Strategy Meeting of TCI Asia 9-12 Bangkok 2015

As most of you are aware, TCI Asia was formed in November of 2014, as a new association or collective of people, broadly aiming to realize Article 19 of the UNCRPD, concerning the inclusion of persons with (psychosocial) disabilities, in the Asian region. A ‘Press Release’ is found on this blog site, for those who are new to TCI Asia, and this blog.

The strategy meeting in Bangkok is hosted by Bapu Trust and APCD Bangkok, found at (http://www.apcdfoundation.org).

The objectives of the upcoming meeting are:

– To share advocacy work and experiences in the Asian region and to review recent international developments

– To have constructive  discussions on questions and challenges that have confronted us in our in-country advocacy (e.g. cross disability alliance strengthening, common minimum understanding of roles and methods, etc.)

– To debate possibility and elements of an UNCRPD compliant Mental health law

– To consider CBR framework, its strengths and limitations towards inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities

– To learn and brainstorm, how to better participate and be included in UN based advocacy, especially post 2015 agendas, if not too late already

– To Plan for TCI Asia Annual gathering in Korea with KAMI / OhYong Kweon and

– Finally, new ideas, sustainability issues and if possible, TCI Asia structure

This strategic meeting of persons with psychosocial disabilities is hosted by Bapu Trust and APCD, Bangkok; with support from IDA and OSF. It is being convened by the Bapu Trust.

List of participants

S.No.	Country	Name
1	Philippines	Janice Cambri
2	Nepal	Susmeera Aryal
3	Nepal	Jagannath Lamichhane
4	India	Amba Salelkar
5	India	Bhargavi Venkatasubramaniam
6	Korea	OhYong Kweon
7	India	Shivani Gupta
8	India	Amarmani Bhagat
9	India	Gautam Chaudhury
10	India	Sarbani Dasroy
11	SriLanka	Mallika Hewage
12	SriLanka	Asanga Mallikarachchi
13	Bangladesh	Mahbub Ara Akter (Shilpi)
14	China	Linus Yang
15	China	Qimei
16	HongKong	Sophie Heung
17	Indonesia	Yeni Rosa Damayanti
18	Thailand	Kim Tiengton
19	Thailand	Natcha Mitrakul

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