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Workshop on "Disability and PRS in Cambodia"

Agenda, Day 1

Venue: Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation

Objective of Day 1: Provision of Basic Information on PRSP and Disability

Time  

Topics/Main Issues

Guest Speaker/ Resource Person/ Facilitator

8:00

Registration of Workshop Participants

Secretary

8:15

Introduction of Participants

Facilitator

8:20   

General Briefing on the Workshop

  • workshop rationale , objectives and expectations
  • Specific objectives of Day 1 & Day 2
  • Organisation of workshop flows: presentations & working groups

Representative from host organisation

8:35

Introduction of the Project  

  • Justification and background of the project
  • Objectives of the project and proposed activities in Cambodia
  • Introduce the PRSP Coordination Committee and allies in Cambodia and examine their possibilities to implement the project
  • Elaborate the timeframe of the project

Representative from host organisation

 9:00

Introduction of PRS - General Aspects

  • Meanings and concept of PRS
  • The core principles of PRS: country-driven/ownership, results-oriented, comprehensive, partnership-oriented and participative.
  • The processes of PRS established by own country governments
  • Critical challenges faced by most countries in the PRS ownership
  • Previous successes and donor involvements regarding PRS
  • The importance of  Cambodia’s Millennium Development Goals as a debtor of  the World Bank

Resource person from an NGO experienced vis-à-vis PRS

 9:30

Comments  and Questions

Facilitator

 9:45

B R E A K

 10:15

Introduction of PRS in Cambodia

  • The meaning and concept of the NSDP
  • The formulation process of the NSDP: line ministries, technical working groups, NGO Forum
  • Priority goals and targets of the NSDP
  • The main strategies to implement the NSDP
  • Monitoring and evaluation – indicators and monitoring framework

Resource person from the Ministry of Planning

10:45

Comments and Questions

Facilitator

11:00

Experiences of the NGO Forum regarding PRS

  • Entry points for NGO involvement in PRS
  • Experience of the NGO Forum in the PRS formulation process
  • Incorporation of NGO comments into the NPRS and NSDP
  • Participation perspective of the NGO Forum in NPRS and NSDP processes
  • NGOs' plans to follow up and monitor the NSDP

Resource person from the NGO Forum

11:45

Comments and Questions

Facilitator

12:00

LUNCH

13:30

Introduction on the situation regarding disability in Cambodia 

  • Obstacles facing persons with disabilities
  • Definition of disability given in the draft legislation
  • Social exclusion
  • The aspects of disability and socioeconomic development
  • Overview of DPO activities in Cambodia
  • The disability movement in Cambodia
  • Suggestions and comments to donors

Resource person from a DPO

14:15

Comments and Question

Facilitator

14:30

BREAK

15:00

Group Discussion: Venn Diagram

  • PRSP stakeholders
  • Disability stakeholders

Facilitator

16:20

Feedback from the Groups

  • Key players in the disability sector, including
  • Key stakeholders in PRSP
  • Difficulties of having a joint capacity of expression and representation among the stakeholders

Facilitator

16:55

Brief Summary, End of Day 1

Facilitator,
selected participants

 

 

Agenda, Day 2

Venue: Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation

Objective of Day 2: Participants Understand the Relationship between PRS and Disability, and Exchange Ideas for Further Actions

Time  

Topics/Main Issues

Guest Speaker/ Resource Person/ Facilitator

8:00

Registration of Workshop Participants

Secretary

8:20

Synthesis of Day 1

  • The meanings of PRS, NSDP
  • 3 main steps of PRS
  • Entry points
  • Main recommendations
  • Main deadlines
  • Information, problems and recognition of disability
  • Summary of the outcomes of the Venn Diagram

Facilitator

8:30   

PRS and Disability Sector Involvement:

  • Persons with disabilities, the poor and poverty reduction in Cambodia
  • Disability sector involvement in poverty reduction
  • Examples of case studies: successful inclusion of disability in PRS processes in Honduras, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone and Tanzania
  • The ideas of networking – lessons learnt

Resource persons from a DPO and an INGO

8:35

Introduction of the Project  

  • Justification and background of the project
  • Objectives of the project and proposed activities in Cambodia
  • Introduce the PRSP Coordination Committee and allies in Cambodia and examine their possibilities to implement the project
  • Elaborate the timeframe of the project

Representative from host organisation

9:00

Comments  and Questions

Facilitator

9:15

Presentation of the Results of a Preliminary Analysis  of PRS and Disability in Cambodia:

  • Concept of the research study
  • PRS process and phases
  • Possible entry points and strategies in each phase of the PRS
  • Participants’ perspective
  • Comments on the NSDP approach
  • Disability in PRS for Cambodia
  • Brainstorming for group discussion on the identification of entry points and strategies

Resource person froim an INGO

9:45

Comments and Questions

Facilitator

10:00

B R E A K

10:30

Different Working Groups:

  • Linkages between PRS and disability Stakeholders (adopted stakeholder matrix)
  • Discussion on proposed entry points and strategies

Facilitator

12:00

LUNCH

13:30

Group feedback

Each group facilitator

13:50

Presentation: Networking as a Successful Approach – the Idea of the "NSDP Inclusive Committee"

  • Ideas of networking to achieve the targets and objectives of the project and its implementation
  • Formation of the NSDP Inclusive Committee for the project
  • Roles and responsibilities of NSDP Inclusive Committee members
  • Possibilities for others to become members of this committee

Representative from the NSDP Inclusive Committee

14:15

Comments and Questions

Facilitator

14:30

BREAK

15:00

Working Groups:

  • Recommendations on sector involvement
  • Discussion of the main sectors of the PRS with the aim of including disability

Facilitator

15:30

Presentation of Working groups
Main sectors: Legislation, Social Protection, Education and Employment

Each group facilitator

16:00

 Evaluation of Workshop Feedback  

Facilitator

16:15

Closing and Decision on Further Steps

  • Timeframe for the implementation and evaluation of the project
  • Micro grants for small-scale projects

Representative from host organisation

16:30

 End of Day 2

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