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Accessible Web Design - exciting new development in Europe

Summary: RNIB joins the EuroAccessibility Consortium to promote accessible web design.

On 28 April, RNIB's Accessible Website Consultancy joined representatives of 23 other organisations from across Europe to launch a powerful new initiative in web accessibility – the EuroAccessibility Consortium.

The Consortium aims to harmonise the way accessibility standards are applied to websites throughout the European Union. Working closely with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), this will provide web designers throughout Europe with clear and consistent accessibility targets and guidance. The initiative could lead to the development of a European-wide "e-accessibility" mark or logo for websites, similar to our own "See it Right" Accessible Website logo, but applied throughout Europe by members of the Consortium.

Capitalising on the awareness generated by our Campaign for Good Web Design, our "See it Right" campaign and Accessible Website Consultancy, the creation of the EuroAccessibility Consortium gives us further opportunities to publicise the need for accessible website design. RNIB has been actively involved with the WAI for some time, and this new initiative offers us exciting opportunities to work with others around Europe to ensure that the WAI's guidelines on Accessibility are consistently applied, regardless of location.

Further information

For more information about the Consortium, visit the EuroAccessibility Consortium website at http://www.euroaccessibility.org or contact our Web Accessibility Consultancy team:

Email: webaccess@rnib.org.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7391 2178

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Content author: webteam@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 20/11/2008 11:13

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