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

[Klaus Birkenbihl]

Sofie Maddens wrote on 10.11.2014 08:05:
> Yes, it was good to see such outcomes. Copying Nicolas and Karen.
> 
> Sofie

Indeed. After all the good news from ITUs I wonder about ourselves.
Me and a few others made some noise wrt to accessibility issues on
our own precious website back in 2011. Beside an article where
we educate the world upon it (maybe it was read by the ITU folks
;-) ) not much follow-up.

Various folks in management agreed that this topic should have
more attention ... but neither did we introduce tools that would
help us to track issues nor did I see much action except
an external study that confirmed the issues and some announcements
of plans. If there was a real plan or even fulfillment I missed it
- or it was -modest guys we are- not communicated. (I admit I
stopped polling the web site myself finding more or less
the same issues again and again with no option to get them
acknowledged or even fixed).

But maybe with ITU as an example ...

Lets dream on, Klaus

> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 7:07 AM, Gunela Astbrink <g.astbrink at gsa.com.au> wrote:
>> > 
>> > 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
>> > 

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Klaus Birkenbihl
http://www.klaus-birkenbihl.de

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Klaus Birkenbihl
Treasurer and Board member
Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE)
c/o ict-Media GmbH
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