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Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability Foundation

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Disabled Persons Human Rights Private Sector Social Development Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Capacity building Education and training of women Social Development: Disabled persons Poverty Technical cooperation
Geographic scope:	Regional Asia Oceania
Country of activity:	Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Palau Timor-Leste Cambodia Samoa Lao People's Democratic Republic Singapore Japan Republic of Korea India Micronesia (Federated States of) Fiji Nauru Solomon Islands China Afghanistan Tajikistan Philippines Papua New Guinea Brunei Darussalam New Zealand Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Indonesia Kazakhstan Sri Lanka Myanmar Viet Nam Thailand Bhutan Tuvalu Vanuatu Australia Kiribati Tonga Bangladesh Maldives Malaysia Mongolia Nepal
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The "Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD)" is a regional center on disability and development. APCD was established in Bangkok, Thailand as a legacy of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002, with the joint collaboration of the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Royal Thai Government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Government of Japan. APCD was endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as a regional cooperative base for its Biwako Millennium Framework for an inclusive society in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012. ESCAP identified APCD as the regional center on disability for the Incheon Strategy to Make the Right Real, 2013-2022. In cooperation with more than 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, APCD is currently managed by the Foundation of Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD Foundation) under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
Year established:	2003
Year of registration:	2003
Organizational structure:	APCD Foundation Committee (led by H.E. Mr. Tanin Kraivixien), APCD Executive Board (led by H.E. Dr. Tej Bunnag), Executive Director, General Manager, Administration Department, Information & Knowledge Management Department, Community Development Department, Office of the Network Secretariat, Office of the Executive Director.
Number and type of members:	Government Focal Points: 40 line ministries on disability and development in 30 countries, NGO Associate Organization: 240 organizations in 41 countries.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	CBR Global Network, CBR Asia-Pacific Network, Asia-Pacific Federation of the Hard of Hearing and Deafened, ASEAN Autism Network, South Asian Disability Forum, Central Asian Disability Forum
Funding structure:	Fees for providing consulting or research services Grants from Governments Foreign and international grants Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations

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