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DISABILITY MAINSTREAMING IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION : SAFEGUARDING THE GAINS THEME: LESSONS IN MAINSTREAMING DISABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Venue: Safari Park Hotel Dates: August 30th 31st 2012.

Adopting international standards in the realization of MDGs & vision 2030
Training Mission Creating an inclusive society: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Constraints

Introduction Following the National conference National Conference on Disability and accessibility rights that was organized by the National Council for Persons with Disabilities at KICC (25th 27th June 2012), there is an urgent need to mainstream the important resolutions into organizational development agenda. This workshop seeks to insert disability in the world of cooperation, in the politics that create cooperation, in employment, in development, in public sector, in the private sector and in the design of institutional/organizational projects as well as take stock of the achievements so far in line with the disability act of 2003, the new constitution and Vision 2030 while brainstorming on what needs to be done. Themainfocusoftheprogrammewillbe: 1. Establish formal frameworks and mechanism and for mainstreaming disability at the workplace. 2. Accessibility compliance issues 3. Evaluate the ISO standards for effective inclusion of disability for certification purposes. 4. Engage the development partners, private sector and public service on the frameworks in place to achieve minimal accepted mainstream levels and establish evaluation mechanisms for the same 5. Examine the lesson s learnt and best practices from the mainstreaming of gender at the workplace in both the developed and developing world. 6. Establish a consensus on a targeted and concrete strategy for Promoting inclusion of disabled people in to the development agenda in order to accomplish disability mainstreaming in the long run 7. Interrogate the application of the laws in the new constitutional dispensation on disability mainstreaming 8. exchange good practices in the field of disability mainstreaming in the framework of the European Employment Strategy Impactoftheprogramme Creatinganinclusivesociety:Mainstreamingdisabilitybasedonthesocialeconomyexample: Social Economy is a specially favourable environment for equal opportunities. The needs of disadvantaged people need to be taken into account in the design of all policies and measures, and that action for the same people is not limited to those policies and measures which are specifically addressing their needs. Disabilitymainstreamingintheemploymentstrategy:People with disabilities are one of the groups who are most disadvantaged as regards their participation in the labour market. The Employment Strategy has a great deal to offer for people who run a high risk of exclusion from the labour market. Relevant elements shall be presented for discussion. ISOCertification,disabilityandergonomicsattheworkplace:From your visual comfort at the computer screen (ISO 9241) to the mental workload experienced at the office (ISO 10075), ergonomics is at the centre of all types of work situations and how comfortable we are in those working situations. The goal of ergonomics in the workplace is to eliminate worker exposure to occupational hazards e.g presence of ramps at every staircase is a score on disability inclusion ISO/IWA 2:Quality management systems Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 in education,industryandpublicsector:Gettingthebalancerightforanallinclusivesociety. Socialinclusionofpersonswithdisabilitiesthroughinformationandcommunicationtechnologies (ICTs): The use of ICTs in all stages of education, training and human resource development should be promoted, taking into account the special needs of persons with disabilities and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. Internal awareness and knowledge programs: there is a lack of internal awareness and knowledge of disability issues in administrations and institutions. There is a need for human resource development and management. Millennium Development Goals MDGs and disability Previous Participating organizations
UniversityofNorthTexas,UniversityofNairobi,KisiiUniversitycollege,JKUAT, KU,KCAA,KAA,KFS,KWS,CentralBank,KEMRI,KARI,Ministries,KURA,ERC, AON,KPA,KPC,BrandKenya,PCPB,KEPHIS,TSC,EuropeanUnion,KMA,KIM, KPLC,EABL,MMUST,GIZ,IMF,WorldBank,KNEC,NHC,ASK,Govt.Institutions andmanymore. HumanResourceDevelopment (HRD),HRM,Academia,TrainingDepartments, SocialResearchers,CEOs,parastatalheads,departmentalheads,supervisors, Humanresourcefirms,publicrelations,Publicsector,Privatesector, developmentpartners,donors.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

In case of further questions concerning the project Disability Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation please contact Ann, Project Coordinator Tel.: 020-2101620, Fax: +254 2 275 00 93, Email: info@envirofit-consultants.org, OR visit the sponsoring site at www.includeeverybody.org