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09:00 – 10:30 |
Opening Ceremony: Welcome and Opening addresses
Workshop Chairperson: Andrea Saks (Convener, ITU-T Joint Coordination Activity
on Accessibility and Human
Factors, JCA-AHF) |
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Welcome introductory remarks: Abdoulaye Dembele (SOTELMA, Focal point between ITU-D, ITU-T and the JCA-AHF for persons with disabilities, Vice Rapporteur for ITU-D Q.20/1) |
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Welcome address: Representative from Mali |
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Welcome remarks: Dr. Hamadoun Touré (Secretary General of ITU) |
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Keynote speech: Malcolm Johnson (Director of the Telecommunication
Standardization Bureau, ITU-T/TSB) |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Coffee break |
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10:45 – 12:30 |
Session 1: Introduction to Accessibility: the role of ITU and the other
international organizations
Objectives: This session will focus on the new results of WTSA-08 and the
achievements of the ITU commitment to connecting persons with disabilities
in Africa through ICTs and technology.
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Andrea Saks (Convener of the ITU-T JCA-AHF): Overview of ITU-T
accessibility activities, including WTSA-08 Resolution 70 |
Asenath Mpatwa (Senior Advisor, Regional Office for Africa, ITU-D/BDT):
Overview of ITU-D accessibility activities, including Study Groups and
Special initiatives on accessibility for persons with disabilities
Through Resolution 56 (Access to Telecommunication Services for Persons with Disabilities) adopted at the
World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-06), ITU Member States requested ITU-D through
its Special initiatives Unit to collect, review and identify technological solutions to
enable design and implementation of ICT policies and strategies promoting accessible
ICT services for persons with disabilities. To this effect, a number of activities were
undertaken by ITU-D in its implementation of the current four- year Doha Action Plan. The
first activity was to create awareness on key issues concerning ICTs for persons with
disability through seminars and workshops. This was followed by implementation of specific
ICT projects targeting persons with disabilities including development of a Toolkit for
Policy Makers on ICT Accessibility & Service Needs for Persons with Disabilities, a joint
project between ITU-D and G3ict and its partners. In addition to this, extensive studies
and reviews were undertaken through Study Group 1/20 leading to a comprehensive report
containing Guidelines on Policies, Strategies and examples of best practices to enable
Member States to mainstream ICT accessibility issues in their national policies, regulatory
and legislative frameworks. This Report as well as additional information on ITU-D activities
on ICTs for Persons with Disability can be found at:
http://www.itu.int/md/D06-SG01-C-0250/en
and http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/sis/PwDs/index.html
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Abdoulaye Dembele (SOTELMA, Focal point between
ITU-D, ITU-T and the JCA-AHF for persons with disabilities, Vice
Rapporteur for ITU-D Q.20/1): The activities carried out in the ITU-D
Sector by the question 20/1: “Access to telecommunication services for
people with disabilities”: an overview |
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Alexandra Gaspari (Accessibility Coordinator, ITU-T/TSB): WTSA-08: the
input by the African Region and the relationship between contributions
submitted, the relevant outcomes and their implementation in the region |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:30 |
Session 2: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities and best
practices for accessible ICTs
Objectives: This session will explain the importance and the effects of the
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and examples
of the beginning of compliance.
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Axel Leblois (Executive Director, G3ict): The UN Convention and its
effects on implementing ICTs and new technologies for persons with
disabilities |
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Alexandra Gaspari (Accessibility Coordinator, ITU-T/TSB): The Internet
Governance Forum and the Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability:
introduction and overview |
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 – 18:00 |
Session 3: Assistive technologies for persons with disabilities
Objectives: This session is designed to give practical information of
assistive technologies that can be implemented and utilized in Africa now.
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Claudio Giugliemma (Dominic Foundation, Switzerland): Assistive
technologies, giving persons with disabilities freedom to participate in
every day life |
Prof. Kenryu Nakamura (University of Tokyo, Japan): Every Tool in My
Pocket: Multi-tools in My Pocket: In-Class Use of Mobile Phones for Children with Disabilities
Although a good number of assistive technologies (AT) have been developed
for special education, they are not widely used. This is due to the
following reasons: (i) AT products are relatively expensive; (ii) PC-based
system is bulky on the desk. (iii) Many students and parents are reluctant
to use special devices. Present mobile phones are powerful and functional
enough as a useful tool for children with disabilities and can overcome the
demerit described above. However not many people realize the usefulness of
mobile phones. Our collaborative team is currently creating a textbook about
the good use of mobile phones for special education and is going to hold
seminars for teachers and parents. |
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Hiroshi Kawamura (Daisy Consortium, Japan): How Daisy can bring the
written word to persons with disabilities and indigenous people without
written languages |
Dr. Mamoru Iwabuchi (Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan):
Development of Minority Language Screen Readers
The purpose of our project is promoting the use of assistive technology
including in countries where minority languages are used. Nepali screen
reader is currently under development as its pilot case. In our approach, an
existing Hindi speech synthesizer was incorporated into a free screen
reader, namely, Thunder for Windows. This approach was taken as Nepali is
closely related to Hindi and the two languages are written in the same
script. A field trial of the system and its adaptation to Nepali is
described. It is suggested that this approach could be applicable to the
development of screen readers for other minority languages. |
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09:00 – 10:30 |
Session 4: Social and Economic Issues: the role of ICTs in the inclusion in
civil society of persons with disabilities, including women and persons with
mental challenges
Objectives: This session is to illuminate the many unseen aspects of
accessibility which include gender and mental health issues.
