state-wise laws, policies and programmes in India for persons with disabilities. The resource kit will benefit the disabled by providing them with a ready reference on the facilities extended by the government for persons with disabilities. 5.3 LIRNEasia’s past work in Myanmar with CIS and MIDO In August 2014 LIRNEasia along with CIS facilitated the strategic planning activity for MIDO. The whole exercise has provided MIDO with the necessary tools and a plan to develop in to a globally recognized think tank in the ICT4D space. Phyu Phyu Thi, co-founder and research & development manager of MIDO interned with LIRNEasia for four months. The internship has assisted in building a stronger relationship with MIDO and has provided MIDO with insights on the internal workings of an organization such as LIRNEasia. LIRNEasia and MIDO have in 2013 and 2014 organized two capacity building courses, of which one was specifically designed for members of the Parliament. Eighteen members of Parliament from six different political parties, including the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party and the opposition National League for Democracy, actively participated in the training. The other was a five-day residential course on “Policy and regulation conducive to rapid ICT sector growth in Myanmar”. The main goal of this course was to enable members of Myanmar civil-society groups (including academics and those from the media) to marshal available research and evidence for effective participation in policy and regulatory processes. CIS executive director Sunil Abraham was a facilitator in both courses. The first translation of the book “Information lives of the poor”, co-authored by Laurent Elder, Rohan Samarajiva, Alison Gillwald and Hernan Galperin and published by IDRC, was ceremonially released in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw at events last year. The translations were facilitated by MIDO and the events were organized by MIDO and LIRNEasia jointly. CIS Executive Director Sunil Abraham was a speaker at one of the events (in Yangon). Sunil Abraham was also one of the facilitators and member of the judging panel of the 4-day residential course on ‘How to engage in Broadband Policy and Regulatory Processes’ funded by Ford Foundation. The main goal of the course was to enable and equip members of Indian civil-society with the necessary tools for effective participation in broadband policy discourse. In April of 2011, Nirmita Narasimhan, program manager on accessibility at CIS, visited Sri Lanka at LIRNEasia’s invitation where she also held a colloquium. LIRNEasia also facilitated her meetings with Telecom Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka and other foundations (e.g. the Jinasena Trust) where she raised awareness about the options available and the need for disabled persons to access ICTs. 6 Risks Identified Risk Likelihood of occuring Radical changes post-2015 Moderate elections make it difficult to disseminate research due policy-makers with whom Risk mitigation strategy >> Continue to establish relationships with policy makers across all parties (as exemplified by 6 parties being Contingency if risk becomes reality >> Change the focus of dissemination by reaching out the media in an attempt to 15