Re: [Review period] Russian WCAG 2.0 Candidate Authorized Translation

Hello Daniel

Thank you for this added information. I am fine with extending until  
Monday 14 February 2011. I shall send a reminder about three weeks before  
this new deadline.

Coralie

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:46:54 +0100, Daniel Novichkov  
<daniel.novichkov@internetbezbarierov.ru> wrote:

> Dear Coralie,
> I think we'd better postpone it up to February. Russians celebrate New
> Year till mid January, so it is unlikely that we will have all
> reviewers' comments earlier.
>  Best
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:46, Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> This is to let you know that the review period for the Candidate  
>> Authorized
>> Translation is extended, to accommodate for the upcoming Christmas  
>> break,
>> until Monday 3 January 2011.
>>
>> Coralie
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:02:45 +0100, Coralie Mercier <coralie@w3.org>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Daniel, all
>>>
>>> A lot of work took place between last May and now. Thanks for working  
>>> on
>>> the Candidate Authorized Translation of WCAG20 into Russian.
>>>
>>> I am not finding your announcement on the w3c-translators@w3.org  
>>> mailing
>>> list, so here is the link for the benefit of all the translators in the
>>> community:
>>>
>>>    <http://www.wcag.ru/guidelines/wcag20.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are now at the step in the Policy for Authorized Translation when  
>>> W3C
>>> initiates the review process, which will last 30 days. The review  
>>> period
>>> will end Sunday 19 December 2010.
>>>
>>> cf. http://www.w3.org/2005/02/TranslationPolicy.html
>>> [[
>>> 4. W3C Initiation of Review Process:
>>>      1. W3C announces a review period of at least 30 days of the CAT on
>>> the translators' mailing list, specifying a separate, publicly archived
>>> mailing list, in W3C or W3C Office Web space, to be used for  
>>> commenting.
>>> This mailing list may be a per-language list for all CATs in that
>>> language, such as public-auth-trans-hu@w3.org for any Hungarian CAT,  
>>> or a
>>> list specifically set up for that CAT. All comments on the CAT must be  
>>> sent
>>> to this list. Postings to the mailing list may either be in the  
>>> language of
>>> translation or in English.
>>>
>>> 5. LTO Notification of Review, Monitoring of Comments, and Revision of
>>> CAT:
>>>     1. The LTO notifies the stakeholder organizations of the  
>>> availability
>>> of the CAT, the start of the review period, and the existence of the  
>>> mailing
>>> list for comments; directs them to send comments to this mailing list;  
>>> and
>>> copies this notification to the general translators' mailing list.
>>>     2. The LTO monitors the mailing list comments; provides  
>>> clarification
>>> when necessary; and summarizes consensus on specific issues (when  
>>> possible)
>>> to help the ongoing discussion.
>>>     3. After the end of the review period, the LTO issues a new  
>>> version of
>>> the CAT as needed, and provides a list, in English and the language of
>>> translation, of the points raised, and a summary of the discussions  
>>> during
>>> the review period, describing the problems found and solutions agreed  
>>> with
>>> the other reviewers. This summary must be posted both to the publicly
>>> archived mailing list for this CAT, and to the general translators'  
>>> mailing
>>> list.
>>>     4. In the event that no comments or only very few comments are
>>> received during the review period, the LTO ensures that a majority of  
>>> the
>>> reviewing organizations send email to the translators' mailing list
>>> confirming that they have in fact reviewed the document, and that they
>>> consider it to be an accurate translation.
>>>     5. The LTO then advises W3C whether a new review round is  
>>> necessary or
>>> not.
>>> ]]
>>>
>>> The dedicated mailing list has been set up for the review process:
>>>    public-auth-trans-ru@w3.org
>>>
>>> and the mail archive is at:
>>>    http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-auth-trans-ru/
>>>
>>> Subscription to this list can be done by sending an e-mail, with the
>>> subject set to 'subscribe', to:
>>>   public-auth-trans-ru-request@w3.org
>>>
>>> The mailing list and the archive are public. Anybody can send an  
>>> e-mail to
>>> the list, apart from the fact that at the first send an anti-spam  
>>> "ritual"
>>> has to be followed (via an acknowledgement e-mail).
>>>
>>> We encourage you to announce this review period to facilitate comments
>>>  from the public.
>>>
>>> Please, communicate this information to your partners (this is step  
>>> 5.1 of
>>> the Policy), and ask them to subscribe to the mailing list and use it  
>>> for
>>> the comments. Step 5.1 requests that the general translators' mailing  
>>> list
>>> be copied when announcing availability of the CAT. This is done right  
>>> now.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Coralie
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 19 May 2010 20:57:29 +0200, Daniel novichkov
>>> <daniel.novichkov@internetbezbarierov.ru> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Shadi,
>>>> Thank you for the reply. This week I'm announcing the CAT and getting  
>>>> it
>>>> published at the separate URI.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Daniel Novichkov,
>>>>
>>>> Project coordinator
>>>> UN information center in Moscow
>>>>
>>>> daniel.novichkov@internetbezbarierov.ru
>>>> Тел. +7 903 979 66 59
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 4, 2010, at 6:43 PM, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Daniel,
>>>>>
>>>>> On behalf of the W3C and of the WAI team, I am happy to notify you,  
>>>>> as
>>>>> the LTO, to proceed with the preparation of a Candidate Authorized
>>>>> Translation of WCAG 2.0 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/) into Russian.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are now at step 3 of the policy for Authorized W3C Translations
>>>>> (http://www.w3.org/2005/02/TranslationPolicy.html).
