[Governance] DCAD Session at EuroDig--The European Accessibility Act: a Model for a More Accessible Digital Europe--Monday June 17 8 UTC

Fri Jun 14 15:41:30 EDT 2024

Dear All,

I hope you will all join us at our Eurodig session Monday, June 17 at 8:00 UTC, 
10 CET time. To watch the session, you need to be registered for the EuroDig.  
This can be done on this link.--https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/register-2024/

We will have human captioning and these can be found here, 
https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-EuroDig

  The European Accessibility Act: a Model for a More Accessible Digital Europe

*by Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability*

17 June 2024 | 10:00 - 11:00 EEST | WS room 1
*Consolidated programme 2024* 
<https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Consolidated_programme_2024#pre03_24>

    Session teaser

The IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD) facilitates 
interaction and ensures that ICT accessibility is included in the key debates 
around Internet Governance to build a future where all sectors of the global 
community have equal access to the Information Society. DCAD brings together key 
stakeholders from the technical community, civil society, government 
policymakers, regulators, and corporate and individual adopters, with the shared 
goal of accessibility.

Our goal has always been to ensure that the Internet and its benefits are fully 
and equally accessible to and independently usable by persons with disabilities, 
so they can acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and 
enjoy the same services within the same timeframe as individuals without 
disabilities, with substantially equivalent ease of use. There are many types of 
disabilities from cognitive disabilities, visual disabilities, and hearing 
disabilities are just a few. We work with people across the spectrum to provide 
them with access to and the needs they desire to become active members of the 
Internet Governance ecosystem.

DCAD focuses on these core principles: affordability, accessibility, usability, 
and availability for persons with disabilities or specific needs. Accessible 
technology can be a game changer for persons with disabilities. In this vein, we 
have been working within the Internet Governance community to promote public 
interest in and knowledge of the necessity for accessibility for persons with 
disability and encourage enlightened accessibility measures worldwide.

    Session description

The European Accessibility Act took effect in April 2019. The Act's goals are to 
improve the trade between members of the EU for accessible products and 
services, by removing country-specific rules. This law was built to complement 
the EU's Web Accessibility Directive of 2016 and includes a wide range of 
systems including personal devices such as computers, smartphones, e-books, and 
TVs, as well as public services like television broadcasts, ATMs, ticketing 
machines, public transport services, banking services and e-commerce sites that 
must be accessible to persons of disabilities.

This session will focus on how well several European organizations are living up 
to these goals and making the EU as accessible as possible. The session will be 
moderated by Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond and by Dr. Mohammed Shabbir, the 
Coordinator of DCAD. Olivier will open the session and provide an overview of 
this session while Dr. Shabbir will provide an overview of the DCAD.

Speakers:

  * Vilmantas Balčikonis will share the views on what is important in
    implementing the European Accessibility Act from an end-user perspective. He
    will also talk about the uncertainties in implementing requirements stemming
    from EAA and attempt to address some of them.

  * Lidia Best, President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People
    (EFHOH), will speak about the efforts of the EU Federation of Hard of
    Hearing People to ensure equitable treatment and participation in health,
    education, jobs, and other professions.
  * Giacomo Mazzone, EDMO Advisory Board, and EuroDig Board Member will speak
    about the implementation of this Act in Media and Journalism and also talk
    about the work of the European Audiovisual Observatory
  * Indre Jurgelioniene, Chief Advisor at the Lithuanian Communications
    Regulatory Authority and Co-Chair of the Body of European Regulators for
    Electronic Communications (BEREC) End-User Working Group will speak about
    the implementation of the ACT from the BEREC perspective, provide an
    overview of the national legislation related to accessibility, and provide
    some insight into the challenges they have faced in implementing the Act and
    the solutions found to overcome the challenges.

    Format

Pre-events should give the opportunity to create synergies with 3rd parties i.e. 
Dynamic Coalitions, Partners. No session principles apply. They are held on day 
zero in parallel to setting up the venue for EuroDIG. We provide limited 
technical support.

Let us know here what you want to do.

    Further reading

  * https://www.igf-dcad.org <https://www.igf-dcad.org>
  * https://igf-dcad.org/key-resources/ <https://igf-dcad.org/key-resources/>
  * https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/accessibility-toolkit/
    <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/accessibility-toolkit/>

The IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD) facilitates 
interaction and ensures that ICT accessibility is included in the key debates 
around Internet Governance to build a future where all sectors of the global 
community have equal access to the Information Society. Our goal has always been 
to ensure that the Internet and its benefits are fully and equally accessible to 
and independently usable by persons with disabilities, so they are able to 
acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the 
same services within the same timeframe as individuals without disabilities, 
with substantially equivalent ease of use.

DCAD focuses on these core principles: affordability, accessibility, usability, 
and availability for persons with disabilities or specific needs. Accessible 
technology can be a game changer for persons with disabilities. In this vein, we 
have been working within the Internet Governance community to promote public 
interest in and knowledge of the necessity for accessibility for persons with 
disability and encourage enlightened accessibility measures worldwide.

    People

Moderator:

  * Dr. Olivier Crepin-LeBlond (In Person Moderator) and   Dr. Mohammed Shabbir,
    the Coordinator of DCAD (Remote Moderator)

Speakers:

  * Vilmantas Balčikonis is the Vice President of the Lithuanian Association of
    the Blind and Partially Sighted, with over 5 years of experience in the
    field of accessibility. Vilmantas actively participates in various
    accessibility-related events and is well-versed in The European
    Accessibility Act.
  * Lidia Best, President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People
    (EFHOH)
  * Indre Jurgelioniene, Chief Advisor at the Lithuanian Communications
    Regulatory Authority and Co-Chair of the Body of European Regulators for
    Electronic Communications (BEREC) End-User Working Group
  * Giacomo Mazzone, EDMO Advisory Board, and EuroDig Board Member

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