ICEVI - International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment

Frances Gentle, the Regional Chair of Pacific region presented on ICEVI and the EFA-VI campaign at the ESCAP Pacific Expert Group Meeting to review the implementation of the Biwako Millennium Framework held in Fiji in March 2007. The expert group meeting culminated in the development of a paper from the Pacific Region, which was tabled at the UNESCO Bangkok High-level inter-governmental meeting in September 2007. A presentation on the campaign was also made at the World Blind Union Asia Pacific Board Meeting, Melbourne held in July 2007. Frances spoke on the global campaign at the Inclusive Education intergovernmental seminar for the Pacific Region, Nadi, Fiji, October 2007.A Workshop for Parents of children with vision impairment was held in Suva, Fiji in October 2007 where Vilisi Salabavisi of the Fiji Society for the Blind, Suva and also the country representative of ICEVI in Fiji made a presentation. Parents Paul Manning (New Zealand) and Gayle Skinner (Australia) attended this programme under the a uspices of ICEVI.

ICEVI President Larry Campbell delivered a keynote address at the World Conference of the Deafblind International organised in Perth, Australia in September 2007, which was attended by many members of the ICEVI Pacific region. Larry and Mani also visited the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) in September 2007 and had preliminary discussions with the administrators of the Institute with regard to the requirements for preparing a bid for the 13th world conference of ICEVI. ICEVI Pacific committee has commenced the process of becoming a registered incorporated Australian association.

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