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Shadi Abou-Zahra (in lieu of Coralie Mercier)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ |
>>>>>  WAI International Program Office Activity Lead   |
>>>>> W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair |
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12.04.2010 14:46, Daniel novichkov wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>>> UN Information Center in Moscow is looking forward to being the LTO  
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> an authorized translation WCAG 2.0 to Russian. UN Information  
>>>>>> Center in
>>>>>> Moscow is one of the most active advocates of the access of people  
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> disabilities to Information and Communication Technologies, being  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> founder of the Friends of Convention of Rights of People with  
>>>>>> Disabilities
>>>>>> Club, uniting government, NGO and commercial sector to promote  
>>>>>> universal
>>>>>> access to information and Internet in particular.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The group of stakeholders (below) is ready to contribute in  
>>>>>> reviewing
>>>>>> the volunteer translation developed by Daniel Novichkov
>>>>>> (http://accessibility.ru/docs/WCAG20Russian031109.html)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Herewith the list of stakeholders:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aksenova Ekaterina
>>>>>> General director
>>>>>> Strateg Agency
>>>>>> Web-site developer sites
>>>>>> Development of e-government web-sites.
>>>>>> Moscow, Aremyansky pereulok 9/1, офис 11
>>>>>> aksenova.katerina@gmail.com
>>>>>> Gov-gov.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eugene Altovsky
>>>>>> Head of Information and Analytical Services, member of the Board of  
>>>>>> NGO
>>>>>> "Information for All
>>>>>> NGO “Information for All" is Interregional public organization in
>>>>>> supporting building the Information Society "Information for All "
>>>>>> The program "ICT for endless possibilities" aims to disseminate
>>>>>> information about the availability of information and communication
>>>>>> technologies (ICT) for people with disabilities.
>>>>>> Russia, 121096, Moscow, POB 44
>>>>>> pr@ifap.ru
>>>>>> www.ifap.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bondarenko Marta
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Junior researcher of the laboratory of content and methods for  
>>>>>> teaching
>>>>>> children with impaired vision within the Correctional Pedagogical  
>>>>>> Institute,
>>>>>> teacher for visually impaired people, orientation and mobility  
>>>>>> trainer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Institute of Correctional Pedagogics
>>>>>> Education and rehabilitation of persons with impaired vision
>>>>>> Institute is founded in 1929. Specialists of the Institute  
>>>>>> developed a
>>>>>> complex medical psychological and pedagogical approach to research  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> complex rehabilitation (education, instruction, development,  
>>>>>> socialization
>>>>>> etc) of children with health disabilities. Through its research  
>>>>>> work the
>>>>>> Institute developed the Russian special differentiate educational  
>>>>>> system for
>>>>>> children with disabilities (at late sixties). Among specialists of  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Institute there are doctors of science, corresponding members,  
>>>>>> academician
>>>>>> in different sciences such as physiology and physician,  
>>>>>> ophthalmologist,
>>>>>> psychiatrists, neuropathologiststs,  child psychologists, sign  
>>>>>> language
>>>>>> teachers, teachers for visually impaired children, orthophonists,  
>>>>>> teachers
>>>>>> for oligophrenic children.
>>>>>> The Institute is a Russian resource center for preparing specialized
>>>>>> teachers.
>>>>>> Participation of the Institute's representatives in work on WCAG 2.0
>>>>>> will allow to attract scientific researches to the work and revise  
>>>>>> WCAG 2.0
>>>>>> according to the highest standards of the scientific literature.
>>>>>> Russia, 119121, Moscow, Pogodinskaya st., 8, k.1
>>>>>> bondarenko@ikprao.ru
>>>>>> ikprao.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Burkanov Yuri
>>>>>> Expert on accessibility of Web content
>>>>>> www.userarc.de
>>>>>> Developer sites
>>>>>> Mr. Burkanov participated in the preparation of standards for
>>>>>> accessibility in Germany. Participated in the development and  
>>>>>> improvement of
>>>>>> accessibility of websites of government institutions in Germany.  
>>>>>> Trainer on
>>>>>> web-accessibility, athor of articles on web-accessibility issues.
>>>>>> Carl-Justi-Str. 21 53121 Bonn, Deutschland
>>>>>> Jurij Burkanov<jurij@burkanov.com>
>>>>>> www.userarc.de
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dmitry Vasiliev
>>>>>> General Director
>>>>>> NetСat
>>>>>> CMS Developer
>>>>>> NetСat works in close cooperation with the community of visually
>>>>>> impaired internet users.
>>>>>> NetСat is a unique Russian CMS adapted to web-site development and
>>>>>> web-site maintenance by visually impaired developers.
>>>>>> NetСat is the web-accessibility advocate among russian software
>>>>>> developers
>>>>>> 109004, Moscow, Alexandra Solzhenitsyn street 31,
>>>>>> building 2.
>>>>>> info@netcat.ru
>>>>>> www.netcat.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Virin Fedor
>>>>>> Research Director
>>>>>> Mail.ru
>>>>>> Russia's largest provider of free e-mail.
