Madagascar 31.10-4.11.2011
Overall Objectives
 Practitioners from HI implementing
countries and local partners exchange
and improve their knowledge of
possible strategies and tools to support
and develop DPOs as civil society
actors
Specific objectives
Participants of the workshop will:
 build a common understanding of HI strategy and
approaches to support the disability movement to play
its role towards an inclusive and accessible society for
persons with disabilities (taking the Policy Paper as a
reference);
 share experiences, good practices, lessons learned and
tools from the field to enrich HI practice and guide the
development of practical guides
Time
Monday 31st Oct
Tuesday 1st Nov
9.00 - 10.30
Opening
Introduction
Objectives of Seminar
Program
Presentation of participants
Component 1 continuation
Different working groups on subjects identified in
plenary for examples
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 12.30
Introduction
HI Policy Paper on Support to DPOs
Links with Access to services
Plenary discussion
12.30- 13.30
13.30 – 15.00
15h – 15.30
15.30 – 17.00
Coffee Break
Presentation of working groups results on
component 1, Plenary Discussion
Cross cutting issue 1: Governance of projects
supporting DPOs
Presentation
Questions and answers
Lunch
Lunch
Cross-cutting issue 1: Governance of projects
Market:
supporting DPOs
Presentation of programs/ projects under the Group work on:
perspective of the 4 pillars of HI Policy Paper 
Steering committees
(mapping expertises and experiences)

Participatory project management
Presentation of working groups results
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Component 2: Changing attitudes, practices
Component 1: Developing internal
and policies
capacities of DPOs
Presentation/ setting the framework
Presentation /setting the framework
4 working groups on experiences around
Main challenges
advocacy
Discussion

Regional level
National level

Local level
Difficult political settings
Time
9.00 - 10.30
Wednesday 2nd Nov
Thursday 3rd Nov
Component 2 : Changing
attitudes, practices and
policies: Presentation of
working group results and
discussion
Component 3: Monitoring the situation of PwDs and
their human rights (UNCRPD)
Presentation/ setting the framework
Country examples of DPOs involvement in monitoring the
UNCRPD
Discussion
Coffee Break
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 12.30
Cross Cutting Issue 2:
Making it Work
Presentation/ setting the
framework
Using MIW: 2 examples
Discussion in regional groups
Discussion in plenary
Group work on the improvement of DPOs capacities to
monitor and act on the implementation of the UNCRPD

DPOs , HI field staff , HI HQ
12.30- 13.30
Lunch
Lunch
13.30 – 15.00
15h – 15.30
15.30 – 17.00
Excursion
Presentations of working group results and discussion
Coffee Break
Cross-cutting issue 4:
Monitoring the impact of projects in support to DPOs
Experience from Brasil, presentation of methodology
Discussion on experiences (methods, tools)
Time
Friday 4th Nov
9.00 - 10.30
Component 4: Support the
individual empowerment of
PwDs
Presentation/ setting the
framework
3 case studies from DPOs
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
Group work on methods and
recommendations how to
11.00 guarantee empowerment of DPO
12.30
members/ how to build a strong
leadership
12.30- 13.30 Lunch
13.30 –
15.00
Conclusions and way forward
Evaluation of the seminar
Closing
15h – 15.30
15.30 –
17.00
Coffee Break