Since 2013, the United Nations in Vienna through the UN Office at Vienna (UNOV), the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Essl Foundation, have been working together to realize the United Nations’ commitment to building a better world for people with disabilities.
Driven by a mission to advance the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the Zero Project – a project of the Essl Foundation – finds and shares innovative solutions that improve the daily lives and legal rights of all persons with disabilities. Article 32 of the CRPD, “recognize[s] the importance of international cooperation and its promotion… for the realization of the purpose and objectives” of the CRPD. In support of this, the Zero Project has identified and collected over 900 innovative solutions from over 120 countries, which have removed barriers for persons with disabilities.