>>>>>> Mail.ru is the leading Russian company working in the field of  
>>>>>> online
>>>>>> communications and entertainment. Its key asset is the major  
>>>>>> communication
>>>>>> portal of Russian Internet. It includes the largest in Russia and  
>>>>>> CIS free
>>>>>> email service, a leading Russian Instant-Messenger Mail.ru Agent,  
>>>>>> national
>>>>>> social network Moimir@Mail.ru, search engine Poisk@ Mail.ru and  
>>>>>> many other
>>>>>> resources.
>>>>>> Mail.ru is the leader in online gaming; it controls more than 50% of
>>>>>> the Russian online gaming market. Mail.ru is publisher of more than  
>>>>>> 40
>>>>>> gaming online projects in Russia, Europe and Asia, including such  
>>>>>> popular
>>>>>> games of its own design, as “Troetsarstvie”, “Legenda: Nasledia  
>>>>>> drakonov”,
>>>>>> “Allody Online”, and promoter of several successful foreign  
>>>>>> licensed games,
>>>>>> in particular, “Perfect world” and “Lord of rings Online”. Mail.ru  
>>>>>> owns 50%
>>>>>> of the company Nikita.online. Mail.ru has 8 Russian offices in  
>>>>>> Moscow, St.
>>>>>> Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk,  
>>>>>> Chelyabinsk, Samara
>>>>>> and Kazan, office in Ukraine (Kiev) and Germany (Hamburg).
>>>>>> fedorvirin@gmail.com
>>>>>> www.mail.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alexander Gorelik
>>>>>> Director
>>>>>> UN Information Centre in Moscow
>>>>>> UN Information center in Moscow is advocate for promotion of
>>>>>> information and communication technologies for people with  
>>>>>> disabilities in
>>>>>> Russia.
>>>>>> UN Information center founded the Club of friends of Convention of
>>>>>> rights of people with disabilities. The Club regularly gathers
>>>>>> representatives of different government, non-government and  
>>>>>> commercial
>>>>>> organizations, who share information about their activities in  
>>>>>> promoting ICT
>>>>>> for people with disabilities.
>>>>>> UN Information center serves also as a resource center and a
>>>>>> specialized library on ICT for people with disabilities.
>>>>>> Moscow 119002, Glazovsky pereulok
>>>>>> director@unic.ru
>>>>>> unic.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hienadz Drahun
>>>>>> Usability and web-accessibility expert
>>>>>> wargaming.net , EPAM
>>>>>> Mr. Dragun is consultant of the usability and accessibility of
>>>>>> web-interfaces. He took part in translating WCAG 2.0 into Russian  
>>>>>> language.
>>>>>> 220028, Republic of Belarus
>>>>>> Libavo-Romenskaya street, 23, buildong 9, office10
>>>>>> wargaming.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yershova Tatiana
>>>>>> General director
>>>>>> Institute of development of the information society
>>>>>> Editor in chief
>>>>>> Research and analytical magazine "Information Society"
>>>>>> A member of the high-level advisers group
>>>>>> Global Alliance for ICT for Development
>>>>>> Autonomous nonprofit organization "Institute of the Information
>>>>>> Society" (IRIO)
>>>>>> IRIO is independent research and service providing organization  
>>>>>> founded
>>>>>> on Sept. 7, 1998 at the initiative of renowned experts in the field  
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> information technology, telecommunications and information policy,  
>>>>>> united by
>>>>>> the idea of information society development in Russia.
>>>>>> The stated goal of the Institute are:
>>>>>> Formation and development of information society in Russia,  
>>>>>> integration
>>>>>> of Russia into the global information society, creating conditions  
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> effective interaction between the parties of the information  
>>>>>> society,
>>>>>> creating conditions for fair competition in the communications and
>>>>>> information market, as well as development of information resources,
>>>>>> technologies, infrastructure and services. The main objectives of  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Institute are: research and development in the field of information  
>>>>>> society
>>>>>> and knowledge economy;
>>>>>> development and examination of draft laws and other normative acts
>>>>>> aimed at the development of information society and knowledge  
>>>>>> economy, the
>>>>>> political, socio-economic and scientific-technical forecasting of  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Information Society; expertise, development and implementation of  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> programs and projects aimed at developing information society and  
>>>>>> Knowledge
>>>>>> Economy; dissemination of knowledge, including creation and  
>>>>>> dissemination of
>>>>>> print, electronic, audio and video materials on the Information  
>>>>>> Society
>>>>>> issues, promoting international cooperation in development of  
>>>>>> information
>>>>>> society and knowledge economy.
>>>>>>  1. Contribution in creating the information system  
>>>>>> "Pravozaschitnik"
>>>>>> (Human rights advocate): The project was realized in 1999 by the  
>>>>>> American
>>>>>> NGO Freedom Channel Inc in cooperation with the Russian NGO "Human  
>>>>>> rights
>>>>>> advocates internship", within the grant №98-20.0 delivered by the  
>>>>>> Democracy
>>>>>> Support Foundation (USA). All the technical work of the project was
>>>>>> fulfilled  by the team of developers of the IRIO. The system was  
>>>>>> designed to
>>>>>> store and deliver criminal records and comments of experts to users  
>>>>>> on the
>>>>>> base of their requests.
>>>>>> 2. Legislative projects of the IRIO:
>>>>>> - Comparative analysis of legislation regulating the processes of
>>>>>> creating and using information resources in the Russian Federation.  
