AFRICAN UNION OF THE BLIND

UNION AFRICAINE DES AVEUGLES

Program

7TH AFUB GENERAL ASSEMBLY

08-09 November 2012

Bangkok, Thailand
 DAY ONE

08:00-09:00 Registration

09:00-09:10 Opening session

Session Moderator-AFUB President
Opening remarks by Mohammed Ez-Zaoui (AFUB President)

09:10-09:15
Welcome remarks by Thailand Association of the Blind (TAB)

09:15- 09:25
 Confirmation of Delegates
 Presentation of the committees, (Credentials & Elections
committee, Resolutions committee and the Returning
Officers)

09:25-09:35
Appreciation of AFUB General Assembly sponsors (By AFUB
Executive Director)
Greetings from AFUB partners
 World Blind Union (WBU)
 International Council on the Education of VI persons
(ICEVI)
 Norwegian Association of the Blind (NABP)
 Swedish Association of the Blind (SRF)
 Danish Association of the Blind
 European Union of the Blind (EBU)
 Institutional Development Program (IDP)
 SightSavers

09:35 – 10.00
Presentation of summarized reports
 AFUB President
 Honorary Treasurer
10:00-10:30
Session Moderator - Sightsavers
Presentation of and discussions on proposed Constitutional
amendments

10:30-11:00 Tea/coffee break

11:00 – 13:00
Presentation of and discussions on proposed constitutional
amendments to the delegates for adoption

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 14:30
Determination and way forward on proposed amendments to the
Constitution

14:30 – 15:30
Session Moderator-Terje Iverson (Returning Officer)
Women’s meeting and nomination of Women Committee

15:30 – 16:30 Tea/coffee break

NOTE: The credentials/elections committee will be receiving nominations for both

regional representatives and those who want to vie for AFUB president and Vice
president positions (if the amendments are adopted). Nominees must be endorsed
by their regions.

16:00 – 18:30
Session Moderator-Terje Iverson
Regional meetings and elections
Presided by:
1. Martin Kieti IDP
2. Gertrude Fefoame Sightsaver
3. Thomas Ongolo African Decade on Disabled Persons
4. Nozipo Khanda Zimbabwe
5. Phoebe Nyagudi Kenya
6. Frances Chandiru 2nd Vice President, WBU
 DAY TWO

09:00 - 10:30
Session Moderator-Penny Hartin-CEO, WBU
 Appointment of Auditors
 Presentation and adoption of the 2013-2016 Strategic
Plan

10:30-11:00 Tea/coffee break

11:00-13:00
Session Moderator-Terje Iverson (Returning Officer)

11:00-11:15
Presentation on election rules and procedures
(Thomas Ongolo-Credentials and Elections Committee)

11:15-11:25
Presentation of candidates to the posts of President, Chairperson-
Women’s Committee and Vice President (3 minutes each)

11:25-13:00
Elections;
 Chairperson Women’s Committee
 President
 Vice President

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-14:15
Presentation of the Elected Board of Officers by the Returning
Officer

14:15-14:30
Acceptance Speeches by Elected Board Officers-(3 minutes each)
14:30-14:35
Farewell to outgoing Officers by the incoming president

14:35-15:05
Presentation of the 7th AFUB General Assembly Resolutions
(Chairperson of the Resolutions Committee John D Heilbrunn)

15:05-16:00
Closing Remarks
 Thailand Association of the Blind (5 min)
 The incoming Women Committee Chairperson (5 min)
 The incoming President (5 min)

16:00-17:00 Tea/ coffee break

17:00 Meeting of the new Board of Officers

Evening event:
Presentation of the SRF funded Human Rights Project on the
UNCRPD.