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Access to Information and Knowledge using ICTs as Mean of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in society

Access to Information and Knowledge using ICTs as Mean of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in society . Ms Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg Knowledge Societies Division, Communication and Information Sector UNESCO.

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Access to Information and Knowledge using ICTs as Mean of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in society

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  1. Access to Information and Knowledge using ICTs as Mean of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in society Ms IrmgardaKasinskaite-Buddeberg KnowledgeSocieties Division, Communication and Information Sector UNESCO

  2. Globally, the number of persons with disabilities is not decreasing, but in opposite is increasing. There are over one billion people with disabilities in the world, of whom between 110-190 million experience very significant difficulties. This corresponds to about 15% of the world’s population and is higher than previous World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, which date from the 1970s and suggested a figure of around 10%. http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/factsheet.pdf

  3. Exclusion of Persons with Disabilities has serious economic-socio-cultural implications for societies • Major findings show that economic losses related to the exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour force are large and measurable, ranging frombetween 3 and 7 % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). ILO study “The price of exclusion: The economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work” (2010). http://www.ilo.org/skills/pubs/WCMS_149529/lang--en/index.htm

  4. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) 147 countries have already ratified the UN Convention 82 countries have already ratified optional protocol Articles linked to UNESCO’s mandate: 5. Equality and non-discrimination 6. Women with disabilities 8. Awareness-raising 9. Accessibility 21. Freedom of expression and opinion and access to information 24. Education 27. Work and employment 29. Participation in political and public life 30. Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport 31. Statistics and data collection 32. International cooperation

  5. UNESCO’s approach Knowledge Societies Education ForAll Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Access to Information and Knowledge Freedom of Expression Access Preservation Creation Dissemination Wisdom Knowledge Information PluralismInclusion Diversity Openness Participation Human Need sand Rights Human Needs Human Rights

  6. Different approaches Vertical approach –targeted interventions Specialassistive technologies, products, services and processestargetingpersonswithdisabilities Horizontal - mainstreamingapproach All Users Gender, age, ability, location, language Accessibilityembedded in all products, services and processes - Universal Design for All PersonswithDisabilities

  7. Towards integrated approach Enablingenvironment Healthcare Harmonization of Public Policies Procurement /Universal design for All ICTs and AT Employment Education IntegratedApproach HumanRightsBasedApproach Social – CharityBasedApproach MedicalApproach

  8. Few concrete examples…

  9. Asia-Pacific Regional Report (10) Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Report (11) North Africa and Arab States Regional Report (8) • Policy recommendations for UNESCO‘s Member States on accessible, adoptive and affordable ICTs in education for Persons with Disabilities: • National/regional education and information policies • Linkages with other policies • Existing Open Educational Resources • Gender issues • Open document format • Web accessibility standards • Impact and sustainability issues • Budgetary implications and funding sources • Succesful cases studies at grassroot level Latin American and Caribbean Regional Report (20) African Regional Report (11) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002197/219767e.pdf

  10. + 18 major recommendations Community Lifelonglearning Inclusive and affordable ICT and policies Capacity building Workplace Society Accessible content Accessible infrastructure Individual

  11. Accessible digital office document project http://adod.idrc.ocad.ca/

  12. The focus of the model policy is upon the use of ICTs to support the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD, 2006), specifically: • Article 9: Accessibility; • Article 21: Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information; • Article 24: Inclusive Education. • The model policy may serve as a resource for developing the contents of new national policy documents, complement existing policy documents, or individual sections or annexes could be used as resources for auditing or implementing existing policies. • The model policy may also be used as a platform to raise awareness and engage in national level dialogue with multiple stakeholders. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002272/227229E.pdf

  13. The Model Policy is an adaptable model designed to assist Member States to promote the effective use of inclusive ICTs in education for learners with disabilities. • Guiding principles: • Social inclusion oriented approach • Reasonable accommodation of special needs • Active and effective involvement of learners with disabilities • Critical Aspects: • Multi-stakeholder engagement and participation; • Cross sectorial and inter-governmental agency co-operation and co-ordination; • Multi-level policy objectives; • Progressive policy implementation based upon prioritisation of strategic actions; • Continuous monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation and achievement of targets and milestones.

  14. THE ICT OPPORTUNITY FOR A DISABILITY-INCLUSIVEDEVELOPMENTFRAMEWORK

  15. Online Knowledge Community A unique opportunity for strategic debate and action oriented partnerships among various stakeholders An opportunity to collaborativelyseek, identify, analyze, share, and create effective and durable solutions An open virtual space established for the promotion of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities http://www.wsis-community.org/ Other Knowledge communities: 2013 WSIS+10 Review Open Educational Resources (OER) Open Access (OA), and Gender Equality in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

  16. 24-26 November 2014 New Delhi, India UNESCO and Brotherhood, We Care Filmfest With support of the Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education,Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO Exhibition for ICT solutions Social media Internationalconference Film festival

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