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NHE Media Forum

The Non-Handicapping Environment (NHE) Project in partnership with the Programs Management Division (PDM) and Information Education and Communication Division (IECD) of the National Council of Disability Affairs (NCDA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) successfully organized Media Forum in the two (2) pioneering municipalities on May 25, 2010 in Opol, Misamis Oriental with the total number of twenty (20) groups of Media representatives and twenty one (21) relevant personnel and one Person with Disability (PWD) Leader representative, and on May 27, 2010 in New Lucena, Iloilo with the total number of eighteen (18) groups of Media representatives and twenty one (21) relevant personnel with one PWD Leader.

photoMedia Forum conducted in Opol, Misamis Oriental

photoMedia Forum conducted in New Lucena, Iloilo

The half-day Media Forum comprised of three (3) parts:

  1. Introduction and orientation by the staff of the proponent on the purpose of the activity and general information on the NHE project;
  2. Discussion and presentation by the resource persons on topics pertaining to accessibility and the NHE project;
  3. Question and answer portion/open forum to be raised by the participants and replied to by the resource persons/presenters/discussants, respectively.

Objectives of the Media Forum

  • General: To advocate various issues and concerns relevant to the NHE project among media practitioners, information officers of national government agencies based in the regions and such other entities involved in public information dissemination, and simultaneously promote the roles and responsibilities of government as far as the NHE project is concerned.
  • Specific:
    1. To orient regional media practitioners and information officers of national government agencies based in the regions on the current status of the NHE project undertaken by NCDA and JICA in pioneering municipalities (New Lucena, Iloilo, Region VI and Opol, Misamis Oriental, Region X);
    2. To increase greater awareness on the NHE project that affect PWDs, their families and the community where PWDs are located;
    3. To expand the media network of the NHE project in the regions to ensure delivery of NHE-related information to the general public.

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