6th Africa Forum, Kampala, Uganda

6^TH AFRICA FORUM

SPEKE RESORT MUNYONYO, KAMPALA, UGANDA

4^TH – 8^TH OCTOBER 2015.

BEYOND 2015: DELIVERING ON THE AGENDA FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN AFRICA

PROGRAM

Contents

From The African Union of the Blind 6

From The International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment, ICEVI 7

From The International Agency For The Prevention Of Blindness – Africa 7

From The Institutional Development Program – IDP 8

From The Uganda National Association Of The Blind - UNAB 8

SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2015 10

PRE-CONFERENCE CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS 10

AFUB Board Meeting (Emerald Hall) 10

ICEVI EXCO Meeting (Amethyst Hall) 10

NABP Partners Meeting (Majestic Hall) 10

PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION (Victoria Ball Room) 10

KAMPALA TOURS (Register At Information Desk) 10

SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2015 10

PRE-CONFERENCE CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS 10

ICEVI EXCO Meeting (Amethyst Hall) 10

SRF Partners Meeting (Majestic Hall) 10

PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION (Victoria Ball Room) 10

EXHIBITION SET-UP (Albert Hall) 10

KAMPALA TOURS (Register At Information Desk) 10

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 6TH AFRICA FORUM (Victoria Hall) 10

WELCOME COCKTAIL (SRM Poolside) 10

IDP BOARD MEETING – 19:00 – 20:00 10

MONDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2015 11

PLENARY SESSION – VICTORIA HALL (9.00 – 10.00 A.M) 11

PANEL SESSIONS (11:00 - 12:30 P.M) 11

Access To Land, Housing and Sanitation (Royal Hall) 14

Promoting Eye Health Services (Regal Hall) 15

Training Program On Web Accessibility – I (Majestic Hall) 16

Atlas Alliance Workshop On Media and Disability (Amethyst Hall) 17

WORKSHOPS AND INTERACTIVE SESSIONS (14:00 – 16:00) 17

Keeping in Step with UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Sheena Hall) 18

Training Program On Web Accessibility – II (Majestic Hall) 19

Atlas Alliance Workshop On Media and Disability (Amethyst Hall) 19

INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS (16:30 – 18:00) 19

PLENARY SESSION – VICTORIA HALL (9.00 – 10.00 A.M) 20

PANEL SESSIONS (11:00 - 12:30 P.M) 20

Education and Technology (Sheena Hall) 22

Education, Poverty Reduction And Social Inclusion (Royal Hall) 24

Promoting Braille Literacy in Schools (Regal Hall) 25

Awareness Seminar On Inclusive Publishing (Majestic Hall) 27

Perspectives In Inclusive Education (Emerald Hall) 27

Atlas Alliance Workshop On Media and Disability (Amethyst Hall) 28

WORKSHOPS AND INTERACTIVE SESSIONS (14:00 – 16:00) 28

Fundraising; What Works In Africa And What Is The Future Potential? (Victoria Hall) 28

Mandate Of UNCRPD To Post 2015 Development Agenda (Meera Hall) 28

ICEVI: Methodologies For Early Intervention And Working With Children With Multiple Disabilities (Regal Hall) 29

Awareness Seminar On Assistive Technology And Reading Options For The Print Impaired (Majestic Hall) 30

Enhancing e-Research Capacity Amongst Persons with visual impairment (Emerald Hall) 30

Atlas Alliance Workshop On Media and Disability (Amethyst Hall) 30

INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS (16:30 – 18:00) 30

AFUB Western Regional Assembly (Meera Hall) 30

AFUB Southern Regional Assembly (Sheena Hall) 30

AFUB Eastern Regional Assembly (Royal Hall) 30

AFUB Central Regional Assembly (Regal Hall) 30

AFUB Northern Regional Assembly (Emerald Hall) 30

S.M.I ALUMNI MEETING (19:30 – 21:00) 30

PLENARY SESSION – VICTORIA HALL (9.00 – 10.00 A.M) 31

PANEL SESSIONS (11:00 - 12:30 P.M) 31

8th AFUB General Assembly (Victoria Hall) 31

Training Program On Inclusive Publishing – I (Majestic Hall) 37

Teaching Mathematics To Learners With Visual Impairment (Emerald Hall) 38

Supporting People Who Are Multiply Disabled With Visual Impairment – MDVI (Amethyst Hall) 40

WORKSHOPS AND INTERACTIVE SESSIONS (14:00 – 16:00 HRS) 42

8th AFUB General Assembly (Victoria Hall) 42

Developing And Delivering An Advocacy Agenda For Inclusion In Primary Eye Care (Royal Hall) 43

Basic Skills For Mathematics In Primary Schools (Regal Hall) 43

Training Program On Inclusive Publishing – II (Majestic Hall) 43

Strengthening Educational Outcomes And Impact (Amethyst Hall) 45

INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS (16:30 – 18:00) 47

8th AFUB General Assembly (Victoria Hall) 47

FORUM GALA – MANGO GARDEN (19:00 – 21:00) 47

THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2015 48

PLENARY SESSION – VICTORIA HALL (9.00 – 10.00 A.M) 48

PANEL SESSIONS (11:00 - 12:30 P.M) 48

Making Books Accessible To All (Victoria Hall) 48

Increasing The Role Of Libraries In Promoting Access To Information 49

Moving Towards Unified English Braille – UEB (Sheena Hall) 50

Promoting Knowledge Transfer For Africa (Royal Hall) 52

Building Partnerships For Regional Development (Regal Hall) 53

Training Program On Inclusive Publishing – III (Majestic Hall) 54

AFUB Youth Forum (Victoria Hall) 56

Understanding and Implementing Unified English Braille (UEB) Code in Anglophone Africa (Sheena Hall) 57

