Inclusion International - International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap (ILSMH)

Inclusion International - Ligue internationale des associations pour les personnes handicapées mentales
Inclusion International - Liga Internacional de Asociaciones en favor de las Personas con Deficiencia Mental
Inclusion International - Internationale Liga von Vereinigungen für Menschen mit Geistiger Behinderung

Contact Details

Main address: Coordinator: Raquel Gonzalez, KD 2 03 - 4-6 University Way, Docklands Campus, E16 2RD, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Tel: (44 20) 8223 7709, Fax: (44 20) 8223 6081, E-mail: info (at) inclusion-international.org

Exec Dir: Connie Laurin-Bowie, c/o CACL Kinsmen Bldg - York Univ Campus, 4700 Keele Street, ON M3J 1P3, Toronto ON, Canada, E-mail: conniel (at) cacl.ca

SG: Ralph Jones, c/o CACL Kinsmen Bldg - York Univ Campus, 4700 Keele Street, ON M3J 1P3, Toronto ON, Canada

URL: http://www.inclusion-international.org/

Aims

Advance the interests of persons with mental handicap, without regard to nationality, race or creed, by securing provision of remedial, residential, educational training, employment and welfare services; create a common bond of understanding among parents and families of the retarded and others affected by the problem of mental handicap worldwide; promote the interests of persons with mental handicap and their families by bringing about cooperation among organizations representing national endeavour on their behalf.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (Special); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status); International Labour Organization (ILO)^* (Special List); World Health Organization (WHO)^* (Official Relations); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)^*; Council of Europe (CE)^* (Participatory Status).

Activities

Main thrust is the fostering of effective programmes for international exchange through: personnel training workshops geared to the specific needs of a country or region; reciprocal exchange of experts; international symposia and seminars on crucial issues; world congresses and regional conferences that advance knowledge and attitudes; translation and dissemination of information about major developments; development of guidelines for legislative action, such as the 'Step by Step' programme for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons adopted by UN General Assembly in 1971.

Regional Committees (6):

• -African Affairs (FEPAPHAM);

• -Inter-American Confederation of the ILSMH (CILPEDIM)^*;

• -Arab Affairs;

• -Asian Affairs;

• -South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand Affairs (SPANZ);

• -European Affairs and its sub-group Inclusion Europe - European Association of Societies of Persons with Intellectual Disability and their Families^*.

Liaison Committees (3):

• -Autism;

• -Down Syndrome;

• -Neurological Diseases.

'Open Project Groups', initiated 1995-1998, address human rights issues, inclusion in the community, citizenship and self-determination of people with intellectual impairment:

• -Change and Transition Towards Inclusive Education;

• -The Fight Against Abuse and Discrimination;

• -Policies and Models for Family support;

• -Models and Good Practice of Inclusive Employment;

• -Towards Inclusive Communities - de-institutionalization;

• -Parent Empowerment in Developing Countries;

• -Discrimination by Love - collisions of interest between parents and their child with a disability;

• -Exploring New Paradigms in Ethical Monitoring - the Human Genome Project;

• -Needs and Appropriate Supports for Aging People with Mental Handicap;

• -Quality Assurance and Empowerment - models with consumer-outcome orientation;

• -Personality Development through Creativity in the Arts;

• -Advocacy and the Right to Inclusive Services - support for people with profound and multiple disabilities and their families;

• -New Technologies helping People with Mental Handicap.

'Women and Disability' - 4-year programme reviews the impact of cognitive disability on mothers, sisters, professional carers and disabled women themselves; participates in UN Group of Experts for the Monitoring and Implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities.

Publications

Getting There (periodical) in 4 languages; Inclusion (periodical) in 4 languages. Conclusions and recommendations of congresses and symposia; position papers; pamphlets on topics of general interest.

Members

Full; Associate. Full in 82 countries and territories:

• Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

• Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay.

• Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines.

• Australia, New Zealand.

• Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland^*, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Affiliate in 58 countries and territories:

• Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

• Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Curaçao^*, Ecuador, Haiti, Nicaragua, United States of America.

• Bahrain, Hong Kong/China, India, Israel, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan/China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.

• New Zealand.

• Belarus, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine.

