The United Nations Global Initiative for accessible ICT relaunched their website recently to include a portal signposting information from around the globe on accessibility for people with disabilities.
The site is a great resource if you are looking for case studies, publications, reports, company or country information. It also has an experts zone where leading accessibility specialists such as Mike Paciello, Cynthia Waddell, Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero and many more discuss topics ranging from Government, legislation, industry innovation, standards and harmonisation. The focus on accessibilty goes beyond just the web to include software, mobile access and technology in general.
G3ICT was set up in 2007 after the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed. It is a two year program designed to create dialogue about ICT accessibility issues and develop a knowledge base and best practices sharing platform in support of the implementation of the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
It’s already a useful resource and great to see a focus on accessibility that pulls together experts and learning from around the world rather than just one country or region.
Alan Chuter | 23/01/2008 at 12:42 | Permalink
Sounds like a good idea, but there doesn’t seem to be an awful lot happening on the Web site. Someone should tell the site owner about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines :-(