Promoting Information Accessibility: Insights from International Conference

The International Conference on ICT for Information Accessibility in Learning held in Riga, Latvia, discussed key interventions for promoting information accessibility. Major areas of focus included cooperation, legislation, international mechanisms, enabling environments, and capacity building. The conference outcomes, such as the New Delhi Declaration on Inclusive ICTs for Persons with Disabilities, highlighted concrete recommendations and future activities to empower individuals with disabilities through inclusive technology solutions.

• Information Accessibility
• International Conference
• ICT
• Disabilities Empowerment
• Capacity Building

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1. Photo credit: Ingmar Zahorsky, Deaf School Sri Lanka CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Global Advocacy Promoting Accessibility Dr Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg Knowledge Societies Division, Communication and Information Sector UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France International Conference on ICT for Information Accessibility in Learning 27-28 May 2015 in Riga, Latvia

2. Major areas of interventions promoting Information Accessibility Cooperation Mobilization Inclusive legislation, policies and strategies International cooperation mechanisms (UNCRPD, IFAP) Building enabling environment Access to Information and Knowledge for Persons with Disabilities Dissemination Assessment Research and evidence-based data Capacity building Content and appropriate tools development Utilization Creation

3. 24-26 November 2014, New Delhi, India http://www.unesco-ci.org/ict-pwd/

4. Structure of the international event International conference Film Festival Exhibition Media events Supporting activities Specialwebsite National stocktaking event (9-10 September 2014, New Delhi, India) Online consultations Showcase of IT&AT solutions Film screenings 7 Plenary sessions Media event(s) 15 thematic panels Otherassociated events Capacity building workshop and content development Materials /content developed Gala event Outcome document and follow up activities

5. Outcomes and follow up 700 participants from around the world representing 80 countries Three thematic tracks resulted in to the concrete recommendations summarized in the Outcome Document New Delhi Declaration on Inclusive ICTs for Persons with Disabilities: Making Empowerment a Reality The Executive Board of UNESCO (58 Member States) examined and endorsed the New Delhi Declaration at its 196th session in April 2015 as well as decided to transmit the document to the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (195 and 9 Associate Members). Concrete activities: Organization of regional events (San Jose, fall of 2015) Development of guidelines on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Open and Distance Learning using Open Solutions (November 2015); Further elaboration of Inclusive Learning Lab concept.

6. Thank you for your attention. Ms Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg i.kasinskaite(at)unesco.org