At its Mid-term General Assembly in Hong Kong in November 2014, WBUAP issued a closing statement, part of which Called upon all governments throughout the Asia-Pacific region to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty at the earliest opportunity so that persons who are blind or partially sighted or who have other print disability, have full access to works of literature, culture and to educational materials. The statement also Welcomed the opportunity to co-operate with the United Nations (UN) Development Programme to build capacity across the region so that persons who are blind or who have print disability are able to advocate for greater access to information. The second point in that statement referred to a joint project between UNDP and WBUAP, which included a situational analysis and a mapping exercise which examined copyright laws in selected countries in the region. This study culminated in a report, authored by Jonathan Band and published in December 2015, which examined how those laws compared with the requirements of the Marrakesh Treaty and showed what changes were needed to meet those requirements. The report was officially launched by Neil Jarvis at a regional workshop hosted by UNESCAP and China Federation of Disabled Persons entitled “Accessible Knowledge, Information and Communication for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the which took place in . Pacific”, The report, to is an excellent tool which is enabling “Our Right Knowledge” advocates to work with governments around the region in our campaign to get more ratifications of the Marrakesh Treaty. Capacity building Working with international development organizations WBU AP/Danish Association of the Blind (DAB)/Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) project and extension with Myanmar <Current status> As was reported at the 2014 Mid-Term Regional Assembly in Hong Kong, the Danish Association of the Blind and WBUAP successfully made an application to the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for a grant of US $3 million to continue implementing the Third Phase of the Capacity-Building of Organisations of the Blind and Partially-Sighted to run from October 2014 to September 2017. The First Phase began in 2006 with the Second Phase continuing in 2010. Strictly speaking, this Third Phase is to further develop and strengthen the Lao Association of the Blind (LAB) and the Mongolian National Federation of the Blind
At its Mid-term General Assembly in Hong Kong in November 2014, WBUAP issued a closing statement, part of which Called upon all governments throughout the Asia-Pacific region to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty at the earliest opportunity so that persons who are blind or partially sighted or who have other print disability, have full access to works of literature, culture and to educational materials. The statement also Welcomed the opportunity to co-operate with the United Nations (UN) Development Programme to build capacity across the region so that persons who are blind or who have print disability are able to advocate for greater access to information. The second point in that statement referred to a joint project between UNDP and WBUAP, which included a situational analysis and a mapping exercise which examined copyright laws in selected countries in the region. This study culminated in a report, authored by Jonathan Band and published in December 2015, which examined how those laws compared with the requirements of the Marrakesh Treaty and showed what changes were needed to meet those requirements. The report was officially launched by Neil Jarvis at a regional workshop hosted by UNESCAP and China Federation of Disabled Persons entitled “Accessible Knowledge, Information and Communication for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific”, which took place in . The report, “Our Right to Knowledge” is an excellent tool which is enabling advocates to work with governments around the region in our campaign to get more ratifications of the Marrakesh Treaty. Capacity building Working with international development organizations WBU AP/Danish Association of the Blind (DAB)/Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) project and extension with Myanmar <Current status> As was reported at the 2014 Mid-Term Regional Assembly in Hong Kong, the Danish Association of the Blind and WBUAP successfully made an application to the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) for a grant of US $3 million to continue implementing the Third Phase of the Capacity-Building of Organisations of the Blind and Partially-Sighted to run from October 2014 to September 2017. The First Phase began in 2006 with the Second Phase continuing in 2010. Strictly speaking, this Third Phase is to further develop and strengthen the Lao Association of the Blind (LAB) and the Mongolian National Federation of the Blind
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