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Prof. Arun Mehta (President, Bidirectional Access Promotion Society
(BAPSI), India): ICTs for Children with Mental Challenges |
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Fernando H.F. Botelho (Director of Product Development, Literacy Bridge,
Brazil): The importance of Internet Governance Forum for scalable low-cost
internet access for persons with disabilities |
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Prof. Arun Mehta (President, Bidirectional Access Promotion Society
(BAPSI), India): Significance of and approach to teaching programming to persons with visual challenges |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Session 5: E-health and e-emergency
Objectives: This session is to explain the importance of accessibility for
persons with disabilities during critical situations.
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Claudio Giugliemma (Dominic Foundation, Switzerland): Accessibility and
usability of ICTs for the end users in the field of e-health for a
sustainable economic growth |
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Hiroshi Kawamura (Daisy Consortium, Japan): Disaster preparedness and
disaster relief, accessibility for persons with disabilities |
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Fernando H.F. Botelho (Director of Product Development, Literacy Bridge,
Brazil): ICTs accessibility solutions |
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12:30 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:30 |
Session 6: Sharing best practices for e-accessibility and ICTs
Objectives: This session is an opportunity for other Administrations and
organizations to share best practices.
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Christophe Oulé (Director of «Centre de formation pour
handicapés visuels au Burkina Faso»): L’expérience du centre de formation
pour handicapés visuels au Burkina Faso (The experience of the training
center for persons with visual impairments in Burkina Faso)
La situation des personnes vivant avec un handicap au BURKINA FASO
Le rapport mondial sur le développement humain du PNUD classe le BURKINA
FASO parmi les pays les plus pauvres. Dans ce contexte, les personnes
handicapées sont très vulnérables. Seulement 2% d’enfants handicapés sont
scolarisés. Malheureusement, ceux d’entre eux qui ont la chance d’avoir une
qualification n’ont pour le moment pas accès à l’emploi.
Cette situation rend marginal l’usage des TIC par les personnes handicapées.
Le centre de formation en informatique adaptée de l’UN-ABPAM
Convaincue que les TIC sont un outil privilégié pour l’intégration de ses
membres, l’UN-ABPAM a ouvert en 2007 avec l’aide de l’Association Valentin
HAÜY (France), un centre de formation à Ouagadougou. Malheureusement, le
centre n’arrive pad à couvrir les besoins en formation.
Notre projet avec l’UIT
Le Ministre Burkinabè des Postes et Technologies de l’Information et de la
Communication a porté un projet de l’UN-ABPAM auprès de UIT qui a accepté de
le financer. Ce projet concerne :
L’augmentation de la capacité d’accueil du centre de formation
l’équipement d’un Cybercafé en matériels informatiques dont certains sont
adaptés à la déficience visuelle et où les voyants et les non voyants
navigueront côte à côte sur Internet !
Ainsi nous ferons la preuve de la capacité des personnes handicapées
visuelles à s’intégrer en milieu professionnel. |
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Renee Amarasiri (Head, Legal and Regulatory, Bharti Airtel Lanka):
Projects and assistive technologies in Sri Lanka |
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Axel Leblois (Executive Director, G3ict): The G3ict - ITU Toolkit for
Policy Makers on e-Accessibility & Service Needs for Persons with
Disabilities |
Almazbek Tolkunbaevich Abekov (Manager, DIM TV Ltd. Kyrgyzstan),
Nurlan Usenovich Mamyrov (Adviser on international cooperation,
DIM TV Ltd. Kyrgyzstan): Interactive broadcasting: equal access to education for all children
Under the umbrella of the CIS Regional Initiatives projects, the ITU in collaboration with the
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic intends to establish an Interactive Multimedia Digital
Broadcasting Networks as a pilot project to be replicated in other CIS countries. DIM TV
has created the project of distant education via Interactive Multimedia Digital Broadcasting.
The project is based on opening the access to the telecommunication and information technology
to all children (the children who have limited opportunities for education).
This project of interactive multimedia educational TV has based on DVB-T with CDMA back channel.
The project is created the regional and global educational networks for children of all races,
confessions and developed tolerance a humanity.
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15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 – 17:30 |
Session 7: Panel - The experiences and challenges in Africa in promoting
accessible ICTs (participants to be confirmed)
Objectives: The opportunity in this session is for the participants to
choose a panel from participating countries to discuss the relevant points
brought out in the workshop.
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Case study: Mali |
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Moctar Bâ (President of the “Fédération Malienne des associations de personnes handicapées”) : L’expérience de la Federation Malienne des associations de personnes handicapées (The experience of the Mali Federation of Associations of persons with disabilities) |
Participants from:
Cameroon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa and
Tunisia. |
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09:00 – 10:30 |
Session 8: The Training session G3ict - ITU Toolkit for Policy Makers on e-Accessibility & Service Needs for
Persons with Disabilities
Objectives: These two sessions are designed to provide policy makers with
the necessary skills and tools to provide open accessibility to persons with
disabilities and to avoid costly or impractical solutions.
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Axel Leblois (Executive Director, G3ict) |
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Asenath Mpatwa (Senior Advisor, Regional Office for Africa, ITU-D/BDT) |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Session 9 (cont. of Session 8): The training session
G3ict - ITU Toolkit for Policy Makers on e-Accessibility & Service Needs for
Persons with Disabilities
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Axel Leblois (Executive Director, G3ict) |
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Asenath Mpatwa (Senior Advisor, Regional Office for Africa, ITU-D/BDT) |
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12:30 – 13:00 |
Conclusion & Adoption of the Workshop Report |
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13:00 – 13:15 |
Closing remarks: Malcolm Johnson
(Director of the
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU-T/TSB) |