Associate Member Organizations (federations of national societies and international - or regional - organizations) (3), listed in this Yearbook:

• Asian Federation on Intellectual Disabilities^*; Caribbean Association on Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities (CAMRODD)^*; Pan African Federation of Associations for Persons with Mental Handicap (FEPAPHAM)^*.

Institutional Members

National Association for People with Mental Handicap of Albania, Nasi Duka, Rr. Siri Kodra No6, Tirana, Albania, Tel: .335-422 49 37, Fax: .335-422 49 37, E-mail: centervduka (at) albmail.com

Fédération Nationale des Parents d'Enfants Inadaptés Mentaux (FNPEI), Immeuble Cnassat 27 rue Mohammed Fellah, Kouba, Algeria, Tel: .213-21 54 01 59, Fax: .213-21- 54 01 59

Associación de Pais e Amigos da Infancia e da Juventude Deficiente Mental (INFAJUDEME), Caixa Postal 5533, Luanda, Angola, Tel: .244-2 32 31 70

Federación Argentina de Entidades Pro Atención a la Persona con Discapacidad Intelectual (FENDIM), Mrs. Hilda Aubert, Dorrego 2480, 1425, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: .54-11-47 73 17 97, Fax: .54-11-47 73 17 97, E-mail: info (at) fendim.org.ar, URL: http://www.fendim.org.ar

National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID), Mark Pattison, P.O. Box 771, 2609, Mawson ACT, Australia, Tel: .61-2 62 96 44 00, Fax: .61-2 62 96 44 88, E-mail: ncid (at) dice.org.au, URL: http://www.dice.org.au/

Bundesvereinigung f.r Menschen mit geistiger und mehrfacher Behinderung, Mrs Andrea Pescha, Förstergasse 6, A-1020, Vienna, Austria, Tel: .43-1 812 26 42, Fax: .43-1 812 26 42 85, E-mail: sekretariat (at) lebenshilfe.at, URL: http://www.lebenshilfe.at

Children and Mothers Welfare Society (CMWS), Aysha Mohammed Loury, P.O. Box 1057, Manama, Bahrain, Tel: . 973 689909, Fax: . 973 684501

Organization for Social Advancement (OSA), Sayed Ali, Falsatia, P.O. Barangail, Shivalaya, Bangladesh, Tel: .880-65 13 21, Fax: .880-65 13 21

Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), M.A. Baten, NIID Bhaban, 4-A Eskaton Garden, 1000, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 933 4009, Fax: (880-2) 831 9438, E-mail: swidbd (at) accesstel.net

Caribbean Association on Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities (CAMRODD)^*

Belarusian Association of Assistance to Handicapped Children and Young people (Belapdi), Danila Serditcha 9, 220092, Minsk, Belarus, Tel: .375-17-279 79 21, Fax: .375-17-279 79 21, E-mail: belapdi (at) user.unibel.by

Association of Families with Disabled Children having Cerebral Palsy and Spinal Cord Pathologies, Mrs. Nina Filipchenko, 3, flat 78, Sviridova Street, 246045, Gomel, Belarus, Tel: .375-232-56 72 00, Fax: .375-232-56 72 00

Association Nationale d'Aide aux Handicapés Mentaux (ANAHM), M C Bogaert, Avenue Albert Giraud 24, B-1030, Brussels, Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 247 60 11, Fax: (32 2) 219 90 61, E-mail: international (at) anahm.be, URL: http://www.anahm.be

Belizean Assembly of and for Persons with Disabilities (BAPD), Peter A August, 7 Caracol Street, Belmopan, Belize, Tel: .501-2-308 72, Fax: .501-2-743 12, E-mail: pietro (at) btl.net

Association Béninoise pour Handicapés Mentaux (ABHM), François Adjaho, 05 BP 9173, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: .229-33 16 75, E-mail: selonmi (at) yahoo.fr

Asociación Boliviana de Padres y Amigos de Personas con Discapacidad Mental (ABOPANEA), Yolanda de Diez de Medina, Casilla 4668, La Paz, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Tel: .591-2-782005, Fax: .591-2- 73 19 84, E-mail: abopane (at) yahoo.com

Asociación Potosina de Apoyo al Impedido (APOAI), Casilla 118, Potosi, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Tel: 591-62-24239

