[Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the Rights of Disabled Persons

[Jackson Miake]

Thanks Gunela and others involved in accessibility. Vanuatu supported this resolution and we are happy to announce that ITU will be doing some work with Gunela in  Vanuatu on ICT and Accessibility in December 2014, a first for Vanuatu and the Pacific as a whole.

Our government believes in inclusive and socially equitable internet for all our people and this is a great initiative and we will continue to give our support. For more information regarding our ICT policy objectives, please visit our website at http://ogcio.gov.vu/ict-standards.html 

Regards,

Jackson Miake | ICT Program Manager | Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Head of Delegation for the Government of Vanuatu to the ITU PP-14, Busan, South Korea
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Gunela Astbrink
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 5:07 PM
To: Jane Coffin; Glenn McKnight; ISOC Chapter Delegates; Paul Brigner
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the Rights of Disabled Persons

It's great to see that Andrea Saks continues to achieve much for accessibility for people with disability particularly in the ITU and IGF.

Resolution 175 (revised in Busan) has a large number of actions for ITU to do or continue to do.

One of these was the adoption of an ITU accessibility policy in 2013 to work on its own internal practices to make them more accessible. These actions are outlined at:
http://www.itu.int/en/action/accessibility/Pages/makingITUaccessible.aspx
and are listed below:
         provide basic training in disability awareness for all staff;
         incorporate a reference to reasonable accommodation in registration forms and invitation letters to ITU events and conferences;
         assess the opportunity for improving the efficiency of ITU internal processes regarding the provision of captioning services;
         improving the accessibility of Word documents used in ITU meetings and conferences;
         defining an action plan for the provision of reasonable accommodation during PP14;
         organizing a side-event during PP14 to inform ITU Membership on the implementation of the ITU Accessibility Policy
         organizing a showcase-demos on specific areas related to accessibility;
         setting a process to systematically collect information on needs and preferences of meeting and conference participants concerning accessibility;
         inviting ITU Member States to allocate a budget line for the implementation of the Accessibility Policy in the Union's budget
         conducting an assessment of the level of accessibility of ITU recruitment process;
         adjusting ITU procurement processes to incorporate the accessibility requirements (focus on IT equipment);
         mainstreaming accessibility in ITU programmatic activities.


These are practical actions. ITU also works on integrating accessibility in policy and general standards development.

ICANN is also developing its accessibility practice through the At-Large Accessibility Taskforce.

It's worthwhile revisiting ISOC's Accessibility Issues Paper and its suggested actions:
http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-accessibility-internet-use-persons-disabilities-moving-forward

The more people who highlight accessibility issues the better. We can all contribute to helping ISOC become a more accessible organisation and to work on integrating accessibility into policy and practice. While Chapters have a significant role to play in furthering accessibility, the Internet Society head office could provide significant leadership in this area. Disability awareness training is a good start....

Gunela Astbrink
Director, ISOC Australia

Jane Coffin said the following on 9/11/14 13:11 :
> Hi Glenn,
>
> Andrea Saks has been working on this in the ITU space (and with 
> national
> governments) for many years and started off the first Resolution on 
> the road to the PP series of text in 2010 either at the WTSA 2008 or 
> WTDC in 2010.  She has done incredible work to move the ball forward.  
> She is largely the person responsible for captioning at events.  If 
> you need links to her, many of us have them.
>
> Best,
> Jane
>
> From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 22:18
> To: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>"
> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>, Gunela Astbrink 
> <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au <mailto:g.astbrink at gsa.com.au>>, Paul Brigner 
> <brigner at isoc.org <mailto:brigner at isoc.org>>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ITU Resolution 175- Resolution for the 
> Rights of Disabled Persons
>
> Judith Hellerstein   of  ISOC  DC  Chapter  upon return from  a grueling
>   two  weeks in Busan, Korea  at the ITU   shared with me  the document
>   on  rights of the disabled in our  digital space.
>
> http://www.itu.int/en/plenipotentiary/2014/Documents/final-acts/pp14-f
> inal-acts-en.pdf
>
> FINAL ACTS*
> OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE   Resolution 175  highlighted the need
> to recognize the billion people  with  disabilities, especially those 
> in developing countries.
>
> A number of  recommendations  were made in the resolution as to making 
> our communication more accessible.
>
> Judith, Gunella and myself  have advocating within  ISOC  these concerns
>   and given this document  we need  to see how this  blueprint call
> assist   ISOC in its policy work to ways and means to implement these
> concepts.
>
> Glenn
>
>
>
>
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com <mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com> skype  
> gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Gunela Astbrink
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