Transcript Document 7193226

Disability Issues and the ILO in
Asia and the Pacific
An Informal Brown Bag Lunch Presentation and Dialogue
World Bank, Washington DC
14 April 2004
Debra A. Perry
Senior Specialist in Vocational
Rehabilitation for Asia and the Pacific
ILO Bangkok
Topics
1. ILO
2. Regional overview
3. ILO activities
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Regional
Headquarters
4. Discussion
The ILO
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Specialized UN agency
Formed in 1919; joined UN
Promotes social justice by improving working
conditions
Tripartite membership
Headquarters in Geneva
Asia Pacific regional office in Bangkok
12 country offices in the region
Technical Agency
Primary Goal: Promote Decent Work
Decent Work:
More and Better Jobs
Productive Work in conditions of:
– Freedom
– Equity
– Security
– Human Dignity
ILO Means of Action
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Knowledge
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Advocacy
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Technical Cooperation
The ILO and People with Disabilities:
Summary of Basic Principles
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Decent work for all - non-discrimination
Government policy
Equal treatment
Equal opportunity
Community participation
Tripartite consultations
Involvement of disabled persons and NGOs
Mainstreaming in training and employment,
whenever possible
Special measures
Involve all disability groups, women and
men, rural and urban
Regional Diversity
Barriers to Decent Work
Negative attitudes and
stereotypes
Lack of policy
support
Low self-esteem,
overprotective families
Lack of trained and
unbiased personnel
Lack
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accessibility
accessibility
Unequal access to
education, training and
employment services
Lack of support
services and
information
geared to their
needs
The Regional Realities
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370 million people with disabilities
238 million of working-age
Education unlikely: only 10 %
Unemployment high: double, up to 87 %
Are among the poorest of the poor
Most reside in rural areas (80 % in
developing countries)
Major initiative to address challenges:
Biwako Millennium Framework
BMF For Action Towards an Inclusive, BarrierFree and Rights-Based Society: Priority Areas
1. Self-Help Organizations
2. Women with Disabilities
3. Early Detection, Early Intervention and
Education
4. Training and Employment, including
Self-Employment
5. Access to built environment and
transportation
6. Access to Information
7. Poverty Alleviation
BMF: Targets
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By 2012 - 30%
signatories ratify ILO
Convention, 1983
By 2012 - 30% of
vocational training
include PWDs
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By 2010 - reliable data
on employment of
PWDs
BMF: Actions
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Collaborate with employers and trade unions,
including forming partnerships
Establish a coordinating and evaluation body to
oversee inclusion of people with disabilities in training
and employment programmes
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Improve training and access to training and the
necessary support services for inclusion
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Collect and disseminate good practices
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Establish hiring incentives
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Demonstrate being a model employer
ILO Means of Action
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Knowledge
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Advocacy
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Technical Cooperation
Knowledge: AP Region
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AbilityAsia Website
14 Country studies
Surveys of employers and trade unions
Regional meeting in 2003
Moving Forward: Toward Decent Work
for People with Disabilities---Examples
of Good Practice from Asia and the
Pacific
MF Example: Business for/by
People with Disabilities
• Purchased a 7-11 store.
Rehabilitation Alliance of Hong Kong
is a self-help group of more that 1,800
members representing all disability groups
• Accommodations
included extensive
training and a job coach
• Loan repaid in 3 years
and won awards for
excellence
• Now owns three other
stores
Advocacy
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Promotion of principles in ILO Convention 159,
Convention 111 and the Code of Practice for
Managing Diversity in the Workplace
Production of two videos: AbilityAsia and
AbilityThailand
Promotion of Biwako Millennium Framework
towards and Inclusive, Rights-based and Barrierfree Society
Advocacy for inclusion of disability issues within
mainstream ILO projects
Development Corporation of Ireland project
assisting China and Thailand in legislative and
policy issues
Advocacy with social partners, especially employers
Example: Business Approach
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Articulated in
Unlocking Potential and
AbilityAsia
Managing diversity is a
major factor in
efficiency, productivity
and overall success
Good workers
Improved team work
People with disabilities
are customers
Technical Cooperation
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Informal Sector
Alleviating Poverty through Peer Training project in
Cambodia
Informal Economy and other ILO projects
Formal Sector
Working with employers in several countries and
collectively
National meetings on disability issues (Nepal,
Mongolia, Thailand, India, Vietnam etc.)
National technical assistance
Social partners
Example: Income Generation/Poverty
Alleviation
Alleviating Poverty
through Peer Training
(APPT), Cambodia
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32 year old Tok Vanna gave up begging
when he learned to sell books from Sem
Sovantha. He now earns about $65 per
month
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Village-based training
Successful entrepreneurs
are trainers
Skills based on market
needs
Learn technical and
business skills
Grants, loans, start-up
support
Successful trainees become
trainers
Follow-up to ensure success
2004/5 Plans: Regional
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Final dissemination of country studies
Update, expand and improve accessibility of
Web site
Continued technical assistance to
governments
Library of laws for the region
Video for trade unions
Additional support to employer initiatives
Employment focused meeting
Develop good practices among employers
Promote CAP-NET project/activities
2004/5 Plans: Country-Specific
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Afghanistan: Disability Advisor post
Cambodia: Expand APPT; support
government capacity building efforts
China: Capacity building and awareness
workshops; engage social partners
Indonesia: New initiatives based on needs
Iran: Support to disability advisory group
Laos: Capacity building and technical
support to legislative and policy initiative
2004/5 Plans: Country-Specific (2)
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Mongolia: Support employer initiative
Philippines: New initiatives based on needs
Sri Lanka: Technical support to initiative of
Employers’ Federation of Ceylon
Thailand: Technical support revision of the
law, vocational assessment initiative and
integrated employment service task force
Vietnam: Work toward inclusion of people
with disabilities in ILO projects
Headquarters' Initiatives
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International Research Project on Current
Practices in Skills Development for Persons
with Disabilities
Community-Based Rehabilitation: Strategies
and Good Practices in Vocational Skills
Development of Youth with Disabilities
Employment of People with Disabilities---The
Impact of Legislation
Websites/Email
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www.ilo.org
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www.ilo.org/abilityasia
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[email protected]
Discussion
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What specific questions do you have?
What are the WB’s in-country activities
and points of entry on disability issues
in the region?
How might we work together?