Ⅶ. MONITORING AND REVIEW

A. Organization of regional and subregional meetings

60. The Commission, by its resolution 58/4 of 22 May 2002 on promoting an inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based society for people with disabilities in the Asian and Pacific region in the twenty-first century, requested the Executive Secretary of ESCAP to report to the Commission biennially until the end of the Decade on the progress made in implementation of that resolution. ESCAP should convene biennial meetings to review achievements and to identify action that may be required to implement the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action. At those meetings, the representatives of national coordination committees on disability matters comprising government ministries/agencies, NGOs, self-help organizations and the media will be invited to present reports to review progress in the implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action at the national and subnational levels. Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities should be encouraged to participate actively in the review process. Regional meetings should focus one at a time on the targets adopted in the following thematic areas:

• (a) Self-help organizations of persons with disabilities, women with disabilities, education, training and employment;
• (b) Access to built environments and access to information and communications;
• (c) Poverty alleviation through social security and sustainable livelihoods.

61. Governments in each subregion should organize subregional meetings to review achievements and to identify action that may be required to implement the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action based on their subregional priorities and action plan in a similar manner as at the regional level described in the above paragraph.

B. Regional working group to coordinate and monitor the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action

62. A regional working group comprising the United Nations system, Governments and civil society organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities in the region should meet regularly to coordinate and monitor implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action.

C. Mid-point review of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action

63. A mid-point review of the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action should be conducted. Based on the review, the targets and strategic plans for the second half of the Decade may be modified and new targets and strategic plans formulated.