>>>>>> Project
>>>>>> included experts analysis ordered by the Moscow City Duma (2000).
>>>>>> - City of Moscow law development "On Information Resources and
>>>>>> Informatization of Moscow". The law was developed by the Institute  
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> request of the Moscow City Duma and the Moscow Government in  
>>>>>> conjunction
>>>>>> with the Public Expert Council of the Moscow City Duma within the  
>>>>>> programme
>>>>>> of "Information, informatization, communications,  
>>>>>> telecommunications and
>>>>>> television in 2000-2001. The law was adopted by the Moscow City  
>>>>>> Duma on
>>>>>> October 24, 2001 (№ 52).
>>>>>> - Development of the law "On guarantees of the accessibility of
>>>>>> information about Moscow City authorities' activities" aimed to  
>>>>>> fulfill the
>>>>>> rights of citizens on accessing the information concerning  
>>>>>> decisions of the
>>>>>> city authorities. The law was designed by IRIO experts in  
>>>>>> cooperation with
>>>>>> the expert board of Moscow City Duma within the programme of  
>>>>>> "Information,
>>>>>> information technologies, telecommunications and television" in  
>>>>>> 2001-2003.
>>>>>> The law was adopted by the Moscow City Duma on March 31, 2004 (№  
>>>>>> 20).
>>>>>> 3. The draft model law "About the Internet" - developed by the  
>>>>>> Russian
>>>>>> Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) and the Institute  
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> Information Society Development, commissioned by the  
>>>>>> Inter-parliamentary
>>>>>> Assembly of CIS member states. As part of this work a review of  
>>>>>> legislation
>>>>>> on regulation of the Internet in the CIS countries was also  
>>>>>> prepared. This
>>>>>> law project was reviewed at the meeting of the Federation Council  
>>>>>> Commission
>>>>>> on Information Policy on January 29, 2008, and it attracted a wide  
>>>>>> public
>>>>>> attention.
>>>>>> 4. Research and analysis of federal government bodies' web sites and
>>>>>> websites of local government entities for compliance with the  
>>>>>> requirements
>>>>>> of the Federal Law on February 9, 2009 № 8-FZ "On ensuring access to
>>>>>> information about the activities of state bodies and local  
>>>>>> self-government."
>>>>>> The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic  
>>>>>> Development and
>>>>>> completed in 2009; the project resulted in:
>>>>>> - developing the survey methodology (monitoring) of the official
>>>>>> websites of the Russian Federation regions for compliance with  
>>>>>> Russian
>>>>>> legislation, including methods of examination;
>>>>>> - Developing a questionnaire to survey existing regional official
>>>>>> government websites;
>>>>>> - Conducting the survey (monitoring) of existing regional official
>>>>>> government websites by the group of experts and processing its  
>>>>>> results;
>>>>>> - The analysis of survey results. Short description of activities in
>>>>>> the field of accessibility and / or disabiliies:
>>>>>> 1. Participation in the establishment of an information system  
>>>>>> "human
>>>>>> rights activist. The project was completed in 1999, an American  
>>>>>> non-profit
>>>>>> organization Freedom Channel, Inc. in cooperation with the Russian  
>>>>>> human
>>>>>> rights organization Human Rights Defenders Training "by the  
>>>>>> Foundation for
>>>>>> Democracy (USA) under grant № 98-20.0. All the technical part of  
>>>>>> the project
>>>>>> was completed a team of developers IRIO. The system is designed for  
>>>>>> storing
>>>>>> and reporting on requests polzovaley criminal records of the  
>>>>>> comments of
>>>>>> experts.
>>>>>> 2. Legislative IRIO projects:
>>>>>> - Comparative analysis of regulatory legislation governing the
>>>>>> processes of creating and using information resources in the Russian
>>>>>> Federation - the expert work of the Institute commissioned by the  
>>>>>> Moscow
>>>>>> City Duma (2000).
>>>>>> - Development of the Law of the City of Moscow "On Information
>>>>>> Resources and Information City of Moscow" - developed by the  
>>>>>> Institute
>>>>>> commissioned by the Moscow City Duma and the Moscow Government in
>>>>>> conjunction with the Public Expert Council of the MHD in the  
>>>>>> direction of
>>>>>> "Information, information, communications, telecommunications and  
>>>>>> television
>>>>>> in 2000-2001. Adopted by the Moscow City Duma on October 24, 2001  
>>>>>> (№ 52).
>>>>>> - Development of the Law "On guarantees of the availability of
>>>>>> information on the activities of public authorities in Moscow,  
>>>>>> aimed at
>>>>>> ensuring legal rights of citizens to information on decisions of the
>>>>>> authorities of the city - IRIO developed jointly with the public  
>>>>>> expert
>>>>>> council of the MHD in the direction of" Information, information,
>>>>>> communications, telecommunications and Television in 2001-2003.  
>>>>>> Adopted by
>>>>>> the Moscow City Duma on March 31, 2004 (№ 20).
>>>>>> 3. The draft model law "On the Internet" - developed by the Russian
>>>>>> Association of Electronic Communications (RAEK) and the Institute  
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> Information Society commissioned by the Interparliamentary Assembly  
>>>>>> of CIS
>>>>>> member states. As part of the work was also prepared a review of  
>>>>>> legislation
>>>>>> on regulation of the Internet in the CIS. The bill was considered  
>>>>>> at the
>>>>>> meeting of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy  
>>>>>> of 29
>>>>>> January 2008 and attracted a wide public attention.
