Workshop on
Making ICT and mobile phones accessible for persons with disabilities in Nepal
Friday 09 November 2012
Kathmandu, NEPAL
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Agenda |
Time |
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1. |
Welcome Address |
Ananda Raj Khanal Director / Acting Chief of NTA |
09:00 |
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Chief guest Joint Secretary MoIC inaugurated the workshop by lighting the oil lamp |
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2. |
Sameer Sharma, Senior Adviser, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
09:15 |
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3. |
Sushil Kumar Ojha Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication |
09:25 |
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4. |
Announcements |
Master of Ceremony thanked the Members at the Dais and walked over to the schedule |
09:40 |
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PHOTO SESSION – COFFEE BREAK (09:40 – 10:00) |
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5. |
Policy Initiatives, Ground Realities and Way forward for making Telecom services accessible to PwD |
Udaya Raj Regmi, Deputy Director, Quality of Service and Interconnection / International Relations, Nepal Telecommunications Authority |
10:00 |
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6. |
Introduction – ITU’s role in promoting telecom accessibility |
Sameer Sharma, Senior Advisor, ITU |
10:15 |
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7. |
Introduction – ICT and telecom Accessibility; Good practices in Policy and industry initiatives |
Nirmita Narasimhan, ITU Expert, Accessibility |
10:45 |
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8. |
Archana Gulati, ITU expert, Universal Service Policy |
11:15 |
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9. |
Minu Pradhan, Deputy Manager / Shyam Wagle, Engineer, Nepal Telecom
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11:45 |
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10. | Perspective, initiatives, plans and challenges in making Telecom Services accessible to the persons with disabilities |
Lena K. Kansakar, Ncell |
12:05 |
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11.
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Birendra Raj Pokharel |
12:25 |
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12. |
Overview on the initiatives taken by MoWCSW regarding persons with disabilities |
Geeta Gurung, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare |
12:40 |
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13. |
Panel Discussion |
Ministry representatives, NTA, Industry, and related organisations |
12:55 |
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14. |
Closing Remarks |
MoIC/NTA/ ITU |
01:30 |
To Download Workshop agenda Click Here: ICT accessibility workshop_agenda for Nepal ITU_November 2012 Revised 8 November 2012.pdf
For Media Briefiing, Click here: Media Briefing
For further information http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/asp/CMS/Events/2012/Nepal-PwDs/index.asp