Federação Nacional das APAEs (FENAPAEs), SDS - Edificio Venancio IV, 70393-900, Cobertura, Brazil, Tel: .55(61) 224-9922, Fax: .55(61)223-5899, E-mail: fenapaes (at) apaebrasil.org.br, URL: http://www.apaebrasil.org.br/

Bulgarian Association for People with Intellectual Disabilities (BAPID), Aneta Ivanova, 26 Igraf Ignatievi Str, 1st Floor, 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: .359-2-981 7033, Fax: .359-2-986 7138, E-mail: bapid (at) mail.orbitel.bg

Association des Parents et Amis d'Enfants Encéphalopathes (APEE), Mme Bernadette Compaore, 01 BP 3272, 01, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226 ) 50 35 61 26, Fax: (226 ) 50 35 61 26, E-mail: apee (at) liptinfor.bf, URL: http://www.apee.liptinfor.bf

Association de Parents et Amis d'Enfants Handicapés Mentaux (APEHM), Mme Anne Mbezal Bogam, BP 7805, Youndé, Cameroon, Tel: .237-23 48 58

Canadian Association for Community Living - Association Canadienne pour l'Intégration Communautaire (CACL / ACIC), Michael Bach, Kinsmen Building, York University, 4700 KeeleStreet, Toronto, Canada, Tel: .1-416-661 96 11, Fax: .1-416-661 57 01, E-mail: info (at) cacl.ca, URL: http://www.cacl.ca

Unión Nacional de Padres y Amigos de Deficientes Mentales (UNPADE), Enrique Norambuena, Av. Manuel Montt 2051, Santiago de Chile, Chile, Tel: (56-2) 2055990, Fax: (56-2) 2256731, E-mail: sitiodiscapacidad (at) adsl.tie.cl

Corporación de Ayuda al Ni.o Limitado (COANIL), Ricardo Gutiérrez Gatica, Sede Central, Julio Prado 1761 .uñoa, Santiago de Chile, Chile, Tel: .56-2-4768500, Fax: .56-2-2255314, E-mail: comunicaciones (at) coanil.cl, URL: http://www.coanil.cl

China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), Jeffrey Chen, 44 Beichizi Street, Dongcheng,, Beijing, China, Tel: .86-10-65 13 97 19, Fax: .86-10-65 13 97 22, E-mail: gjb (at) cdpf.org.cn, URL: http://www.cdpf.org.cn

Conseil National pour la Promotion Agro-Pastorale des Handicapés (CNPAPH), Rev Bruno Binanu Kisiwu, B.P 6141, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tel: (243) 98236227, E-mail: cnpaph-ong (at) yahoo.fr

Association des Parents et Tuteurs d'Enfants Retardés Mentaux (ANAPERM), B.P. 1800, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Solidarité pour les Personnes Handicapées (SPH), Kabangu Boniface, B.P. 6133, Kinshasa VI, Democratic Republic of the Congo, E-mail: sphkaba (at) yahoo.fr

Centre Psycho-Pédagogique de Limete (CPL), Emile Nsakala Nankembo-Lema, B.P 501, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tel: 00243)9953181, E-mail: mamiyoecole (at) yahoo.fr

Groupe d'Etudes, de Recherches et d'Actions en faveur des Personnes Handicapées Mentales (GERAHM), William Ntomono Makiona, BP 6132, Kinshasa 6, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tel: .49-201-71 23 81, Fax: .49-201-23 20 60

Union pour la Réhabilitation des Enfants Handicapés Mentaux (UREHM), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Landsforeningen LEV (LEV), Sytter Kristensen, Kloeverprisvej 10 B, 2650, Hvidovre, Denmark, Tel: .45 3635 9696, Fax: .45 3635 9697, E-mail: lev (at) lev.dk, URL: http://lev.dk

Fundación Dominicana para Ni.os con Necesidades Especiales (FUDNES), Gloria Ma. Hernandez de Gonz.lez, P.O. Box 30323, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tel: .1809- 47 33 06, Fax: .1809- 562 28 98, E-mail: gloria.hndez (at) codetel.net.do

