- From: Francisco Godinho <f.godinho@mail.telepac.pt>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:24:37 +0100
- To: "SIVA - Renzo Andrich" <renzo.andrich@siva.it>, "Hadar - Hans Sundstrõm" <hans.sundstrom@hadar.amu.se>, "ISTF - Vinton Cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET>, "WAI Interest Group" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Dear friends, The Portuguese Presidency of the European Union (EU), that will take place during the first semester of the year 2000, is responsible for an European Ministerial conference related with the European Initiative for the Information Society. This Conference will be held in Lisbon in April of 2000. Yesterday, during the conference ”Internet for Special Needs” held in Portugal, I made a public request to the Portuguese Minister of Science and Technology to include web accessibility in the conference agenda. This request will be transmitted on the Television but I think that this is not enough. I am convicted that will be necessary a STRONG INTERNATIONAL LOBBY to achieve this goal. I will have a meeting with the Minister of Science and Technology next 24th of November and I would like to have a credible draft proposal to deliver him in hand. I NEED YOUR HELP! Regards Francisco Godinho 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
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