The European Accessibility Act: a Model for a More Accessible Digital Europe (webcast)

[Ana Isabel]

"On Monday 17 June 2024 at 10:00 – 11:00 EEST (07:00-08:00 UTC) the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD) hosted a Eurodig 2024 session ‘ The European Accessibility Act: a Model for a More Accessible Digital Europe‘.

The European Accessibility Act took effect in April 2019. The Act’s goals are to improve the trade between members of the EU for accessible products and services, by removing country-specific rules. This law was built to complement the EU’s Web Accessibility Directive of 2016 and includes a wide range of systems including personal devices such as computers, smartphones, e-books, and TVs, as well as public services like television broadcasts, ATMs, ticketing machines, public transport services, banking services and e-commerce sites that must be accessible to persons of disabilities.

This session focused on how well several European organizations are living up to these goals and making the EU as accessible as possible.

SPEAKERS:

• Vilmantas Balcikonis, Vice President, Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted;

• Lidia Best, President of the European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH);

• Indre Jurgelioniene, Chief Advisor, Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority / Co-Chair, Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) End-User Working Group;

• Giacomo Mazzone, EDMO Advisory Board / EuroDig Board.

MODERATORS:

• Dr. Olivier Crepin-LeBlond (In Person);

• Dr. Mohammed Shabbir, Co-coordinator, DCAD (Remote). 

For more information and watch this webcast please visit 

https://isoc.live/18047 "

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