Federación Ecuatoriana pro Atención a la Persona con Deficiencia Mental (FEPAPDEM), Jenny Castro, Avenida Eloy Alfaro 3107 y Carlos Arosemena. (Bat.n Alto), Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-2) 2467899, Fax: (593-2) 2430302, E-mail: fepapdem (at) uio.satnet.net

Casilla 09-06-2080, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Tel: .593-4-268 06 20, Fax: .593-4-268 06 37, E-mail: directiva (at) fasinarm.org, URL: http://www.fasinarm.org

Mattariya, Egypt

SETI, 9, Ahmed Youssef st, Alexandria, Egypt, Tel: 202-5905148, Fax: (202)5903138, E-mail: seti (at) egyptonline.com, URL: http://www.seti-center.org.eg

Federacion Salvadore de Entidades de Padres y Amigos de Persona con Discapacidad (FESALPAD), Edgar A. Duran, Apartado Postal 05-31, San Salvador, El Salvador, E-mail: e-duran (at) salnet.net

Royal Mencap Society (MENCAP), Ms Jo Williams, 117-123 Golden Lane, EC1 YORT, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, E-mail: jo.williams (at) mencap.org.uk

Estonian Mentally Dsabled People Support Organization (EVPIT), Tatari 12, EE-10116, Tallinn, Estonia, E-mail: evpit (at) vaimukad.ee

IDPA

National Organization to improve all conditions for Mentally Handicapped People (JAVNI), Hoydalsvegur 40, Postbox 1133, FR-110, Thórshavn, Faroes, E-mail: javni (at) post.olivant.fo

Förbundet De Utvecklingsstördas Väl, Vilhelmsbergsgatan 11 C, FI-00500, Helsinki, Finland, Tel: .358 9 43 42 36 0, Fax: .358 9 40 77 48, E-mail: fduv (at) fduv.fi, URL: www.fduv.fi

Kehitysvammaisten Tukiliitto r.y. (KVTL), Ms. Marjatta Tammisto, Pinninkatu 51, FIN-33100, Tampere, Finland, E-mail: marjatta.tammisto (at) kvtl.fi, etunimi.sukunimi (at) kvtl.fi

Union Nationale des Associations de Parents et Amis de Personnes Handicapées Mentales (UNAPEI), Laurent Cocquebert, 15 rue Coysevox, F-75876, Paris CEDEX 18, France, E-mail: public (at) unapei.org, URL: http://www.unapei.org

La Chrysalide, BP 36, F-13234, Marseille CEDEX 4, France

Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe f.r Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung e.V. (Lebenshilfe), Dr. Bernhard Conrads, Postfach 701163, D-35020, Marburg, Germany, E-mail: bernhard.conrads (at) lebenshilfe.de

Bundesverband Evangelische Behindertenhilfe e.V. (BEB), Rolf Drescher, Postfach 101142, D-70010, Stuttgart, Germany, E-mail: drescher (at) beb-ev.de, URL: http://www.beb-ev.de

VKE

Caritas Behindertenhilfe und Psychiatrie (CBP), Ms Petra Niederau, Karlstr. 40, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, E-mail: cbp (at) caritas.de, URL: http://www.caritas.de

PACID

New Horizon School Association (New Horizon), Ms Salome François, PO Box 01084, Accra, Ghana, E-mail: nhorizongh (at) yahoo.com

Panhellenic Federation of Parents of Disabled People (Hellenic Centre), Constantinos Georgopoulos, Myllerou 1 street, GR-10436, Athens, Greece, E-mail: posgamea (at) otenet.gr

Society of Parents and Guardians of Mentally Handicapped Children, POB 10655, GR- 54110, Thessaloniki, Greece

Psychologisches Zentrum für Nordgriechenland, Dr Tutula Nanakos, Karolou Ntil Str. 27, GR- 542 46, Thessaloniki, Greece

Federación Guatemalteca de Asociación de Padres y Amigos de Persona Disacapacitadas, 7 ave. 12-23 zona 9, Edificio Etisa, 7mo. Nivel, Guatemala, Guatemala, E-mail: ascated1 (at) terra.com.gt

Asociación de Capacitación y Asistencia T.cnica en Educación y Discapacidad (ASCATED), Gabriela Castro de Burbano, 7 ave. 12-23 zona 9, Edificio Etisa, 7mo. Nivel, Guatemala, Guatemala, E-mail: ascated1 (at) c.net.gt