>>>>>> 4. Research and analysis of federal government bodies' web sites and
>>>>>> websites of local government entities for compliance with the  
>>>>>> requirements
>>>>>> of the Federal Law on February 9, 2009 № 8-FZ "On ensuring access to
>>>>>> information about the activities of state bodies and local  
>>>>>> self-government."
>>>>>> The project was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic  
>>>>>> Development and
>>>>>> completed in 2009; the project resulted in:
>>>>>> - developing the survey methodology (monitoring) of the official
>>>>>> websites of the Russian Federation regions for compliance with  
>>>>>> Russian
>>>>>> legislation, including methods of examination;
>>>>>> - Developing a questionnaire to survey existing regional official
>>>>>> government websites;
>>>>>> - Conducting the survey (monitoring) of existing regional official
>>>>>> government websites by the group of experts and processing its  
>>>>>> results;
>>>>>> - The analysis of survey results.
>>>>>> 101000, Moscow, Post Office, PO Box 716
>>>>>> tatiana.ershova@iis.ru
>>>>>> http://www.iis.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kamynin Anatoly
>>>>>> Coordinator
>>>>>> Tiflokomp
>>>>>> Self-organization of computer users with disabilities
>>>>>> Tiflocomp.ru is a website on "Computer Technology for the Blind and
>>>>>> Visually Impaired" is a unique resource that covers the technical  
>>>>>> issues of
>>>>>> using computer by visually impaired users. Its developers and users  
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> leading experts in the field of Web accessibility and technical  
>>>>>> means of
>>>>>> rehabilitation.
>>>>>> 443114 Samara, G.Dimitrova street 52 appt 60.
>>>>>> kamy@nm.ru
>>>>>> www.tiflocomp.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kipchatov Igor
>>>>>> Head of Resource Centre
>>>>>> ROOI "Perspective"
>>>>>> ROOI "Perspectiva"
>>>>>> Our mission is to achieve the full inclusion of people with
>>>>>> disabilities in all aspects of social life and improve their  
>>>>>> quality of life
>>>>>> by:
>>>>>> - Changing negative attitudes and stereotypes that exist in society
>>>>>> towards people with disabilities;
>>>>>> - Improving the efficiency of NGOs of disabled persons;
>>>>>> - Assisting people with disabilities and their families in acquiring
>>>>>> skills and knowledge needed to participate fully in social life and  
>>>>>> to gain
>>>>>> access to inclusive education and employment;
>>>>>> - Training of specialists, government officials, parents, students,
>>>>>> employers and other members of society about disabilities in order  
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> overcome physical and psychological barriers faced by people with
>>>>>> disabilities.
>>>>>> Organization Perspektiva is an active promoter and defender of the
>>>>>> rights of people with disabilities on the use of information and
>>>>>> communication technologies. Perspektiva provides a number of  
>>>>>> services,
>>>>>> including those on the Internet in order to disseminate information
>>>>>> technologies for implementation in the process of education and
>>>>>> rehabilitation of people with disabilities.
>>>>>> 119021 Moscow, Timura Frunze st, 16 building 3
>>>>>> kipchatov@perspektiva-inva.ru
>>>>>> perspektiva-inva.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kudrov Nikolay
>>>>>> Head of Educational Programs
>>>>>> Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation
>>>>>> Ministry of Communications is the state agency responsible for
>>>>>> development of information and communication technologies in Russia
>>>>>> Ministry of Communications is the responsible body for the promotion
>>>>>> and development of information and communications, including  
>>>>>> Internet
>>>>>> technologies.
>>>>>> Participation of the Ministry will enhance recognition of WCAG 2.0  
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> Russia, and will help to proofread the document in accordance with  
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> accepted standards of public policies in the field of Internet  
>>>>>> technologies.
>>>>>> 125375 Moscow, Tverskaya Street 7
>>>>>> nikolai@kudrov.biz
>>>>>> http://minkomsvjaz.ru /
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lysenko, Alexander E.
>>>>>> Head of chair of Rehabilitology PKI DSZN, PhD, Associate Professor
>>>>>>  Moscow Institute for training managers' and specialists' of social
>>>>>> protection of population
>>>>>> Main goals of the Institute are:
>>>>>>        -       Professional retraining and capacities building for
>>>>>> managers and professionals of the system of social protection
>>>>>>        -       Research, analysis and dissemination of the best
>>>>>> practices of social protection and social services in Moscow and  
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> Russian regions, and abroad;
>>>>>>        -       Implementation of innovative technologies to provide
>>>>>> social services as means to promote the improvement of social  
>>>>>> services and
>>>>>> improving people's lives;
>>>>>> - Organization and conducting surveys, scientific and methodological
>>>>>> conferences, seminars and symposia to raise awareness of the  
>>>>>> professional
>>>>>> community and the general public to the acute social problems,  
>>>>>> finding ways,
>>>>>> methods and technologies to address them;
>>>>>>        -       Analysis of international experience of social  
>>>>>> services
>>>>>> aiming to its adaptation and dissemination within the system of  
>>>>>> social
>>>>>> protection of the population of the city of Moscow;
>>>>>>        -       Exchange of information with the organizers and
>>>>>> researchers of social protection system abroad;
>>>>>> - Development and production of educational, methodical, analytical  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> reference materials, including those in electronic form.