Training Program On Inclusive Publishing – IV (Majestic Hall) 58

AFUB Board Meeting (Meera Hall) 59

FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2015 59

REMOVAL OF EXHIBITIONS 59

CLOSURE OF FORUM SECRETARIAT 59

DEPARTURES 59

INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS

Airport Transfers

The Forum will be providing free airport transfers to participants who have provided their travel itineraries. A Meet-And-Greet Desk will be set up at the Entebbe Airport to facilitate reception and immigration clearance for arriving participants. During departure, participants are advised to confirm with the Registration Desk the departure time for their transport. Participants are advised that it may take up to two hours to travel from the Speke Resort to the Airport. They will therefore need to plan their departures from the Resort well in advance. Departures will be from the entrance of the main hotel building.

Registration

All participants and exhibitors are required to register with the Forum. A Registration Desk shall be set up outside the Victoria Ball Room and shall be open from Saturday 3^rd October till Thursday 8^th October from 08:00 to 17:00 hrs. Upon arrival, participants will need to report at the Registration Desk to verify their registration and collect conference materials and name tags. Participants are advised to wear their name tags at all times during formal and social sessions as they may not be admitted without them. On Sunday 4^th October, the Registration Desk will temporarily close at 16:00 hrs for the Official Opening of the Forum. Participants who will not have registered by then will have to wait till the ceremony is over.

Accommodation

Participants are required to make their own accommodation arrangements with Speke Resort. In addition, they will need to clear all their bills before departure as the Forum will not be responsible for any unpaid bills. Participants are likewise advised to address any concerns relating to their bookings, payments, safety in rooms, breakfast, dinner and any other accommodation-related issues directly with the hotel.

Meals

The Forum will be providing Buffet Lunch as well as morning and afternoon tea/coffee from Monday 5^th October to Thursday 8^th October. Participants arriving earlier or departing later than these dates will have to meet the cost of their meals. In addition, all participants will need to meet the cost of their dinner as this is not included in the Forum Registration Fee.

Pre-Forum Events

Pre-forum events are closed-door meetings that will be taking place prior to the Official Opening of the Forum these meetings have been registered with the Forum and will be conducted in accordance with the agreements between the forum and the Speke Resort. The Forum will provide Lunch as well as morning and afternoon tea/coffee to participants to the meetings. Organisers of the meetings are advised to restrict the number of participants in their meetings to the number provided to the Forum during registration of the event. Any additional participants will be changed to the organisers.

Daily Program

The program of the Forum has been designed to provide participants with sufficient time to visit TechShare Exhibitions and to network. The daily program of the Forum from Monday 4^th October to Thursday 8^th October is as follows:

Exhibitions: 08:30 - 17:00 hrs

Plenary Sessions: 09:00 - 10:00 hrs

Morning Breaks: 10:00 - 11:00 hrs

Panel Sessions: 11:00 - 12:30 hrs

Lunch Breaks: 12:30 - 14:00 hrs

Interactive Sessions: 14:00 - 16:00 hrs

Afternoon Breaks: 16:00 - 16:30 hrs

Interest Groups: 16:30 - 18:00 hrs

2^ND TECHSHARE AFRICA EXHIBITOR LIST

Bible Society of Uganda

Braille Press Limited

Braillo Norway A/S

CBR Africa Network

Duxbury Systems, Inc.

Enabling Services (U) Ltd

Freedom Scientific GmbH/Sensory solutions

Harpo Sp. Z o. o

HIMS International

HIVE Project

Humanware EMEA

Index

Madrassa An-Noor School for the Blind

MegaVoice

Perkins Solutions

RTI Uganda

Saksham

Sci and Tech for Blind Nigeria Youth Project

Under The Same Sun (UTSS)

Zychem Limited

WELCOME REMARKS
From The Perkins School For The Blind
On behalf of the Institutional Development Program (IDP) and our global partners, Perkins School for the Blind would like to welcome you to the 6^th Africa Forum in Kampala, Uganda. The Africa Forum is the signature event of the IDP, which Perkins co-founded 25 years ago in an ongoing effort to empower Africans who are blind and visually impaired. The spirit of collaboration will be in full force at Africa Forum. Participants from more than 50 countries will be in attendance. Together, leaders, policymakers, activists, educators and technology experts will join voices and help shape the future of blindness advocacy in Africa.

At Perkins School for the Blind, we believe that education and vocational training for all is at the very foundation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. That’s why we are working with local partners in 67 nations to strengthen educational programs and services, train teachers, support families and advocate for inclusive policies.

From education to advocacy to adaptive technology, so much of what Perkins stands for will be on display at Africa Forum. We at Perkins and IDP are proud and honored to be your hosts.

Dave Power

President and CEO, Perkins School for the Blind

From The World Blind Union
Dear Friends:
As one of the partners to the Institutional Development Program (IDP), the World Blind Union (WBU) extends a warm welcome to you to participate in this, our 6^th IDP Africa Forum.
The WBU, which represents the needs and views of the estimated 285 million blind and partially sighted persons worldwide, believes that the IDP Africa Forum provides an outstanding opportunity for acquiring information and skills, for sharing expertise and for forging partnerships with others. As a founding member of the Vision Alliance and the International Disability Alliance, we firmly believe that we can all be stronger by sharing what we know and working together.
The IDP Africa Forum provides an opportunity for learning and sharing within a context that is unique to Africa. I really encourage you to take advantage of that opportunity to learn and share. I and other colleagues from the WBU will be at the Forum and we look forward to meeting you personally in Uganda.
With kind regards

Arnt Holte

President, WBU