Special Projects with Non Government Organisations

Special Projects with NGOs

• Participation in a WHO/WFOT/WCPT taskforce on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) which has produced manuals on: 
  • Promoting the Development of Young Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Mid-Level Rehabilitation Workers (1993)
  • Promoting Independence Following a Spinal Cord Injury: A Manual for Mid-level Rehabilitation Workers (1996) 
  • Promoting the Development of Infants & Young Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: A Guide for Mid-level Rehabilitation Workers (1996).
• Collaboration of WFOT with WHO and COTEC (Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries) in a quality assurance research project looking at the aftercare of people following stroke.
• Participation with INIA (International Institute on Ageing) in the development of a multidisciplinary educational course on Care of the Older Person designed for areas of the world where this problem is emerging.

International Agencies with whom WFOT has contact

• NGO/WHO Collaborative Group on Ageing (AG)
• WHO/WCPT/WFOT Task Force on Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
• Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
• Conference on Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGO)
• Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries (COTEC)
• Disabled Peoples International (DPI)
• Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• Global Heath Network for Health Professionals (GHNHP)
• International Council on Disability (ICOD)
• International Labour Organisation (ILO)
• International Institute on Ageing (UN Malta) (INIA)
• International Round Table for the Advancement of Counselling (IRTAC)
• Pan American Health Organisation (WHO) (PAHO)
• Rehabilitation International (RI)
• NGO/WHO Consultation Group on Substance Abuse (SAB)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Disaster Relief Organisations (UNDRO)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisations (UNESCO)
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
• World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR)
• World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
• World Federation of United Nations Agencies (WFUNA)
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Western Pacific Region (WHO) (WPR)