>>>>>> Participation PKI DSZN in work on WCAG 2.0 will involve educational
>>>>>> resources of the Institute to enhance methodical part of  
>>>>>> rehabilitation
>>>>>> technology, and will help to spread the idea of web-accessibility  
>>>>>> among
>>>>>> professionals working in rehabilitation and social protection  
>>>>>> system.
>>>>>> aleksandr-lysenko@yandex.ru
>>>>>> http://ipk.dszn.ru /
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alexei Lyubimov
>>>>>> Researcher of the laboratory of content and methods for teaching
>>>>>> children with impaired vision within the Correctional Pedagogical  
>>>>>> Institute,
>>>>>> teacher for visually impaired people, orientation and mobility  
>>>>>> trainer
>>>>>> Institute of Correctional Pedagogics
>>>>>> Education and rehabilitation of people with visual impairments.
>>>>>> The Institute was founded in 1929 (Current title of the Institute is
>>>>>> since 1992). Specialists of the Institute developed complex medical
>>>>>> psychological and pedagogical approach to research and complex
>>>>>> rehabilitation (education, instruction, development, socialization  
>>>>>> etc) of
>>>>>> children with health disabilities. Through its research work the  
>>>>>> Institute
>>>>>> developed the Russian special differentiate educational system for  
>>>>>> children
>>>>>> with disabilities (at late sixties). Among specialists of the  
>>>>>> Institute
>>>>>> there are doctors of science, corresponding members, academicians in
>>>>>> different sciences such as physiology; physicians, ophthalmologists,
>>>>>> psychiatrists, neuropathologiststs,  child psychologists, sign  
>>>>>> language
>>>>>> teachers, teachers for visually impaired children, orthophonists,  
>>>>>> teachers
>>>>>> for oligophrenic children. The Institute is a Russian resource  
>>>>>> center for
>>>>>> preparing specialized teachers.
>>>>>> Participation of the Institute's representatives in work on WCAG 2.0
>>>>>> will allow to attract scientific researches to the work and revise  
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> according to the highest standards of the scientific literature.
>>>>>> Russia, 119121, Moscow, Pogodinskaya st., 8, b.1
>>>>>> alexey@lyubimov.su
>>>>>> http://www.ikprao.ru/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vadim Makeyev
>>>>>> Web-evangelist
>>>>>> Opera Software
>>>>>> Software Developer
>>>>>> Leading specialist in the field of web standards in Russia. Founder  
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the Russian web-standards community. Participation of Mr. Makeyev  
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> involve the community of professionals of web design into work and  
>>>>>> promotion
>>>>>> on WCAG 2.0
>>>>>> pepelsbey@gmail.com
>>>>>> www.opera.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Serguei A. Novikov
>>>>>> coordinator of the OUR RIGHTS Russian social movement of the  
>>>>>> disabled
>>>>>> people, deputy of editor-in-chief of the REPRO Braille Publishers  
>>>>>> Ltd
>>>>>> NGO "Our right"
>>>>>> Self-organization of people with visual disabilities
>>>>>> A social movement (self-organisation of disabled activists,  
>>>>>> campaigning
>>>>>> in coalition and cooperation with other organisations for active
>>>>>> rehabilitation and integration of the disabled people, for their  
>>>>>> real access
>>>>>> to education and employment, and, among other things, for  
>>>>>> accessibility of
>>>>>> the Internet for the blind as well as of all the soft in general.
>>>>>> 1-1-126, Kharkovskaya str., Moscow, 117403, Russia.
>>>>>> s.novikov@nashepravo.org, serguei@birulevo.net
>>>>>> http://www.nashepravo.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Popko Anatoly
>>>>>> Head of the Information service of the Institute “REHACOMP”
>>>>>> NGO "REHACOMP"
>>>>>> Educational and rehabilitation institution
>>>>>> Institute Reakomp " is the leading institution of Russian Society  
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> the Blind providing a comprehensive rehabilitation of visually  
>>>>>> impaired
>>>>>> people, conducting scientific and methodological work and promoting
>>>>>> information technology. It was founded in 2000. Institute Rehakomp  
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> Russian Society of the Blind is a unique institution providing a
>>>>>> comprehensive rehabilitation of the disabled persons using computer
>>>>>> tiflotechnologies, training and skills development, implementing new
>>>>>> scientific and pedagogical approaches to rehabilitation and  
>>>>>> education of
>>>>>> people with serious visual impairments. The Institute is the only
>>>>>> institution in Russia, carrying out a comprehensive support and  
>>>>>> integration
>>>>>> into society of people with combined pathology (blind and deaf);  
>>>>>> Institute
>>>>>> prepares interpreters and social workers this group of people with
>>>>>> disabilities.
