6th Africa Forum, Kampala, Uganda

The Braille Cup Uganda.

F. Candiru, Uganda National Asociation o the Blind, Uganda.

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This paper gives the background of Braille as a mode of Communication for People living with visual impairment, the origin of the Braille Cup Competition (BCC) and its importance. It also discusses the link between Braille and BCC. The paper also shares the achievements and challenges during the process and after organizing BCC , looks at the roles of different players and stakeholders in support of the competition in Uganda and various countries. It intends to encourage National organizations of the Blind and Schools as well as other Institutions to carry out awareness campaigns concerning the importance of BCC, leading to positive attitude change of the society towards persons with visual impairment . The paper also encourages attitude change of the persons with visual impairment themselves to value BCC for their own good. Finally, the document will has recommendations and suggests ways for promotion and sustainability of Braille Cup Competition in Uganda and Africa at large.

Awareness Seminar On Inclusive Publishing (Majestic Hall)

DAISY Consortium/UNESCO.

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This seminar targets senior management or decision makers from Publishing houses, libraries and governmental agencies working on education or publishing The program will focus on the need for accessibility in publishing, barriers that cause inaccessibility, opportunities in the digital era for providing accessibility to all, guidelines for preparing accessible content and best practices

Perspectives In Inclusive Education (Emerald Hall)

Panel Chair: Dr Praveena Sukhraj-Ely, Director: Persons with Disabilities, Promotion of the Rights of Vulnerable Groups, National Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, South Africa.
National Strategy On Inclusive Education.

Dr. B. Punani, ICEVI West Asia & Blind People’s Association (Ahmedabad), India.

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The goal of a National Plan for Inclusion of persons with visual impairment should be to promote the rights of persons with visual impairment. The Ministry of Education has developed a National Strategy on Inclusive Education which the support of an international and local partners. It is one of the most comprehensive and well developed strategies, and has already been implemented over the last 2 years. The presentation will focus on sharing salient features of this strategy and relevance of the same to other developing countries. It is hoped that this presentation may motivate participants to encourage their national Governments to evolve and implement similar national strategies, and may use this National Strategy as a starting point.