1. Creating Demand for Education of Children and youth with Visual Impairment Prof. Lucía Piccione WBU-ICEVI Concurrent Sessions

2. EFA-VI CAMPAIGN Launched in Malaysia in 2006 –Developed in 31 countries in 7 regions –150.000 children with visual impairment During last quadrennium: –659 capacity building programs were carried out –Training to more than 60.000 teachers and more than 60.000 families and community members.

3. FOSTERING POLITICAL ADVOCACY Identifying the problem Defining the objective Identifying stakeholders Preparing the Plan of Action Follow-up, advising and assessment

4. 1.There are no public policies for education of children and youth with visual impairment 2. There are public policies, but they are not implemented. IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM

5. DEFINING THE OBJECTIVE The objective is: To demand education for children and youth with visual impairment

6. GROUPS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Children in the Early Childhood Care and Education stage

7. CHILDREN IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION STAGE

8. GROUPS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Children in the Early Childhood Care and Education stage Children and youth with deafblindness and multidisabilites

9. CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DEAFBLINDNESS AND MULTIDISABILITIES

10. GROUPS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Children in the Early Childhood Care and Education stage Children and youth with deafblindness and multidisabilites Children and youth with visual impairment at school age

11. CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AT SCHOOL AGE

15. GROUPS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Children in the Early Childhood Care and Education stage Children with deafblindness and multidisabilites Children with visual impairment at school age Children and youth with low vision

16. CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH LOW VISION

18. GROUPS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Children in the Early Childhood Care and Education stage Children and youth with deafblindness and multidisabilites Children and youth with visual impairment at school age Children and youth with low vision

19. IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS Family Associations of persons with visual impairment Aware society National Task Forces (NTF) Regional Task Forces (RTF)

20. PREPARING THE PLAN OF ACTION Stakeholders FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT Actions ‘Inclusive Families’ Courses Unification of family associations Voice of persons with visual impairment Unification of associations

21. PREPARING THE PLAN OF ACTION Stakeholders AWARE SOCIETY NATIONAL TASK FORCES (NTF) Actions Great awarness in the broad sense of the term Visual impairment must be visible for society Members have to be aware of the rights of people with visual impairment Members have to be empowered to achieve the objectives

22. PREPARING THE PLAN OF ACTION Stakeholders REGIONAL TASK FORCES (RTF) Actions Coordinating actions, sharing plans of action, organizing economic support of all INGOs working in the region

23. FOLLOW-UP, ADVISING AND ASSESSMENT Visits of experts to educational services are carried out Meetings with the NTF and RTF are organized

24. Many thanks!!!