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NameAsia-Pacific Development Cetner on Disability
AbbreviationAPCD
Websitehttp://www.apcdfoundation.org/
Organization TypeInternational Non-governmental Organization
Disability TypeCross-disability
CountryThailand
AddressAPCD Building, 255, Rajvithi, Rajthevi, Bangkok 10400
Telephone02-3547505
Fax02-3547507
Emailinfo@apcdfoundation.org,
Contact PersonDirector
Brief Introduction

The "Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability" (APCD) is a regional center on disability established in Bangkok, Thailand as a legacy of the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002, under joint collaboration of the Government of Japan and the Royal Thai Government.APCD has been endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific as a regional cooperative base for its Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards an Inclusive,Barrier-free and Rigths-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons,2003-2012.

The APCD project was implemented in Bangkok on 1 August 2002 through the technical cooperation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security,Thailand; the necessary infrastructure was provided by Japan's Grant Aid.

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