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Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All

Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All. José Angel Martínez Usero Project Coordinator. Madrid, Spain 14 th and 15 th March, 2011. 15% of the total EU population having disabilities (i.e. about 74 million individuals )

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Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All

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  1. Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All José Angel Martínez Usero Project Coordinator Madrid, Spain 14th and 15th March, 2011

  2. 15% of the total EU population having disabilities (i.e. about 74 million individuals) Inclusive ICT and ATs are essential for enabling full participation in society These technologies mitigate barriers many people face in their daily life environments. The potential beneficiaries of eAccessibility are not only people with strictly defined disabilities. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All The Socio-economic problem Relevance of ATs

  3. Barriers from the market perspective: The fragmentation caused by different national systems and policies, Different service delivery and gaps in the AT value chain Barriers from the users perspective: High purchasing costs of ATs for end-users Lack of availability of product information ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All The Socio-economic problem The barriers of the ATs (1/2)

  4. Barriers from the technological perspective: Lack of coordination mechanisms and sharing of knowledge among AT developers lead to : Development redundancy with similar technologies produced regionally Lack of interoperability of mainstream ICTs and ATs R&D projects face barriers to bringing their outcomes to the AT market ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All The Socio-economic problem The barriers of the ATs (2/2)

  5. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Philosophical base in three cornerstones Web 2.0 technologies and user participation

  6. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Philosophical base in three cornerstones Redefinition of the target market

  7. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Philosophical base in three cornerstones Focus on Open software and cutting-edge technological trends

  8. O1. Creating a sustainable and reference European network O2. Development of the “Market place”, an online meeting point for key actors. O3. Setting up of the “R&D community”. O4. Development of a key actors search application to find organisations relevant in the field of ICT ATs. O5. Setting up the “EASTIN 2.0” portal, a reference online portal providing a seamless access to these sets of services developed by both projects. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Specific objectives of ATIS4all

  9. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All The Consortium partners EFD PMIL MVCR NITA Best Practices CRC ANDI ABIL TECH BRAI EPR RIM EDF CURE FULLM AGE FVE WRC DTU CERTH TECNAL TECH

  10. ETNA (yellow) and ATIS4all (blue) ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Main result of the cluster of both TNs

  11. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Main results of ATIS4all The “Market place” • Online meeting point focused on ICT ATs (whether commercial, freely downloadable or open source), inclusive solutions (accessible products and services such as accessible maps, accessible games, etc.) and related services (delivery, training, post-sale, etc.). It contains two sections: • Web 2.0 applications such as a forum for products and services, blogs, users’ ratings and comments, and other participation tools. • Useful information (e.g. best practices, market fragmentation, etc), links to external sources of information , news, RSS, mailing lists and other tools for communication and dissemination.

  12. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Main results of ATIS4all The “R&D community” • Online meeting point focused on R&D and cutting edge technologies applied to the ICT ATs and inclusive solutions. It contains two sections: • Web 2.0 applications such as a forum for R&D and cutting edge technologies, blogs, and other participation tools . • Useful information on R&D and cutting edge technologies, links to external sources of information, news, RSS, mailing lists and other tools for communication and dissemination.

  13. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Main results of ATIS4all The “key actors search application” The “key actors search application” aims to facilitate the search of organisations relevant in the field of ICT ATs, inclusive solutions, and related services, and R&D and cutting edge technologies applied to them. Outcome: an online interactive directory of relevant organisations

  14. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Timescale and main objectives of each WP • WP1. “State of the art of the AT market and R&D” (Jan 2011 – Jun 2011) • Identification and consensus on the topics to be covered in the Market place and the R&D Community • Identification of the main sources of information • Identification of the key actors to be involved in ATIS4all and in the portal • Technical analysis of existing EASTIN portal to develop the demo for user rating and commenting • Website, epractice community, project handbook, dissemination material, etc.

  15. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Timescale and main objectives of each WP • WP2. “Compilation of information and categorisation” (Jul 2011 – Dec 2011) • Gathering and analysis of the information for the “Market place” and “R&D community” • Development and integration of the demo for user rating and commenting • WP3. “Planning of tools and applications to the self-management of the portal” (Jan 2012 – Jun 2012) • Gathering and analysis of the information for the “Market place” and “R&D community” • Consensus, planning and design of the Web 2.0 applications

  16. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Timescale and main objectives of each WP • WP4.“Development of the portal tools, applications and content” (Jul 2012–Dec 2012) • Development and integration of the Web 2.0 applications • Development and integration of the whole EASTIN 2.0 portal • Integration of the information gathered and analysed in WP2 and WP3 • WP5.“Dynamic participation in the “EASTIN 2.0” portal and involvement of key actors” (Jan 2013 – Jun 2013) • Active participation in the “EASTIN 2.0” portal, including: offering information, fostering online discussion, supervising members’ behaviour, etc. • Involvement of the key actors identified in WP1 as active members of the portal

  17. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Timescale and main objectives of each WP • WP6.“Dynamic participation and sustainability ensuring of the network and portal” (Jul 2013–Dec 2013) • Active participation in the “EASTIN 2.0” portal, including: offering information, fostering online discussion, supervising members’ behaviour, etc. • Involvement of more key actors • Development of a sustainability plan for EASTIN 2.0 portal and ATIS4all network beyond the funded period • Dissemination and exploitation actions are transversal to all WPs

  18. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All The Consortium management structure in Technosite • Project coordinator: Jose Ángel Martinez (jamartinez@technosite.es) • Technical coordinator: Mª Elena Gomez (megomez@technosite.es) • Administrative and financial coordinator: Mercedes Ontiveros (montiverosg@technosite.es ) • General management structure: • Consortium Executive Board (CEB) • Market Place Committee (MPC) • R&D Committe (R&DC) • Dissemination and Exploitation Committee (DEC)

  19. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All Project website and epractice community • ATIS4all website • http://www.atis4all.eu/ • ePractice community “eAccessibility practice, policy, monitoring and impact” • http://www.epractice.eu/community/eaccessibility

  20. ATIS4all Assistive Technologies and Inclusive Solutions for All ATIS4ALL: Be part of it! , Be part of us! • This initiative will succeed if all partners, supporters and (in the future) members of the portal are active. • Only the interesting topics for the key actors in the field will attract them and make them active contributors • Today, you will decide on the topics that interest you (as key actors) • So… • Please, be active in the debates!!!!!!!

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