>>>>>> Address: 129090 Russia, Moscow, Protopopovsky pereolok., 9
>>>>>> ad.popko@gmail.com
>>>>>> http://www.rehacomp.ru /
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Romanov, Gennady Ivanovich
>>>>>> Deputy director
>>>>>> SUE Standartinform, developer of Russian national standards
>>>>>> Government agency responsible for developing national technical
>>>>>> standards
>>>>>> Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Standartinform" performs: Creation
>>>>>> and maintenance of Federal Information Facility of technical  
>>>>>> regulations and
>>>>>> standards; coordination of work on the establishment and  
>>>>>> functioning of a
>>>>>> unified information system for technical regulation; official  
>>>>>> publications,
>>>>>> registration, publication of national standards of the Russian  
>>>>>> Federation;
>>>>>> Russian classifiers,translation of international and regional  
>>>>>> standards,
>>>>>> standards of the leading countries of the world; maintenance and  
>>>>>> development
>>>>>> of the State Service of Standard Reference Data on physical  
>>>>>> constants and
>>>>>> properties of substances and materials, providing users with paper  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> electronic copies of technical regulations and national standards  
>>>>>> of the
>>>>>> Russian Federation, Russian classifiers of technical data, economic  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> social information, international (Regional) and standards of other
>>>>>> countries and their translations. Federal State Unitary Enterprise
>>>>>> "Standartinform"   serves as: a national
>>>>>
>>>>> information center of the international network of ISO (ISONET);
>>>>> information service, controlling fulfillment of the provisions of the
>>>>> Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and the Agreement on the
>>>>> Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade
>>>>> Organization;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 123995, K-1, GSP-5, Moscow, Granatny pereulok 4, Russian Federation.
>>>>>> romanov@gostinfo.ru
>>>>>> http://www.gostinfo.ru /
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sarviro Julia
>>>>>> Manager of Social Projects
>>>>>> Microsoft
>>>>>> Software Developer
>>>>>> Microsoft aims to create an environment in which everyone can unlock
>>>>>> his/her professional and creative potential. Microsoft includes  
>>>>>> special
>>>>>> features and affordable technologies in its software products. In  
>>>>>> addition,
>>>>>> Microsoft provides the compatibility of their products with  
>>>>>> assistive
>>>>>> technologies of other companies and supports developers in creation  
>>>>>> of such
>>>>>> products. In this context, issues of accessibility of Web content  
>>>>>> for all
>>>>>> have a special significance. A set of initiatives of Microsoft is  
>>>>>> helping
>>>>>> people with disabilities overcome barriers and expand personal and
>>>>>> professional horizons.
>>>>>> 121614, Russia, Moscow, Krylatskaya street, 17
>>>>>> i-jusarv@microsoft.com
>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/ru/ru/default.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Segalovich Ilya
>>>>>> Technical Director
>>>>>> Yandex
>>>>>> Leading search engine in Russian Federation
>>>>>> Yandex as the leader of the IT market in Russia sets certain  
>>>>>> standards
>>>>>> of quality of the user interfaces. The company has created a  
>>>>>> special version
>>>>>> of its search engine for the blind and visually impaired users
>>>>>> (http://large.yandex.ru). In addition, new and existing Yandex  
>>>>>> products are
>>>>>> regularly tested with the involvement of users with disabilities.
>>>>>> Participation of a representative of Yandex in the work on WCAG 2.0  
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> attract the best practices of search technologies, and will help to  
>>>>>> promote
>>>>>> WCAG within the Russian segment of the Internet.
>>>>>> 119021, Moscow, st. Leo Tolstoy, 16
>>>>>> iseg@yandex-team.ru
>>>>>> www.yandex.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrew Sikorski
>>>>>> Senior Usability Specialist
>>>>>> USABILITYLAB LLC
>>>>>> Research Company
>>>>>> USABILITYLAB LLC is the leader in user experience research  
>>>>>>  involving
>>>>>> user and usability market. USABILITYLAB was the first company who  
>>>>>> worked on
>>>>>> improvement of specifically web-accessibility of the Russian UN  
>>>>>> Mission
>>>>>> http://www.unrussia.ru /; USABILITYLAB conducted also several  
>>>>>> seminars
>>>>>> dedicated exclusively to web-accessibility issues.
>>>>>> a.sickorsky@usabilitylab.net
>>>>>> www.usabilitylab.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Smolnikov Ivan
>>>>>> Director
>>>>>> ABBYY Language Services
>>>>>> ABBYY Language Services is a hi-tech company providing end-to-end
>>>>>> linguistic services.
>>>>>> ABBYY Language Services offers comprehensive language services to
>>>>>> corporate customers, and also develops and implements innovative  
>>>>>> linguistic
>>>>>> services and technology.
>>>>>> More than 900 clients from all over the world have entrusted ABBYY
>>>>>> Language Services with their linguistic tasks.
>>>>>> ABBYY Language Services is part of ABBYY Group, a leading provider  
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> software and services in the field of text recognition, data  
>>>>>> capture,
>>>>>> linguistics and translation.
>>>>>> ABBYY’s primary focus is in the development of artificial  
>>>>>> intelligence
>>>>>> technology, enabling the conversion of text and images from paper  
>>>>>> into data
>>>>>> in an accessible electronic format. Millions of people and  
>>>>>> thousands of
>>>>>> organizations all over the world save time, effort and money by  
>>>>>> using
>>>>>> technology for automatic data entry and processing documents. ABBYY  
>>>>>> is the
>>>>>> creator of renowned electronic dictionaries ABBYY Lingvo and text
>>>>>> recognition system ABBYY FineReader. More than 30 million people in  
>>>>>> 130
>>>>>> countries use ABBYY products.
>>>>>> On the Russian market ABBYY is a unique company − a leader both in
>>>>>> linguistic technology and services.
