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Bratislava & Vernár SLOVAKIA
IFHOHP SUMMERCAMP 2008 SLOVAKIA
IFHOHYP and the Slovak HoH youth organisation SOMNED would like to invite you all to the Summercamp 2008 in Slovakia!
Contact: Martin - Head team SC 08
Email: sc2008@somned.eu
Website: http://somned.epoint.sk/?zobraz=sc2008
VALENCIA, SPAIN
IFHOHP Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Bonaventura, the Spanish organization of hard of hearing young people welcomes the current and future member organisations of IFHOHYP to participate in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Valencia, Spain! The AGM will be held 20th - 24th of March 2008 during the Easter holidays.
Contact: María López
Email: bonaventura.internacional@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ifhohyp.org
BANGKOK - THAILAND
International Convention for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (i-CREATe).
i-CREATe2008 aims to provide a previously lacking platform to address current and future developments in the areas of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology.
Contact: giana_godoy@start-centre.com
Website: www.start-centre.com/i-create2008
NEWYORK - USA
Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf Exploring Instructional & Access Technologies
An International Symposium
NTID and PEN-International would like to encourage you to submit a presentation and/or a poster proposal to participate at the Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf Symposium, scheduled for June 23-25, 2008 at NTID.
Contact: E. William Clymer, Symposium Chair
Website: http://www.rit.edu/~techsym
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Congress 2008 - "A Global Communications"
Canadian Hard of Heargin Association (CHHA) and International Federationof Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) hosting CONGRESS 2008, for detail contact;
Contact: congress2008@chha.ca
Website: http://chha-ifhohcongress2008.com
BANGKOK THAILAND
International Conference on Accessible Tourism (ICAT)
This conference was coorganized at UNCC, United Nations, Bangkok, Thailand, by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, UNESCAP and Disabled Peoples’ International Asia Pacific (DPI-AP), supported by Pattaya City, Redemptorist Foundation for Persons with Disabilities and Asia Pacific Disability Forum (APDF). The conference aims to promote accessible tourism in the region as a way to enhance the implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF) for Action towards Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rightsbased Society, and the plan of Action for Sustainable Tourism Development in Asia and the Pacific (phase 2, 2006-2012).
Contact: Ms.Saowalak - RDO of DPI/AP
Website: www.dpiap.org/resources/reports/2007/icat.html
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BUDAPEST, HUNAGARY
IFHOHP Study Session
International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP)arranged a study session with them Leadership skills and developing necessary competences with hard of hearing youth - Getting strong in the future - at European Youth Centre Budapest from 16-23 September, followed by one day conference of IFHOHYP on Strategic planning.
Contact:
Website: http://www.ifhohyp.org
Report & Photos of IFHOHYP Study-Session by Danishkadah
last updated April, 2008
LAHORE: The government has certified the Lahore Businessmen Association for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (LABARD) as a welfare organisation and as per Income Tax Laws all the donations extended to LABARD will be exempt from any sort of tax deduction.
source: story_22-4-2008_pg5_22
4 April 2008 – The top United Nations human rights and development officials today warmly welcomed the news that yesterday the first international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities got its twentieth ratification, meaning that the landmark treaty will now come into force on 3 May. Read complete news about Fruition of groundbreaking treaty on disability rights at UN News Center
Press Release: A New Voice Shouts to the Commonwealth - Nothing About us Without Us. Read Press Release New20080301_01
PAKISTAN - SLAMABAD: Caretaker Social Welfare and Special Education Minister Barrister Shahida Jamil on Saturday said the government was committed to providing an enabling environment that would allow full realisation of the potential of the physically challenged people through their inclusive mainstreaming. News#20080210-1 read the news at Daily Times web in new window.
December 18, 2007
In the history of Pakistan first seminar on Disability Equality Training (DET) was organized by Confident Disabled Welfare Association (CDWA) member of Sindh Disability Forum (SDF) on 18 December 2007 at Khairpur town 450 km in the north of Karachi. About two hundred delegates from all walks of life attended the Seminar.
Contact: Mr. Ghulam Nabi Nizamani at gnn_sgr@yahoo.com
If intersted contact;
The Government of Pakistan, Minsitry of Social Welfare and Sepecial Education,
Directorate General of Special Eduation, Islamabad
If intersted contact;
The Government of Pakistan, Minsitry of Social Welfare and Sepecial Education,
Directorate General of Special Eduation, Islamabad