RE: [AcWeb] eEurope - proposal of online International Petition for the Accessibility on the Internet in European Union

Excellent idea Francisco!

You can also count on COCEMFE's support.

Best luck,
Javier

Javier Romaņach
COCEMFE, Area de I+D
Madrid
jromanac@dial.eunet.es
----- Original Message -----
From: Francisco Godinho <f.godinho@mail.telepac.pt>
To: <accesoweb@onelist.com>; <Rafael.Romero@uv.es>; CAPS - Luis Azevedo
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:22 PM
Subject: [AcWeb] eEurope - proposal of online International Petition for the Accessibility
on the Internet in European Union


> From: "Francisco Godinho" <f.godinho@mail.telepac.pt>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> As you know:
>
> - Portugal is the first European country where web accessibility is
> mandatory;
>
> - On 8 December 1999 the European Commission launched an initiative entitled
> "eEurope - An Information Society for All", which propose: "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."
>
> The eEurope plans are due to be definitively approved at a special EU
> meeting on employment to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in March 2000
>
> What you think about an online international Petition for the Accessibility
> on the Internet in European Union supporting the European Commission
> proposal ?
>
> You can find an example at http://www.acessibilidade.net/eeurope
>
> Regards
> Francisco Godinho
> Co-ordinator of the Petition for the Accessibility of the Portuguese
> Internet.
> GUIA/PASIG - Portuguese Accessibility Special Interest Group
> http://www.acessibilidade.net/index_eng.html
>
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