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General rules for participants in Disabled Peoples' International Asia Pacific (DPIAP)'s regional Training Programmes

These general rules are intended to facilitate a participation in the training programme and support the ambition to reach the overall and specific objectives.

As a participant, you will at all times be regarded as a representative of your country. In your contacts with other participants, organisers and lecturers - including social contacts outside the programme - you are expected to act accordingly.

Please read General rules for participants in Disabled Peoples' International Asia Pacific (DPIAP)'s regional Training Programmes from: http://www.dpiap.org/resources/doc/DPIAP_general_ rules_regional_training_10_09_20.doc

ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICER Full-Time Position International Human Rights/Disability Project

There is an immediate opening for a full-time position of Asia-Pacific Regional Officer for the Disability Rights Promotion International (D.R.P.I.) project.

D.R.P.I. is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable global system to monitor the human rights of people with disabilities. D.R.P.I.'s International Coordination Centre is based at York University in Toronto, Canada. With the support of Disabled Peoples International - Asia-Pacific Region (D.P.I.A.P.), D.R.P.I. is establishing a Regional Centre for Asia-Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand. The Asia-Pacific Regional Officer will work from the Bangkok office.

Duties:

The position will involve working under the direction of D.R.P.I.'s Co-Directors and in collaboration with the D.R.P.I. Project Coordinator and other researchers to:

• Coordinate a regional disability rights monitoring training including the logistics of organizing the venue; participant travel, board and lodging; printing of materials, etc.;
• Plan and supervise disability rights monitoring projects;
• Liaise with D.R.P.I. project personnel and partners;
• Seek funding opportunities for disability rights monitoring activities;
• Assist national and local organizations of people with disabilities to apply for and secure funding;
• Offer support to disability rights monitoring activities taking place in Asia-Pacific;
• Develop and foster partnerships between and among disability rights and human rights organizations in Asia-Pacific;
• Assist with the preparation of reports to funding bodies and international and regional human rights monitoring mechanisms;
• Raise awareness of disability rights monitoring activities taking place in Asia-Pacific (by, for example, coordinating media campaigns, writing content for the D.R.P.I. website and list serv, attending and presenting at relevant meetings, etc.)
• Other tasks, as required by the Co-Directors or their designate.

Please download the detail of Asia-Pacific Regional Officer for the Disability Rights Promotion International (D.R.P.I.) project from: http://www.dpiap.org/news/doc/Asia-Pacific_Regional_OfficerDPRI_2010_08_09.doc

Source: http://www.yorku.ca/drpi/

Meeting on "Mainstreaming Disability Perspective in ASEAN Strategic Framework" Jakarta, Indonesia, 9 - 13 August 2010

Aims:

1. to discuss the preparation for Disability Expo and International Conference on ASEAN and Disability with DPOs, government and ASEAN Secretariat and
2. to discuss the further networking and collaboration to implement the DPIAP projects related to ASEAN especially mainstreaming disability perspectives in ASEAN Community.

Please read full report from: http://www.dpiap.org/reports/doc/Miyamoto_Mission_Jakarto_Report_10_08_30.doc

The visiting of Australian Volunteers International ( AVI), 24 September 2010

Aim of this visiting

• to introduction DPI/AP roles of DPI/AP in Asia-Pacific Region
• to learning the Disabilities Equality, cross disability and Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• to sharing information
• Q and A.

Australian Volunteers International( AVI ) is a significant contributor to a peaceful, just and sustainable world; a world of respectful global relationships where all people have access to the resources they need, the opportunity to achieve their potential, the right to make decisions about the kind of development they want and to participate in the future of their communities

Please download the full report of this visiting from: http://www.dpiap.org/reports/ppt/AVI_Visiting_Volunteer_10_08_24.ppt

Country: Thailand
Source: DPI/AP