- From: vinton g. cerf <vcerf@MCI.NET>
- Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 18:12:25 -0400
- To: (wrong string) õm <hans.sundstrom@hadar.amu.se>, ISTF - Christian de Larrinaga <cdel@firsthand.net>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: (wrong string) ónio Simões Monteiro <simoes.monteiro@missao-si.mct.pt>, MSI - (unknown charset) José Dias Coelho <jdcoelho@missao-si.mct.pt> (MSI), "MCT - Dr. Miguel Andrade" <andrade@mct1.mct.pt>, "UTAD - Prof. Bulas Cruz" <jcruz@utad.pt>, "MSI - Prof. Pedro Veiga" <pedro.veiga@missao-si.mct.pt>, Ministro da Ciencia e Tecnologia <gago@mct.pt>, Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia <geral@mct.pt>, istf-participants@lyris.isoc.org
Dear Franciso, This is an important topic. Could you tell us more about the regulatory views of the Portuguese administration and the European Union? Vint Cerf At 11:52 PM 10/8/99 +0100, Francisco Godinho wrote: >Web accessibility milestone in Europe April 2000 > >The Portuguese presidency of the European Union ( EU) that will take place >during the first semester of the year 2000, goes to re-launch the European >Initiative for the Information Society, through a ministerial conference >that will be held in Lisbon in April of 2000. > >According to Portuguese Minister of Science and Technology, the re-launching >of the European Initiative for the Information Society will be centered in >subjects such as accessibility and regulation of the Internet. > >As you know, Portugal is the first European country where web accessibility >is mandatory. This legislation was an initiative of the Ministry of Science >and Technology. I think that people from EU countries should join efforts >and take this conference as a milestone to promote web accessibility in >Europe. > >Regards >Francisco Godinho >Co-coordinator of the Petition for the Accessibility of the Portuguese >Internet. >GUIA/PASIG - Portuguese Accessibility Special Interest Group >http://www.acessibilidade.net/index_eng.html >Founder for The Human Chain for Timor on the Internet >http://www.acessibilidade.net/timor >http://www.egroups.com/group/timor-portugal/ >STOP THE GENOCIDE IN EAST TIMOR ================================================================= "INTERNET IS FOR EVERYONE!" Join the Internet Society and help to make it so. See you at INET2000, Yokohama, Japan July 18-21, 2000 http://www.isoc.org/inet2000
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