Mr. Abdus Sattar Dulal
BPKS Founder & CEO
Mr. Abdus Sattar Dulal born 1960 in Bangladesh. August 1975, he fell from a tree released from the hospital as he was in a coma, unstable for 42 days but with the mercy of Allah he survived, and after extensive seven years of treatment, he lives with physical disability, using a wheelchair. He married a WwDs and father of 2 sons.
Mr. Dulal is a distinguished expert, activist, leader and promoter of rights and sustainable development of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). He is the promoter of Organizations of PwDs (OPDs) worldwide including in Bangladesh from 1982 and founder of Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Samity (BPKS) which is recognized by most the relevant actors, including the UN agencies and the US Department of State. He was organized hundreds of events including DPI 11th Regional Leadership Training in Bangladesh 1993. He started a government Job under the social welfare department of Bangladesh from 1984 and resigned from the job in 1994. He has 40 years of experience, promoting PwDs as center of development and building the capacity of their OPDs and their representatives’ effective participation. He recognized with membership about 50 government committees on different issues, he provided leadership of more than 550 high-level advocacy meetings from 1986 that includes all Presidents from 1988, all Prime Ministers, most of the Ministers, political parties, Election Commission, Human Rights Commission, Law Commission, Public Service Commission, Central Bank, Business Chambers and all other key stakeholders that instrumentally contributed on promotion of non-discriminatory systems and policies in Bangladesh and internationally too. He also does advocacy worldwide including with governments in Srilanka, Nepal, France, Panama, Australia and with many other international bodies. He innovates PwDs-led human rights and holistic development approach – PSID (Persons with Disabilities Self-Initiative to Development) that most of the relevant key actors in the world recognized and learned.
His initiatives and engagement directly established 30 CSOs including an alliance of OPDs, WwDs organization and WwDs network, NFOWD, CDD and CSID. Under his leadership, BPKS managed about 25 foreign-funded projects including the EU, UN, the government of German, Netherlands, Spain, Japan, United States, Australia and Canada, etc. that together valued about 15 million USD. Highly skills 10 professionals from develop nations work under him in BPKS and he teaches thousands people. His work changes millions of PwDs’ lives and proved disabilities issues, PwDs and representatives of OPDs are act as catalysts and their actions are impact-oriented which increasingly led to making the human rights for all and make the development acceptable, enjoyable and sustainable for all.
His engagements by speaking, presentation and leadership included more than hundreds of audiences at national and international levels including at the UN, WHO, DPI, ILO, IDA, CBM, HI, Caritas, BftW, APCD, IF-SBH, Australian Parliament house, Government of Panama, Oxfam, ADDC, APDF, APDPO United, hundreds of online events, Humanistic Management Network, Workability Asia & International, DRG, different universities including in Bangladesh, Australia, Japan, Touro University School of Law and Harvard in USA, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia – Europe Foundation, EU events, National Democratic Institute (NDI), World Institute on Disability, Sustain Our Abilities, Billion Strong of USA, Different Disability Groups, BIC and different Diplomatic Missions Including American Embassy in Bangladesh Etc. He is instrumentally contributed to developing many national and international documents such as UNCRPD, SDG, his video speech on SDG commitment published in the ceremony of the 70th anniversary of UN and International Day of PwDs dated 3/12/2015: https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/idpd/idpd2015_voices_of_leaders_pt2.mp4, the Poverty and Social Development Papers of ADB, World Report on Disability of WHO, the AusAid policy ‘Development for All’ and Handicapped International long tram plan. He speaks in hundreds of governments and non-government events. Under his leadership 1st ever 2 world largest congregations in 2006 and 2010 organized where more than 100,000 disabled people participated. He was an instrumental of the National Skills Development Policy 2011, the 1st disability-specific national policy of 1995, the 1996 Action Plan and Act of 2001/2013 and mainstreaming the interest of PwDs in several national policies and plans and established National Foundation for Development of the Disabled Persons run by Bangladesh Government. He facilitates to formulate 25 OPDs 10 years strategic plan including DPI AP, several types of research were conducted under his leadership including “Barriers to political and electoral participation for PwDs in Bangladesh”, conducted by JANIPOP and funded by IRI of the USA.
Mr. Dulal, visited 71 countries of the Asia & Pacific, Europe, North America and the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and Arab to participate, speak, facilitate and organize the events such as workshops/seminars/meetings/consultations and advocacy, etc. Under his leadership, several national and international declarations/statements were adopted.
Mr. Dulal has been delighted with several praises, honors and recognitions and awards including ‘Disability Rights Champion’ by the UNESCAP received at High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting in Korea and his engagement continues with UN as Expert on PwDs for his outstanding substantive expertise, experience and exceptional record of achievements. He is Keynote Speaker and dedicating himself to different leadership positions including Global Secretary, World Councillor, Deputy Chairpersons and Secretary of APR and South Asian Chairpersons of DPI. He is member of seven other international organizations and APCD Resource Persons in Thailand. In Bangladesh he is founding initiators 30 CSOs including he is Funder President of National Alliance of Disabled People’s Organizations (NADPO) and BPKS Founder. He is currently continuing as BPKS CEO, Board Director of Workability Asia and advisor of several organizations including ACTability e.V in Europe, global network – BillionStrong, OPDs and members of Several National & International Organizations. He is also chairman of a business company “BPKS Consumer Ltd.” is started to promote PwDs employment and support to BPKS. He won first prize among wheelchair runners in Bangladesh in 1981, in Chess Tournament he received 1st position at the national and 3rd position in the international level. He love his works.
Email: championdulal@gmail.com,
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