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Welcome to the DfA@eInclusion Web site

Welcome to the web site of the IST Coordination Action “Design for All for eInclusion - DfA@eInclusion” (0033838). In these pages you can find information about the project's objectives, expected results and partners.

Live coverage of the EDeAN Conference, 12-13 June

The time for the EDeAN Conference is approaching: 12-13 of June, in Leon (Spain). The EDeAN Secretariat is pleased to welcome in Leon those who will be attending the conference. On the 13th of June, at the end of the conference, a room will be available for an informal meeting for the EDeAN NCCs, as it may be of interest to exchange experiences, ideas or outcomes of the conference.

For those who will not travel to Leon and would like to keep up to date with the developments, the conference will be visible real time on the internet, through the following channels:

New EDeAN Secreteriat Urges Action in Design for All

The EDeAN Secretariat for 2008, Cristina Rodriguez-Porrero (CEAPAT, Spain) claims that the time for design for all has come. Many of the European member-States have recognised the need to take action for their citizens. EDeAN is prepared to assist in this process. Mrs. Porrero called the representatives of the EDeAN National Contact Centres (NCCs) from 23 European countries to take action to support their governments. Alongside the DfA@eInclusion project meeting in Vesprem, Hungary (27-28.3.2008) she explained that on the background of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ongoing European standardisation activities related to design for all and accessibility the time is mature to take positive action in favour of the European citizens. As a start, the joint organisation of a series of five events until July 2008 has been agreed by EDeAN and the DfA@eInclusion project, promoting the development of Design for All strategies across Europe.

Five important upcoming Design for All events until July 2008

Five important Design for All events upcoming until July 2008. Leading experts will present, discuss and exchange views on the design for all development based on their own work within the EDeAN network and the DfA@eInclusion project. The European Design for All e-Accessibility Network - EDeAN is a network of 160 organisations in European Union member states. The goal of the network is to support all citizens' access to the Information Society. EDeAN and the DfA@eInclusion project present a series of five events in early summer 2008:

  • May 21: Session on Assistive Technology, Design for All and Accessibility, in the context of the Congress ORTHOPAEDIE + REHA-TECHNIK 2008, in Leipzig, Germany.
    More information at: Kongressprogramm (available in German)
  • June, 12-13: EDeAN conference, in Leon, Spain focusing on DfA training
  • June, 26: DfA@eInclusion Workshop "Utilising best practise in ICT Design for all Teaching", in London, UK
    More information available at: Workshop info
  • July, 10: Special Themed Session "Design for all - form idea to practise", in the context of ICCHP 2008 in Linz, Austria
  • July, 11: DfA@eInclusion Dissemination Workshop, in the context of ICCHP 2008 in Linz, Austria
    More information available at: Session overview

January 2008: Recent reports published by the DfA@eInclusion consortium

A number of interesting reports have been published recently by the DfA@eInclusion. The reports -project deliverables that have been submitted to the EC for review- are public and free to download:

  • D2.1 Report on Technological developments introduces the Information Society concept, with particular focus on the possible impact of Ambient Intelligence. The report also discusses the relation between DfA and Assistive Technology, and reviews the status of ICT today (hardware as well as software). Finally, a comprehensive analysis of the possible developments in the near and far future is undertaken, including different development scenarios.
  • D2.2a Report on Standardisation briefly sketches the formal, the ad hoc, the company driven and the informal standardisation activities in Universal Design and assistive technology in general, and provides an introduction to how the standardisation process works. The report also contains an analysis of new developments in DfA related standards.
  • D2.2b Report on Policy and DfA is an overview of the recent developments in policy and legislation with regard to Design for All (DfA). The purpose of the report is to provide a conceptual framework and guidance for the understanding of policy related activities in the field.
  • D2.3 Report on Benchmarking provides an introduction to the concepts of benchmarking, criteria and indicators, as well as examples of European and national benchmarking activities and initiatives that are good practice examples. The report also introduces details of many national initiatives, provided by the EDeAN NCC's.

These reports are also available through the Special Interest Groups areas of the EDeAN web portal, at www.edean.org

Workshop – Paths to support adoption of a Design for All approach in ICT industries (September 24th and 25th 2007)

A workshop was held on the 24–25 September 2007 at the Schloss Berlinghoven campus of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) in Sankt Augustin, Germany, to discuss the adoption of Design for All (DfA) by European ICT industry. The goal was collecting a set of guidelines for the process of adoption of DfA as well as content and suggested procedures for the adoption path. Present were 13 representatives from industry, with expertise ranging from representing well seasoned and integrated design for all programmes, to just starting out on the path of adoption; and varying in scale from typical SMEs to large multinationals. Joining them were 22 members of the DfA@eInclusion consortium who sponsored the workshop as well as a representative of the European Commission and from CEN, who presented the path to turning our insights into a CEN workshop agreement. The participants met together in two breakout groups throughout the two day workshop and discussed topics varying from motivation to start the DfA adoption process to specifics of content and roles in industrial organisations. A report of the deliberations and the initialization of the process of turning the workshops insights into a CEN workshop template is expected in the near future.

For more detailed information please contact:
Dr. Stefan Carmien,
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) Web Compliance Center:
http://webcc.fit.fraunhofer.de/
Schloss Birlinghoven, D53757 Sankt Augustin (Germany)
Phone: +49-2241-142639

The Coordination Action DfA@eInclusion is a project funded by the European Commission, under the Information Society Technologies Programme, in the context of FP6. The project runs from 1/1/2007 to 31/12/2009.