News & Events
- Jul 27, 2012 Réunica Foundation is launching the third edition of the prize "Etoile de la Culture" The prize will reward three child care facilities or child care centres having performed an artistic or cultural project for people with autism or other developmental child disorders over the last 12 months.
- Jul 12, 2012 DOTCOM: the Disability Online Tool of the Commission The Academic Network of Disability Experts (ANED) has just launched an online resource with a large database of information, collected by ANED in consultation with the European Commission and the EU High Level Group on Disability, about national laws, policies, strategies and initiatives in the Member States of the European Union, its candidate countries and other associated countries.
- Feb 15, 2012 Tourism for all: a challenge to win! - Public hearing on Accessible Tourism at the European Parliament A public hearing on Tourism for all took place on 9th February at the European Parliament. Welcomed by MEP Carlo Fidanza and chaired by MEP Ádám Kósa and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, the meeting brought together members of the European Parliament and the European Commission, as well as several tourism enterprises representatives, who discussed accessibility of tourist destinations, accommodation and information within the EU's new tourism strategy.
- Jan 25, 2012 LHAC project included in the Roadmap for the European Year of Active Ageing The League of Historical and Accessible Cities (LHAC) has been included in the Roadmap towards and beyond the European Year 2012 for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. The roadmap represents the contribution made by a coalition of stakeholders committed to work together for an Age-Friendly European Union by 2020, through the promotion of active ageing and solidarity between generations.
- Feb 9, 2012 - Feb 9, 2012 Save the Date! Public hearing at the European Parliament on Accessible Tourism A public hearing on Tourism for all will take place on 9th February at the European Parliament in Brussels. Its aim is to address accessibility of destinations, accommodations and information within the new Tourism Strategy of the EU.
- Jan 11, 2012 Call for submissions: Forthcoming publication showing Design for All in action EIDD – Design for All Europe and Fundación ONCE are jointly producing a publication, to be published in 2012 in English and Spanish, which is intended to highlight the importance of design that considers human diversity, to demonstrate the practical experience of implementing Design for All and to identify key factors for success.
- Jan 19, 2012 - Jan 20, 2012 Save the date! Urbaccess Accessibility Show, 19-20 January 2012, Paris Urbaccess, the first European exhibition on accessibility and universal design, will take place on the 19th and 20th of January, 2012, at the Center of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT), Paris la Défense.
- Dec 13, 2011 European Commission's public consultation on measures to break down barriers to people with disabilities The European Commission launched today a public consultation on its future plans for breaking down barriers to Europeans with disabilities. The consultation will help the Commission to prepare its proposals for a European Accessibility Act, planned for autumn 2012.
- Dec 5, 2011 Roundtable on Legal Capacity and Supported Decision-Making A Roundtable on Legal Capacity and Supported Decision-Making took place on 23rd November in the European Parliament.
- Dec 5, 2011 Launch of Zero Report on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a new international comparative study on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the Zero Report - has been launched.