[governance] IGF: Accessibility activities

[Hiroshi Kawamura]

Dear Jorge:

Thank you very much for your announcement on workshops related to 
Accessibility of Persons with Disabilities.

The most current program contents of our workshop on "Accessibility 
standards development and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with 
Disabilities" to be held on 12th November 15:00-16:30 is available at:

 http://www.intgovforum.org/wks_session_info.php?numes=24

We are still struggling with "accessibility" of the Conference itself 
including no accessible guest room at the venue hotel, no availability of 
sign language interpreter for our deaf speaker from Colombia, &c.

We should not see again such inconvenient barriers for participants with 
disabilities in the 3rd IGF in Egypt.

The IGF must respect the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons 
with Disabilities (http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=199)

Best

Hiroshi
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Hiroshi Kawamura
President, DAISY Consortium

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jorge Plano" <plano at funics.org.ar>
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:37 AM
Subject: [governance] IGF: Accessibility activities


> At least the next activities on accessibility are programmed at the IGF
> Regards
> Jorge
>
>
> Workshop:  Monday, Nov 12th, 15:30-17 hs  Alhambra II
> "Accessibility guidelines and standards for persons with disabilities"
> http://info.intgovforum.org/yoppy.php?poj=52
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> Workshop: Tuesday, Nov 13th, 14:30-16 hs  Versailles I
> "Making Accessibility a Reality in Emerging Technologies and the Web"
> http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/accessibility/index.html
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>
>
> Pre-IGF Conference:  Sunday, November 11  Windsor Hotel
> "Digital Inclusion: Accelerating Global Participation and Access through 
> Open ICT Standards"
> 10.45-12.00   Panel 2: "Increasing Accessibility to Government Services 
> and Social Programs through Open Standards"
>
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>
>
>


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