the online event will mark this important milestone for digital accessibility and participation in the EU. Key stakeholders will highlight achievements and remaining challenges in terms of practical implementation of web accessibility from different perspectives, including policy makers, Member States, activists, users, academia and accessibility professionals.
The European Disability Forum invites you to an online discussion on the Web Accessibility Directive, co-organised with Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission. The Web Accessibility Directive, adopted in 2016, sets 23 September 2020 as the date by which all public sector websites across the EU will have to be …
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To help EDF members and other disabilities advocates negotiate strong adoption of the Accessibility Act by their governments, EDF organises this webinar to: • provide an overview of the Act, including its scope, objectives, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, the role of the national surveillance authorities; • advise organisations of persons with disabilities on how to effectively advocate for ambitious transposition of the Act. We will base our recommendations on the EDF toolkit for transposition of the European Accessibility Act, which we will publish before the webinar.
The aim is to raise the debate about how EU institutions could make sure they are also fostering the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. Speakers Stefan Trömel – Senior Disability Specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Rebekka Wiemann – Equal Opportunities Officer at the Council of the European Union, Silvia Muñoz – Project Manager at Plena inclusión and Katrin Langensiepen …
The European Disability Forum, and Lebenshilfe would like to invite you to take part in the Conference ‘COVID 19 and Disability’ on October 30th, 2019; is is open to all, to participate online and will explore the impact of COVID 19 on persons with disabilities in Europe. We will also draw up recommendations for policy makers at National and European level.
The Conference will be in German and English, and there will be live captioning in German and English. There will be Interntional Sign language interpretation.
In accordance with the statutes for our organisation, we are pleased to invite you to attend Autism- Europe’s Annual General Assembly. Due to the current Covid-19 situation, the date for the General Assembly has been pushed back to November, 2020. It will take place ONLINE from the 7-8 November, 2020. Agenda: Presentation of the executive …
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Conformément aux statuts de notre organisation, nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à l’Assemblée générale d’Autisme-Europe. En raison de la situation du Covid-19, l’Assemblée générale a été reportée en novembre 2020. L’événement sera EN LIGNE, du 7 au 8 novembre 2020. Ordre du jour : Présentation du rapport du Comité exécutif Présentation du rapport …
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Women and girls with disabilities constitute 16% of the total population of women in the European Union, and 60% of the overall population of 100 million persons with disabilities. This corresponds to an estimated 60 million of women and girls with disabilities (equivalent to the total population of Italy). Even before COVID-19, women and girls …