Centre d'Education Spéciale (CES), Mme Denise Fouchard, 73, rue de l'Enterrement, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, E-mail: education.speciale (at) yahoo.ca

FENAPAPENES, Honduras

Fu Hong Society, Stephen Y. Chan, G/F., 2A Po On Road, Cronin Garden, Kowloon, Hong Kong/China, E-mail: fhs (at) fuhong.org, URL: http://www.shh.org.hk

Hong Chi Association for people with Mental Handicap, Nora PH Wong, Pinehill Village, Chung Nga Road, Nam Hang, Hong Kong/China, Tel: (852) 2689 1105, Fax: (852) 2661 4620, E-mail: hdoffice (at) hongchi.org.hk, URL: http://www.hongchi.org.hk

Ertelmi Fogyatékosok és Seg.t?ik Orsz.gos Erdekvédelmi Szovetsége (EFOESZ), Ms. Piroska Gyene, PO Box 705, H-1365, Budapest, Hungary, E-mail: efoesz (at) efoesz.hu

THROSKAHJALP, Sudurlandsbraut 22, 108, Reykjavik, Iceland, E-mail: framkvaemdastjori (at) throskahjalp.is, URL: http://www.throskahjalp.is

National Federation of Parents' Associations for Persons with Mental handicap, Autism, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Disabilities (PARIVAAR), JP Gadkari, c/o KPAMRC, AMC Compound. Near Kidwai Cancer Hospital, Off. Hosur Road, Bangalore, India, Tel: .91-80-26562367, Fax: .91-80-26564608, E-mail: jpkpamrc (at) vsnl.net, URL: http://www.parivaar.org

Karnataka Parents'Association for Mentally Retarded Citizens (KPAMRC), J P Gadkari, AMC Compound, Off Hosur Road, Near Kidwai Memorial Hospital, 560 029, Bangalore, India, Tel: .91-80 26563267, Fax: .91-80 26564608, E-mail: jpkmarc (at) vsnl.net, URL: http://www.kpamrc.com

Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute for the Handicapped (MRIH), Dr. G.P. Das, 6 Short Street, 700016, Calcutta, India

Parent Association for the Welfare of Children with Mental Handicap, Dr. G.P. Das, Genetic Unit, Pediatrics, Old Operation Th. Building, (A.I.I.M.S.), Ansari Nagar, 110029, New Delhi, India

Samadhan, Ms. Pramila Balasundaram, Samadhan Day Care Centre, Block F, Main Park, Sector V, Dakshinpuri, 110 062, New Delhi, India, E-mail: samadhan (at) del3.vsnl.net.in, URL: http://www.samadhanindia.org

Manam Foundation for research and rehabilitation of the persons with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism and other disabilities (MANAM FOUNDATION), S. Nadesan, 11/88, South Car street, 627116, Vadakankulam, India, Tel: 91 04637232332, E-mail: unmai.anbu.sevai (at) yahoo.com

National Federation for the Welfare of the Mentally Handicap - Federasi Nasional Untuk Kesejahteraan Cacat Mental (FNKCM), l. Teuku Cik Ditiro II No. 5, 10350, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: .62-21-325568, Fax: .62-21-3140854, E-mail: lmniedu (at) rad.net.id

National Federation of Voluntary Bodies Providing Services to People with Mental Handicap (NFVB), Tom Hogan, Oranmore Business Park, Galway, Ireland, E-mail: fedvol (at) indigo.ie, URL: http://www.fed-vol.com

National Association for the Mentally Handicapped of Ireland (nahmi), Deirdre Carroll, 5 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, E-mail: deirdre (at) namhi.ie

COPE Foundation (COPE), Ms Maura Mash, Bonnington, Montenotte, Cork, Ireland, E-mail: hoadmin (at) cope-foundation.ie, URL: http://www.cope-foundation.ie

Down Syndrome Association of Ireland, 5, Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, Tel: 1890 374 374, E-mail: info (at) downsyndrome.ie, URL: http://www.downsyndrome.ie/

