Ministerial Board for Disability Policy Reform (MDPR)

• Head: Prime minister;
• Members: All Ministers of State

Committee for Disability Policy Reform (CDPR)

• 24 members and 2 observers
• Chair, Co-chair: both persons with disabilities
• Out of 24, 14 members are persons, or family members of persons, with disabilities
• Other members: experts knowledgeable of CRPD, experts with backgrounds of local administration, labor community and business

Panel(s) : to be organized as necessary – currently one on Comprehensive Welfare Services already running (as from April, 2010); another to be established in 2010 for discussions on anti-discrimination law on disabilities.

The 1st meeting of CDPR convened on January 12, 2010.

CDPR held 14 sessions, typically 4-hour discussions in each session, during the January-June 2010 period.

A primary report of CDPR was put together on June 7, 2010.

(It covers CDPR views on principles of disability policy reform , as well as setting forth a Road Map for the Government to proceed with in respective policy areas.)