<p dir="ltr">For At Large Structures in the LAC region, see Bobby's email below.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Universal Service Fund (USF) and ICT for Persons with Disabilities </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Bobby Williams" <<a href="mailto:robert.williams@eclac.org">robert.williams@eclac.org</a>><br>Date: 13/10/2016 12:29 am<br>Subject: [civic] Call for input: USFs and ICT for Persons with Disabilities<br>To: "Caribbean ICT stakeholders Virtual Community (CIVIC)" <<a href="mailto:civic@dgroups.org">civic@dgroups.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Dear CIVIC,</font>
<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">ECLAC is currently working on a paper
on the topic of ICT for Persons with Disabilities in Latin America and
the Caribbean. To that end, we would be grateful for any input, resources,
or opinions you could share on this topic, particularly in relation to
Universal Service Funds (USFs). Specifically:</font>
<p><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Is
anyone aware of any cases in which projects to support the accessible use
of ICTs by disabled persons have been financed through Universal Service
Funds?</font>
<p><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Is
anyone aware of any examples in which limitations on the use of Universal
Service Funds preclude or frustrate their use in supporting accessibility-related
projects?</font>
<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">More generally, we are also interest
in hearing about any experiences with the implementation of projects focused
on the use of ICT to support persons with disabilities, or on efforts to
enable broader access to ICT for persons with disabilities.</font>
<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Best,</font>
<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Bobby Williams</font>
<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">UN ECLAC</font><div style="margin-top:1em;border-top:1px solid #ccc">
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