National Association for the Habilitation of the Mentally Handicapped (AKIM Israel), Ram Marshall, 69, Pinchas Rosen Street, 69410, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel: 972-3-7662206, E-mail: irit (at) akim.org.il, URL: http://akim.org.il/english/

Elwyn Israel, David B. Marcu, Millie Shime Campus, Henrietta Szold St, 96502, Jerusalem, Israel, E-mail: info (at) IsraelElwyn.org.il, URL: http://www.IsraelElwyn.org.il

Associazione Nazionale Famiglie di Fanciuli e Adulti Subnormali (ANFFAS), Via Emanuel Gianturco, 1a, I-00196, Rome, Italy

Associazione Nazionale per l'Assistenza ai Figli Minorati (ANAFIM), via Mattia Battistini 113/117, I-00167, Rome, Italy

Association Ivoirienne des Parents et Amis d'Enfants Handicapés Psychiques (AIPEHP), Codjia Augustin, 01 BP 1334, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire, E-mail: aipehp.imp (at) africaonline.co.ci

Jamaica Association for Persons with Mental Retardation (JAPMR), Ms Grace Duncan, PO Box 224, Kingston 7, E-mail: japmr (at) anngel.com.jm

Japanese Association of/for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Inclusion Japan), Ryo Matsutomo, 8F Zenkoku Tabako Centre Building, 2-16-1 Nishishimbashi / Minato-ku, 105-0003, Tokyo, Japan, E-mail: ikuseikai (at) pop06.odn.ne.jp

Nippon Chitekisyogaisya Fukushikyokai: The Japanese Association on Intellectual Disabilities (JAID), Tsuneaki Okubo, 6F Syuwa Dai-2 hamamatsucho building, 9-19 Hamamatsucho 2-chome Minatoku, 105-0013, Tokyo, Japan, E-mail: bukai (at) aigo.or.jp, URL: http://www.aigo.or.jp

Nazik Al-Hariri Welfare Center for Special Education (Al-Hariri Center), PO Box 141296, Amman, Jordan

Young Muslim Women's Association (YMWA), POB 19124, Sports City Area, 11196, Amman, Jordan, E-mail: ymcsedu (at) nets.jo, URL: kareh (at) nets.com.jo

Kenya Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (KAIH), Stephen Kaboi, P.O. Box 6098-00200, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: 2725266, E-mail: skaburugu (at) yahoo.com

Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped, PO Box 48751, Nairobi, Kenya

Korean Association for the Mentally Retarded, Suh Byung-Ryong, In Boramae Park - Shin-daebang dong, Dongjak-Gu, 156012, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Tel: 82-2-849 13 63, Fax: 82-2-847 76 03

Kuwait Society for the Handicapped (KSH), Hashem Taqi, P.O Box 6832, 32043, Hawalli, Kuwait, Tel: .965-263 12 77, Fax: .965-264 26 30, E-mail: ksh71 (at) quality.net

Latvian Association .Child of Care., Rezeknes - 2a, LV-1073, Riga, Latvia, E-mail: elinagp (at) hotmail.com

National Union of Parents and Institutional Associations of the Mentally Retarded (UNAPIEI), Moussa Charafeddine, BP 11/3118, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: 961 3 61 25 81, Fax: 961 1 86 65 19, E-mail: mcharafeddine (at) hotmail.com

Lebanese Association for Special Education, PO Box 13-5259 - Chouran, Beirut, Lebanon, E-mail: lamhc (at) cyberia.net.lb

Association Al Zawrak, Roland Tamraz, B.P. 16.5351, Beirut, Lebanon, E-mail: alzawrak (at) inco.com.lb

Fondation Al-Kafaat, Bo.te postale 47, Hadath, Lebanon, E-mail: fondation (at) al-kafaat.org, URL: http://www.al-kafaat.org

Days of Hope (Jours d'Espérance), Ms. Fadia Abou Dib, BP 35, Dhour Zahlé, Lebanon, E-mail: dofhope (at) minero.net

National Rehabilitation and Development Center (NRDC), Khaled El-Mohtar, P.O Box 11-7732, Beirut, Lebanon, E-mail: nrdc (at) destination.com.lb

