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• Dec 1, 2011 Salzburg wins the Access City Award 2012 0 comments The Austrian city Salzburg today won the Access City award 2012, the European prize for making cities more accessible to people with disabilities.
• Nov 23, 2011 - Nov 23, 2011 Roundtable on Legal Capacity and Supported Decision-Making 0 comments Legal capacity is a necessary precondition for self-determination and full enjoyment of human rights. On November 23, Inclusion Europe will hold the first Annual Round Table meeting of the main stakeholders on legal capacity and supported decision-making to monitor progress in reforming guardianship laws and to discuss new initiatives in the field.
• Oct 24, 2011 EDF launches survey on effects of crisis on people with disabilities 0 comments The European Disability Forum launches a 5 questions survey on the impact of the economic crisis on the rights of persons with disabilities.
• Oct 20, 2011 World Health Organisation International Conference on ageing-friendly cities 0 comments A major international conference on ageing-friendly cities took place in Dublin from 28 to 30 September 2011.
• Sep 27, 2011 World Tourism Organization and Partners to Promote Accessible Tourism for All 0 comments The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the ONCE Foundation for Cooperation and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities and the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) have signed a Cooperation Agreement aimed at developing ever more accessible tourism for persons with disabilities (Madrid, Spain, 16th September).
• Sep 13, 2011 Hearing on the mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities 0 comments On 7th September a Hearing on the Inclusion and Mobility of People with Disabilities took place in the European Parliament.
  At the event, which was the first completely barrier-free public hearing in the history of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Commission announced that the new European Accessibility Act will be presented in the autumn of 2012.
• Sep 28, 2011 - Sep 28, 2011 Open Meeting and Public Consultation of Joint Report "Accessibility in Built Environment" 0 comments Following the European Mandate 420 to CEN (European Committee for Standardisation), two teams of experts have prepared a report on European and International accessibility standards in the built environment. The report will be discussed at an Open Meeting at CEN Headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), on 28 September 2011.
• Sep 27, 2011 - Sep 27, 2011 27 septembre 2011 : 9ème journée Ville accessible à tous 0 comments La 9ème journée d’échanges "Ville accessible à tous" se tiendra le 27 septembre 2011, à Montpellier, sur le thème "Villes et Accessibilité en Europe"
• Sep 5, 2011 EDF Observatory for people with disabilities in economic crisis 0 comments The EDF "observatory on the impact of the economic crisis on the rights of persons with disabilities" aims at monitoring, through the collection of adequate examples, the measures taken by EDF and EU member states, European Union institutions and International financial institutions that affect persons with disabilities.
• Sep 5, 2011 New website on wheelchair accessible places 0 comments Wheelmap is a website for wheelchair users which tells you about the accessibility of nearby restaurants, cafes, clubs, museums and other locations.