The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), is pleased to
invite you to the workshop on "development of an ICT -accessibility
Policy for Francophone West Africa region". The workshop is
organized by the ITU Regional Office for Africa in partnership with
Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) and kindly hosted by the
Communications Authority of Burkina Faso, (ARCEP) in Ouagadougou,
from the 27-29 November 2017.
In an effort to facilitate digital inclusion, governments around the
world are exploring and implementing various approaches to ensure
universal access to digital information, particularly access for
Persons with disabilities. Therefore, the objective of this workshop is
to discuss and develop policy recommendations on lCT-accessibility. The
policy recommendations will be addressed to policy makers in ECOWAS
Member States. It is expected that, upon validation and approval, the
policies will then be transposed and implemented at the national
levels. The recommendations will also constitute a valuable benchmark
for replication across Africa.
At the workshop, Member States will be expected to give updates on
national initiatives on enhancing accessibility to digital information
to Persons with disabilities.
Digital inclusion of all citizens whatever their disabilities must be a
reality if Africa is to benefit from the human resource potential of
all its citizens.
