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Nepal

The implementation of the Agenda for Action for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons:
Major achievements and priority areas for improvement

Munishwor Pandey, President, National Federation of the Disabled-Nepal

PART I: Achievements

  1. National Coordination

    1. Formation of National Coordination Committee in 2000. It includes government line agencies, NGOs, Self-Help Organizations (SHOs) and Private sector.

    2. National Coordination Committee has been playing advisory role to the Ministry of Children, Women and Social Welfare (MWCSW) for the policy formulation and National program planning

    3. Executive committee was formulated including government sector NGOs SHOs, WWDs.

  2. legislation

    1. The committee was formed in 2000 for the amend the act Disabled Protection and Welfare act 1982 amend purpose is finalized and to the MWCSW and it has been dissemination purpose amend documents to the line ministry for the approval.

    2. Children's Right (CR) act is also under process of amend 2000 includes provision for RC of Children With Disabilities CWDS.

    3. Other legislation on has been included disabilities issues such as education, local development, etc.

  3. Information

    1. National sample survey initiated by National Planning Commission (NPC) in 2000 the report has been not disposed.

    2. Translate the agenda for action in to national language in 2001.

  4. Public awareness

    1. (No)

  5. accessibility and communication

    1. Sing language was formulated in 1994

    2. Up to 10 class stands Braille book are available found.

  6. Education

    1. Less then 2% Person With Disabilities (PWDs), CWDs are participating formal and informal education.

    2. Around 4000 CWDs and participating in formal and informal getting education. Inclusive education has been standard initiated by Department of Education as a pilot project in 2 districting in 2001.

  7. Training and employment

    1. (No)

  8. Prevention of causes of disabilities

    • Program are going on vitamin A polio and leprosy

    • The government has joint the international camping to ban land mines in 2001

  9. Rehabilitation services

    1. MWCSW has been included national plan & budget in 2001

  10. Assistive devices

    1. (No)

  11. Self-help organizations

    1. Established a nation forum of self-help changes as a National Federation of the Disabled-Nepal (NFD-Nepal) in 1993.

    2. Diverse disability groups are working since 1991.

    3. Development progress for training PWDs including WWDs, as trainees in leadership and management of SHOs since 1993.

    4. Establish a national policy with the requisite resource allocations to support the development and information SHO of PWDs since 2001.

    5. Mechanism under the direction of the national cording committee, which will increase consultation between self-help organizations of PWDs and diverse government ministry's covering the implement of agenda for action.

  12. Regional Cooperation

    1. (No)

PART II: Priority activities necessary to fulfill the Agenda for Action by the conclusion of the Decade

  1. National Coordination

    1. NCC needs to be developing infrastructure and mechanism.

    2. National Plan of action needs to be developing with a time frame monitoring & evaluation.

    3. Need with adequate allocation budget.

    4. Participation of SHOs & PWDs.

  2. legislation

    1. To formulated specific committee which can review & recommend adjusting amend all laws and bylaws concerning disability issues.

    2. Enactment of a basic law with on effective in built implementation and enforcement mechanism to protect the rights of PWDs

    3. Review of laws relating to customs duties and amendment thereof, with a view of exemption

  3. Information

    1. To establish national information center with an accessible

    2. Need authentic sample survey

  4. Public awareness

    1. To enhance the capacity of media (Government & Private sector) to increase and coverage the disability issues, train situation, actively etc.

    2. Inclusion of disability issues in policies relating to information and the media

  5. accessibility and communication

    1. Immediate incorporate of barriers free features as a standard acquirements in designs and plans for all new construction, renovation and expansion of build and facilities used by members of the public, including transport, education, facilities and housing schemes as well as three public pleases

    2. Immediate inclusion of barrier free design in the curricula for the training of architects urban planners and engineers

    3. Govt. need sing language to recognized and provide communication facilities such as Braille etc.

  6. Education

    1. Need appropriate policy program and plan according to socio-economic formal and nonformula education.

    2. Inclusion disability issues educational and teaches training curriculum.

  7. Training and employment

    1. Inclusions and reservation in government line agency and NGOs vocational training center for PWDs

    2. Reservation in employment need to be insure in by policy and practice

    3. Need to be developing action plan and monitoring system.

    4. Immediate action for provision about soft loans.

  8. Prevention of causes of disabilities

    1. In the context of Nepal major prevalent preventable causes of disability

  9. Rehabilitation services

    1. Need to be national CBR strategy and enforcement of national CBR program

    2. Including of both men & women with disability in CBR training

    3. Provision of disability rehabilitation service in the Primary Health system

    4. Inclusion of courses on disability & rehabilitation curriculum of health institutions

  10. Assistive devices

    1. To established of national assistive devices as well as repair and maintain services to all PWDs as a free of cost

    2. Exemption of customs and other duties on the import of assistive devices and simplification through preferential treatment of customs clearance procedures for the important and export of assistive devices as well as components, materials and equipment for their production repair and maintenance

  11. Self-help organizations

    1. To participate line ministry's agency.

  12. Regional Cooperation

    1. (No)