4eme Forum européen de l'accessibilité numérique
L’accessibilité numérique des services publics en Europe
Paris, 12 Avril 2010
Le chemin vers une Europe e-accessible
Miguel González-Sancho
COMMISSION EUROPEENNE
Direction Générale « Société de l’Information et Media »
Unité H3 – TIC pour l’Inclusion
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Presentation overview
• Context
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Status of e-accessibility in Europe
Increased awareness and action; ageing
UN Convention on rights of persons with disability
Europe 2020; European Digital Agenda
• EC actions CE: policy and legal
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Disability Strategy 2020
European legislation; telecoms
Standardisation; mandate 376
Web accessibility; case for EU coordination
• Actions CE: financing and analysis
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Research; R&D and Ambient Assisted Living programmes
Deployment: ICT Policy Support Programme
Analysis, monitoring and dissemination
Conclusion
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Status of e-accessibility in Europe
Overall eAccessibility status scores
5
Status scores
4
3
2
1
0
LT EE LV PL
SI
CY LU SK MT AT FR EL DE EU PT
25
FI
BE HU CZ ES
IT
NL DK IE SE CA AU UK US
Source: ‘Measuring e-Accessibility in Europe’ (December 2008)
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Increased awareness and action; ageing
• Poor e-accessibility status (web, TV…)
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< 10% public sites fully accessible…
But greater awareness, policy, laws
• Technology key for participation
Multiplier of exclusion or inclusion
Mainstream ICT devices & services is a
must (a right?), requires accessibility
• Dedicated (assistive) techno for
autonomy of PWD & elderly
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• Implications for some groups
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Many people concerned: PWD, elderly
Ageing challenges & ICT responses
Link to a) disability; b) usability
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UN Convention on rights of persons with
disability
• International treaty on human
rights
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Principles and obligations
Share of competences EC/ Member
States
• Many references to technology
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R&D, availability, info of new
technologies [art. 4]
Accessibility [article 9]
Personal mobility [art 20]
Expression and information [art 20]
(Re)habilitation [art 26]
Political and public participation
[art 29]
International cooperation [art 32]
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Europe 2020; European Digital
Agenda
• New European legislature
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Barroso II (President)
N. Kroes (e-agenda)
V. Reding (equality)
• Europe 2020 strategy
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Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
• European Digital Agenda
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Legal framework (> PWD in telecoms, audiovisual)
R&D and innovation on ICT
Promote internet access: digital literacy, accessibility
Member States accessible online services
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Presentation overview
• Context
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Status of e-accessibility in Europe
Increased awareness and action; ageing
UN Convention on rights of persons with disability
Europe 2020; European Digital Agenda
• EC actions CE: policy and legal
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Disability Strategy 2020
European legislation; telecoms
Standardisation; mandate 376
Web accessibility; case for EU coordination
• Actions CE: financing and analysis
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Research; R&D and Ambient Assisted Living programmes
Deployment: ICT Policy Support Programme
Analysis, monitoring and dissemination
Conclusion
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Disability Strategy 2020
• Follows up on bi-annual action plans 2003-9
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Antidiscrimination
Mainstreaming
Accessibility
Civil society
• New disability strategy
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Actions at various levels:
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Implement UN Convention
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EC
MS
EU institutions
Civil society
Share EU/ MS competences
Practical implications.
Also considering Council of Europe AP
Steps
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Consultation
Impact assessment
Ministerial conference (Zaragoza, May 2010)
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European legislation; telecoms
Growth & Employment
Accessible information society
Public procurement Data protection
(mandate 376)
Standards
Copyrights
Social Cohesion & Quality of Life
anti-discrimination / Disability AP
Equality Directives
UN Convention on Disability
State aids
VAT
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Standardisation; mandate 376
• Mandate 376 on public procurement of
accessible ICT product and services
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Phase 1 (closed) - Inventory
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Test and conformity schemes of products and services
ICT products and services: functional accessibility requirements and
gaps), current standards/ specifications
Phase 2 (to start) – Standards
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European standard (EN) specifying ICT accessibility requirements
Technical reports for compliance and guidance on award criteria
Guidance for acquisition process, conformity & suppliers assessment
On-line Toolkit for public procurers
• Other relevant standards mandates
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Built environment
Access to goods and services
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Web accessibility; case for EU
coordination
• Action needed to improve web accessibility
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Web is window to information society, right of all to participate
But insufficient progress (cf. Riga targets!)
Compliance of web policies in place must be improved
• Align national efforts
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Most countries have measure for
web accessibility of public web sites
Avoid fragmentation of approaches across Europe
Share practices
• Political commitment
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UN Convention on People with Disabilities
Consensus on some EU coordination: Riga, Council Conclusions March 2009
Europe 2020 > Digital agenda
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Presentation overview
• Context
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Status of e-accessibility in Europe
Increased awareness and action; ageing
UN Convention on rights of persons with disability
Europe 2020; European Digital Agenda
• EC actions CE: policy and legal
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Disability Strategy 2020
European legislation; telecoms
Standardisation; mandate 376
Web accessibility; case for EU coordination
• Actions CE: financing and analysis
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Research; R&D and Ambient Assisted Living programmes
Deployment: ICT Policy Support Programme
Analysis, monitoring and dissemination
Conclusion
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Research; R&D and Ambient
Assisted Living programmes
• Ongoing: FP6 + 7 + AAL
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Smart navigation
Robotic manipulators
Hearing aids
Wheelchairs
Audio-description
Software for dyslexia
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(Newest) brain-neural
computer interfacing
Embedded accessibility
User simulation
Smart homes,
monitoring
cognitive support
Robotics for elderly
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Cooperation networks
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AAL call 3
FP7 2001
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FP8
Ageing and Wellbeing
ICT for smart and
personalised inclusion
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Deployment:
ICT Policy Support Programme
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Deployment pilots in
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accessible DTV,
Emergency services
Independent living of
elderly
• Call 4 (now open)
• Deployment pilot on
accessible public digital
terminals, e.g. ATMs
• Thematic Network on
assistive technologies
Thematic network
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Support to
accessibility policy
(planned)
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Analysis, monitoring and
dissemination
• Study on monitoring e-accessibility in Europe
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http://www.eaccessibility-monitoring.eu/
• Study on Economic Assessment for Improving
eAccessibility
Services and Products
• Study on internal market of
assistive technologies
• www.epractice.eu/
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http://www.epractice.eu/community/eaccessibility
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Conclusions
• ICT are today very important for social participation
• Accessibility is essential for ICT use, and thus for inclusion
• Still much scope for improvement
• But also greater awareness and action
• The European Commission remains committed to improve eaccessibility and contributes through a range of actions
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Merci!
 Pour plus d’information
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http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/einclusion/
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http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/programme/challenge7_en.html
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http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ict_psp/index_en.htm
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www.epractice.eu
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