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Various topics are programmed according to the development objectives of image chart in every week

2nd & 3rd week (Oct.19-30) Self-Development
Self-Development

Theme

“To know and understand well among the participants”

Contents
  • Policies and services for persons with disabilities in Japan
  • Personal reports/Organizational reports
  • Leadership skills training
  • Accessibility experience tour of downtown Tokyo
  • Disabilities and sports

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Personal reports

About
  • your family
  • your job
  • your disability
  • social attitude to PWDs in your country

Organizational reports

About
  • history
  • members
  • vision/mission
  • activities

Leadership skills training

To gain leadership skills through participatory method

4th week (Nov.2-6) Teamwork/Network Building

Theme

“To understand the current situation of PWDs in Japan through studying the outline of welfare system for those with disabilities and through actual interaction with them”

Contents
Teamwork/Network Building

Movements of Persons with Disabilities to Change a Society

  • Persons with physical disabilities
  • Persons with visual impairment
  • Persons with hearing impairment
  • Independent living
  • Advocacy
  • Peer counseling

Home Visit (Oct.31)

Visit Japanese family of persons with disabilities to feel Japanese ordinal family life

5th week (Nov.9-13)
Visit to Hiroshima & Shizuoka

  • To observe and understand close relation of conflicts and disabilities and importance of peace education in Hiroshima including meeting and discussion with the citizen's group who pass down story of Hibakusha, people affected by the atomic bomb
  • To visit Hamamatsu Workshop with The Disabled –WITH- in Shizuoka and learn from their experiences how to develop their activities in collaboration with community people

6th week(Nov.16-19)
Individual Training Program

Theme

“To broaden knowledge and create a better understanding through the program arranged in accordance with each participant's specialty”

7th week(Nov.24-27)
Individual Training Program

Theme

“To improve management of organization in order to conduct sustainable activities”

Contents
  • Analysis of your organization
  • Management development of organization
  • Fund raising

Special Attention
Organizational Development

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

  • Adopted by the United Nations in its 61st general assembly on December 13th , 2006
  • Entry into force on May 3rd, 2008
  • 71 ratifying states and 143 signatory states (as of October 9th, 2009)

“Nothing about us without us”

8th Week (Dec.1-4)
Project Plan Presentation

Make a presentation of your project plan with a lot of ideas and experiences gained through this training course

HIGHLIGHT!!