Accessibility Manifesto Handed Over To Filipino President Gloria M. Arroyo
CBM Creates A Network To Make Public Transport Barrier-Free
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- The photo shows H.E. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (4th from the left), Congresswoman Lilia Rosa, Mike Davies (2nd from the right, standing), together with Ariel Lim (Presidential Adviser on Public Transport), Ric Lee (Deputy Executive Director of National Council for the Welfare of Disabled People), Jerome Zayas, and people with disabilities at the ceremony for handing over the manifesto on accessible public transport to the President. © CBM
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After considerable networking, on 17 July 2007 an accessibility manifesto, signed by all stakeholders of public transport, was handed over to the President of the Philippines, H.E. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, by Mateo Lee (Deputy head of the National Council for the Welfare of People with Disabilities), and CBM's Regional Director for Southeast Asia, Mike Davies, at a well-attended ceremony at Malacanang Palace, Manila.
This was the kick-off for the advocacy initiative of CBM’s regional office based in the Philippines to develop accessible public transport in the country.
The manifesto is a statement of intent by all key stakeholders to work together in a constructive way to eliminate the transport accessibility barriers that prevent large numbers of people with disabilities commuting to school or work.
Prior to the handover, a series of consultations had been held between organisations of people with disabilities, service-providing NGOs, the government, the public transport industry and CBM’s development manager Steve Alcantara and Programme Officer Jerome Zayas, with the aim of creating a working alliance to improve accessibility by air, sea and road.
The President’s special Adviser on Public Transport, Ariel Lim, is strongly enthusiastic, and will be the driving force for consultation and implementation in future.
Of the total population of 81 million, approximately 10 percent have a disability. The Philippines have both a National Plan on Disability and a National Policy on Community Based Rehabilitation, promoting a rights-based, inclusive and barrier-free society (Presidential Executive Order No. 437).
This was the kick-off for the advocacy initiative of CBM’s regional office based in the Philippines to develop accessible public transport in the country.
The manifesto is a statement of intent by all key stakeholders to work together in a constructive way to eliminate the transport accessibility barriers that prevent large numbers of people with disabilities commuting to school or work.
Prior to the handover, a series of consultations had been held between organisations of people with disabilities, service-providing NGOs, the government, the public transport industry and CBM’s development manager Steve Alcantara and Programme Officer Jerome Zayas, with the aim of creating a working alliance to improve accessibility by air, sea and road.
The President’s special Adviser on Public Transport, Ariel Lim, is strongly enthusiastic, and will be the driving force for consultation and implementation in future.
Of the total population of 81 million, approximately 10 percent have a disability. The Philippines have both a National Plan on Disability and a National Policy on Community Based Rehabilitation, promoting a rights-based, inclusive and barrier-free society (Presidential Executive Order No. 437).
