Promoting Inclusive Vocational Education and Training in the Asian Region – Opening Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

The International Labour Organization is organizing a tripartite-plus regional conference on ‘Promoting inclusive vocational education and training in the Asian Region’ in Bangkok, Thailand, 29-31 March, 2011.The conference will take place in the framework of the project “Promoting Decent Work for People with Disabilities through Disability Inclusion Services -INCLUDE”, funded by the Government of Ireland. The conference will also contribute to the objectives and activities of the 3rd Asia Pacific Decade on the rights of persons with disabilities, to the implementation of ILO Convention No. 159 concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).