>>>>>> ABBYY software is well-known in the community of users with limited
>>>>>> abilities.
>>>>>> ABBYY’s solutions in optical text recognition facilitate access to
>>>>>> printed information for the blind and visually impaired. One of the
>>>>>> company’s key technologies, ABBYY FineReader, is used in systems  
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> convert text into Braille and in special OpenBook™ devices for the  
>>>>>> blind,
>>>>>> that scans and converts text into speech. It is noteworthy, that  
>>>>>> the origins
>>>>>> of the automatic text recognition technology are historically tied  
>>>>>> in with
>>>>>> the appearance of the first reading devices for the blind, invented  
>>>>>> in 1809
>>>>>> (in the same year as Louis Braille was born).
>>>>>> The participation of the ABBYY Language Services team will help  
>>>>>> ensure
>>>>>> a high quality of WCAG20 translation into Russian.
>>>>>> Postal address:
>>>>>> Moscow, Metro Otradnoe, ul. Otradnaya, 2B, Building 6, Business  
>>>>>> Centre
>>>>>> Otradniy
>>>>>> E-mail
>>>>>> info@abbyy-ls.ru
>>>>>> Website:
>>>>>> www.ABBYY-ls.ru, www.ABBYY.ru, www.ABBYYOnline.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tokareva Natalia
>>>>>> Senior Specialist, Division of Policy and Research
>>>>>> UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE)
>>>>>> IITE UNESCO aims at strengthening capacities of Member States of  
>>>>>> UNESCO
>>>>>> in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) in
>>>>>> education.
>>>>>> One of the priorities of the Institute is to develop a project for
>>>>>> creation and dissemination of effective educational strategies  
>>>>>> associated
>>>>>> with the use of ICT in education of people with disabilities. Since  
>>>>>> 1999 the
>>>>>> Institute held a series of international meetings, developed and  
>>>>>> published
>>>>>> analytical, information and training materials, as well as  
>>>>>> organized seven
>>>>>> international training seminars attended by over 200 experts from 11
>>>>>> countries.
>>>>>> As part of the project implemented by the Institute in conjunction  
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> international experts from the UK, Italy, Australia, Spain, Denmark  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> Iceland a specialized training course "ICTs in education for people  
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> special needs" (in Russian and English) has been developed; the  
>>>>>> course
>>>>>> covers theoretical and practical aspects of ICT use in educating  
>>>>>> persons
>>>>>> with motor, visual, auditory, speech and intellectual disabilities.
>>>>>> 117292, Moscow, St. Kedrova, 8, k.3
>>>>>> n.tokareva@unesco.org
>>>>>> www.iite.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Urussowa Yana
>>>>>> Vice Director of Marketkompas, project coordinator of Bezgraniz.com
>>>>>> Portal "Bezgranits" (Without borders)
>>>>>> bezgraniz.ru is the first international web portal for people with
>>>>>> disabilities and chronic conditions, their families and friends,
>>>>>> professionals and helping organizations.
>>>>>> The project bezgraniz.com is a system integrator of online and  
>>>>>> offline
>>>>>> solutions in the sphere of employment, education, universal design,  
>>>>>> travel,
>>>>>> music and the arts, sports, fashion, etc. The project aims to bring  
>>>>>> together
>>>>>> private initiatives of persons with disabilities, researchers,  
>>>>>> students,
>>>>>> politicians, government officials, NGOs and other parties for  
>>>>>> addressing the
>>>>>> pressing issues facing the state and society in connection with the
>>>>>> provisions of the “UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
>>>>>> Disabilities.”
>>>>>> 115191 Moscow, 4th Roshinsky pr-d, 19, office 908
>>>>>> urussowa@marketkompas.ru
>>>>>> www.bezgraniz.ru
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shevkun Oleg
>>>>>> Leading specialist
>>>>>> Elite Group Inc., Fredom Scientific
>>>>>> Developer of specialized software for visually impaired users
>>>>>> Freedom Scientific is the largest worldwide manufacturer of  
>>>>>> assistive
>>>>>> technology products for those who are blind or have low vision.  
>>>>>> Freedom
>>>>>> Scientific is also the only company with a complete line of  
>>>>>> products for
>>>>>> those with vision impairments. All of these products are tested and
>>>>>> guaranteed to work together. Freedom Scientific has been in  
>>>>>> business for
>>>>>> over ten years and its products are sold in 55 countries and  
>>>>>> translated into
>>>>>> 24 languages.
>>>>>> 119313, Moscow, Russia
>>>>>> Leninsky Prospekt, 87,
>>>>>> Hotel "Southern", Office 450
>>>>>> oleg@shevkun.org
>>>>>> http://www.elitagroup.ru/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Project coordinator
>>>>>> UN Information center in Moscow
>>>>>>
>>>>>> daniel.novichkov@internetbezbarierov.ru
>>>>>> Тел. +7 903 979 66 59
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Coralie Mercier - Communications Team - Incubator Activity Lead
>>             World Wide Web Consortium - http://www.w3.org
>>     W3C/ERCIM - N212 - 2004, rte des lucioles - 06410 Biot - FR
>> mailto:coralie@w3.org +33492387590 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/
>>
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              World Wide Web Consortium - http://www.w3.org
      W3C/ERCIM - N212 - 2004, rte des lucioles - 06410 Biot - FR
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