or a sign language interpreter for the training, s/he needs to inform APCD of the details through his/her APPENDIX OF NOMINATION FORM (Article: Disabilities). Necessary expenditures (e.g., travel expenses etc.) for the selected participant's personal assistant or a sign language interpreter can be borne by APCD, when APCD recognizes the necessity for the training.
- Be between 22-50 years old
- Have a good command of the English language
* Blind persons equipped with English Braille as well as deaf persons equipped with American or another English sign language are preferable.
- Be in good health in order to complete the training course.
- Be nominated by the respective governments in accordance with the procedure stipulated in the following "APPLICATION PROCEDURE" section.
Application Procedure
- Each applicant needs to fill out three (3) sets of the Fellowship Application Form, stipulated by the Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation (DTEC), the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, and three (3) sets of Appendix, provided by APCD. Completed documents should be submitted to a Government agency responsible for Official Development Assistance (ODA) or to APCD's Government/semi-autonomous focal point in the country of each applicant as follows:
CAMBODIA:
Disability Action Council ( Attn. Executive Director)
Address: #28, Street 184, Sangkat Chey Chum Nas, Khan
Daun Penh, Phnom Penh
Tel: 023-215-341LAO PDR:
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (Attn. Minister)
Address: PO Box 347, Vientiane
Tel: 021-213-287 Fax: 021-213-257Myanmar:
Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (Attn. Director-General)
Address: 64 Kabaaye Pagoda road, Yangon
Tel: 01-662-589, 01-663-392 Fax: 01-650-002Viet Nam:
Office of National Coordinating Council on Disability (Attn. Director)
Address: So 2, Dinh Le, Hanoi
Tel: 04-936-0278 Fax: 04-936-0279 - Each applicant also needs to fax or mail one (1) copy of the completed Fellowship Application Form and its Appendix in advance directly to:
Director, Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability, 60th Anniversary Building, Rajvithi Road, Rajthevi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Please note that the copy sent directly to APCD is advance informal information. For the selection, APCD will consider application forms which have come through the official channel (from the Royal Thai Embassy to APCD via DTEC).
Tel (662) 247 2619, Fax (662) 247 2375 - Governments of invited countries, who have received three (3) completed Fellowship Application Forms and Appendixes from each applicant, should submit all of the documents by the due date to the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in their respective countries, who will then be responsible for forwarding those documents to DTEC in Bangkok, Thailand.
The due date for submitting the application documents to the Embassy/Consulate is July 31, 2003. - After the training participants have been selected by APCD, DTEC will notify the Governments of the selection results no later than two (2) weeks before the commencement of the course. Each Government will be responsible to inform their nominated candidates about the selection results.
Notification of the selection results will be approximately by 20 August, 2003.
Certificate
Participants who have successfully completed the course will be awarded a certificate issued by the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability.
] Other Matters
A. Travel Documentation
Prior to arrival in Thailand, all participants MUST first obtain a NON-IMMIGRANT VISA from the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in their respective countries. If there is no Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate available, participants can apply for "THE VISA ON ARRIVAL" at the Bangkok International Airport upon their arrival.
The advance payment for an application fee for "THE VISA ON ARRIVAL" is Baht 300 (equivalent to approximately US$ 8) and a receipt is necessary for reimbursement. Please be aware that your name on the receipt should be exactly the same as the one in your passport.
B. Airport Reception and Transferal
Upon arrival, the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD) will provide airport reception and transferal to the hotel for the participants.
Special Attention
- Participants
- are required to arrive in Thailand on the date designated by APCD.
- should assume responsibility for other expenses not provided for which are incurred during the trip between their home country and Thailand.
- shall make their own arrangements for any financial matters of a private nature that are not covered under this training course.
- are required to fulfill the course requirements.
- are requested not to bring any family members with them.
- are requested to confirm their flight information and date of arrival in Bangkok to APCD by e-mail (training@apcdproject.org) or fax (662- 247 2375) at least three days before the commencement of the course.
- are required to submit, boarding passes and ticket stubs related to their financial arrangement to the APCD staff upon arrival.
- The Royal Thai Government, the Government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and/or the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability(APCD) shall have no liability whatsoever for the participant or his/her personal representatives for injury, illness or death suffered or contracted by the participant arising out of or in the course of his/her participation in the program/course; nor shall The Royal Thai Government, the Government of Japan, JICA and/or APCD have any liability whatsoever towards third parties for compensation for any loss of property, injury, illness or death of such third parties caused by the nominee during the course of his/her participation in the program/course.
