- From: Francisco Godinho <f.godinho@mail.telepac.pt>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:57:09 -0000
- To: "WAI Interest Group" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hello Here you find an important document: eEurope - An Information Society For All http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg13/com081299_en.pdf Communication on a Commission Initiative for the Special European Council of Lisbon, Portugal 23 and 24 March 2000 7. e Participation for the disabled <snip> Targets: By the end of 2000: The European Commission and Member States should review the relevan legislation and standards programmes dealing with the Information Society, with a view to ensuring their conformity with accessibility principles and accelerating standardisation processes. The European Commission will propose a recommendation o Member States to take account of the requirements of people with disabilities in the procurement of information and communications products and services. By the end of 2001: The European Commission and Member States should commit themselves to making the design and content of all public Web sites accessible to people with disabilities. By the end of 2002: The European Commission will support the creation of a Network of Centres of Excellence, at least one in each Member State, that will develop a European curriculum module in Design-for-All to train designers and engineers. Asap I will inform you more about this. Best Regards Francisco Godinho Ministry of Science and Technology Portugal -----Original Message----- From: Francisco Godinho <f.godinho@mail.telepac.pt> Date: Sexta-feira, 8 de Outubro de 1999 23:05 Subject: Web accessibility milestone in Europe - April 2000 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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