Lesotho Society of Mentally Handicapped Persons, Parents and Families (LSMHP), Ms Elizabeth Dabengwa, PO Box 9204, 100, Maseru, Lesotho, E-mail: lsmhp (at) lesoff.co.za

Lithuanian Welfare Society for Persons with Mental Disability (VILTIS), Dana Migaliova, Kastonu 2/14-17, LT-2001, Vilnius, Lithuania, E-mail: viltis (at) viltis.lt, URL: http://www.viltis.lt

Association des Parents d'Enfants Mentalement Handicapés (APEMH), 10, rue du Château, L-4976, Bettange-sur-Mess, Luxembourg, E-mail: apemh (at) apemh.lu

Fondation Ligue HMC, Dr. Georges Sandt, BP 53, L-8301, Capellen, Luxembourg, E-mail: secretariat.general (at) ligue-hmc.lu

Republic Center for Helping Persons with Mental Handicap, Mrs. Violeta Dimoska, ul. Orce Nikolov 122, 1000, Skopje, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, E-mail: violeta.mk (at) hotmail.com, URL: http://www.poraka.org.mk

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Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Admission Date1965

Reclassification date2000

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOMs Shen Xuesong
ED/EO/IFE
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History1965 Admission 1996 Postpone decision (149 EX/ONG.2) (149 EX/Dec. 7.3) 1997 Operational Relations (151 EX/ONG.2) (151 EX/Dec. 9.2) 2000 Formal Consultative Relations 2008 Renewal of formal consultative relations for a new six-year period (179 EX/35) (179 EX/Dec.35)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes Evaluation 2008: Inclusion International cooperates with UNESCO through a number of processes: Through the flagship on inclusive education, Inclusion International participates in discussions and exchange of knowledge in good practices related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in education. Inclusion International also currently has a project funded by the Participation Programme of UNESCO which is designed to work in Guatemala and Nicaragua towards the development of inclusive education systems that will help to advance Education for All in those countries. The President and Council members of Inclusion International participate regularly as speakers and expert references at UNESCO-sponsored conferences and events. The regional associations of Inclusion International (Inclusion Inter-Americana; Inclusion Europe; Inclusion Asia Pacific; Inclusion Middle East North Africa and Inclusion Africa) work directly with the regional and national offices of UNESCO. Inclusion International has been working in close cooperation with UNESCO on its programme for inclusive education over a long period of time. Presently this is manifested mainly through our EFA Flagship on the Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities: Towards Inclusion. Inclusion International is one of the international NGOs that serve as partners in the Steering Committee for the Flagship and its activities. ED is also cooperating in developing a handbook on the New United Nations Convention and its paragraph 24 on education. The handbook is developed by Inclusion International and UNESCO. Cooperation with Inclusion International has been very productive and of great importance for the design of programmes and credibility among parents of children with disabilities.

Previous evaluation made by Programme sector concerned Evaluation 2001 : Inclusion International has been involved in the work of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and a permanent correspondent provides liaison with the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology. In particular, it prepared four documents concerning the work of IBC, thus contributing to reflection on the ethical implications of scientific and technological progress. Its action has a significant educational dimension and takes into account UNESCO’s programme priorities: young people, women and least developed countries. When it was classified and admitted to operational relations at the 149th session of the Executive Board (May 1996), its geographical representativeness had been deemed inadequate. The past four years have seen a considerable shift in its membership, particularly in the least developed countries. In this respect, under its new cooperation strategy, Bangladesh and Indonesia have been selected for preliminary study missions onlogistical support activities. Inclusion International maintains close cooperation with theEducation Sector under the UNESCO programme on special needs education and promotion of the teaching of persons with disabilities. It published a document entitled The Journey to Inclusive Schools which presents UNESCO’s activities in this field since the WorldConference on Special Needs Education, held in Salamanca. It took part in the preparation of a strategic session held on the subject by the Finnish authorities. It has developed its capacities as consultant in the specialized agencies of the United Nations system. Its advisory role in the elaboration of UNESCO’s programme regarding special needs education is appreciated by the Education Sector, which recommends its reclassification to formal relations. A position paper has been received from this organization in the framework of the follow-up to the World Education Forum in Dakar (April 2000).

Keywords Vocational training,Education,Equal opportunities,Disabled persons,Health,Family

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