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Five members of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD INC.) returned to the state on Monday August 22, 2011, after participating in the 8th Regional Assembly of DPI NAC Inc. held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 15-20.<\/p>\nFive members of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD INC.) returned to the state on Monday August 22, 2011, after participating in the 8th Regional Assembly of DPI NAC Inc. held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 15-20.<\/p>\n
The Assembly was conducted in two parts: A four day training workshop for women and youths with disabilities held from August 15-18, and the Regional Council Meeting held from August 19-20.<\/p>\n
Among the Assembly\u2019s accomplishments were:<\/p>\n
-The development of a three year Strategic Plan for DPI NAC Inc. to be implemented from 2011to 2014.
\n-The Incorporation of DPI NAC Inc. as a legal entity in the Region with its own Articles of Association and By-laws.
\n-The establishment and launching of a Regional Youth Network.
\n-Three of Dominica\u2019s delegates were elected to serve on the Region\u2019s governing body.
\n-Michael Murphy was re-elected as the Treasurer of the Regional Council Board of Directors.
\n-Nathalie Murphy, of Dominica, was re-elected as the Regional women\u2019s Network\u2019s Coordinator. She will also serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
\n-Dione Green was elected as Treasurer of the Regional Youth Network.<\/p>\n
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was extensively discussed, with repeated calls for its ratification by the Governments of the region.<\/p>\n
To date, only Jamaica and St. Vincent and Grenadines have ratified the Convention.<\/p>\n
The Assembly was attended by over sixty delegates from National Assemblies of the Disabled Peoples\u2019 International North-America and Caribbean Region coming from Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad, and host country, Jamaica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five members of the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD INC.) returned to the state on Monday August 22, 2011, after participating in the 8th Regional Assembly of DPI NAC Inc. held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 15-20. The…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n