A/HRC/26/24 63. Disability prevalence in Asia and the Pacific is estimated at 4.6 per cent, which is significantly lower than the global estimate of 15 per cent.13 With a view to addressing this discrepancy, ESCAP is undertaking efforts to gather baseline data to track progress towards achieving the Incheon Strategy. In 2013, ESCAP organized an Expert Group meeting on effective data generation for the Incheon Strategy Indicators. The meeting – attended by experts from national statistical offices and disability focal agencies of 19 countries/territories in the region – identified progress, gaps and capacity-development needs with regard to data collection, and reviewed the draft guidebook on data generation for the Incheon Strategy Indicators, prepared by the ESCAP secretariat. ESCAP will publish a guide on generating data for the Indicators aimed at providing guidance on how to construct and use the Indicators to monitor progress in the implementation of the Strategy, assist its member States to review their existing national statistical systems and develop action plans to collect data for the Incheon Strategy Indicators. 2. International Labour Organization 64. Since 2002, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has provided technical cooperation under a programme funded by the Government of Ireland. Support has been provided in several countries for the review of existing disability specific and general employment legislation from a disability perspective; support for consultations with key stakeholders about the proposed new laws and policies; and technical commentary and support to the dissemination of information about newly adopted laws, where appropriate. Such support has been provided in Botswana, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mongolia, , Thailand, Viet Nam, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. More recently, in some countries the focus has shifted to supporting implementation of legislation. 65. In the context of these technical cooperation efforts, guidelines on achieving equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities through legislation were developed in 2007 and have been widely distributed in 15 languages. An updated edition is in preparation, for publication in 2014. In addition, a curriculum on disability-related legislation has been developed, with a pilot tested in collaboration with universities in several countries of Asia and Africa, and support provided in introducing disability legislation as a topic in the curricula of law faculties of selected universities, so that future generations of lawyers and judges will be familiarized with disability issues in law.14 66. As part of the ILO Disability Inclusion strategy, a pilot project was tested from 2010 to 2012 and is now being rolled out. A range of measures have been undertaken to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in ILO technical cooperation projects and in the work of ILO more generally. Inter alia, a checklist of considerations to be borne in mind in including persons with disabilities in technical cooperation projects is available on the ILO technical cooperation website and a “How To” guide providing more detailed guidance is currently under preparation. Practical guides to the inclusion of disability rights considerations in different technical areas have been prepared and made available to ILO staff, along with a knowledge-sharing platform on topics relating to equal opportunities for persons with disabilities. Many ILO manuals in widespread use in technical cooperation projects have been revised to include consideration of the inclusion of persons with disabilities. Advice is provided by ILO disability specialists regarding the inclusion of persons with disabilities in a number of technical cooperation projects. Sensitization of technical cooperation staff and partners to disability rights issues through disability equality 13 14 16 World Health Organization and the World Bank, World Report on Disability (2011). This curriculum is available in an Education and Training Resource Guide in hard copy, electronically (www.ilo.org/skills/Whatsnew/WCMS_162169/lang--en/index.htm) and in an interactive version (http://disability-employment-legislation.itcilo.org/index.html).