From 381 nominations to a shortlist of 160 Innovations
The nomination process spanned from May 2021 to June 2021 and sought to identify Innovative Practices and Policies from civil society, the public sector, the business sector and the ICT sector. Overall, the Zero Project had received 381 nominations from 86 countries, cenetred around this year's theme of Accessibility.
Starting from August 6, 2021, the Zero Project’s ecosystem and network will be given the opportunity to engage with – and vote – on the Shortlist of Innovative Practices and Policies. Based on these votes, the Zero Project team will select the Awardees in September 2021. The overall aim is to select up to 75 Innovative Practices and Policies, to be published in the 2022 Zero Project Report on Accessibility and to award these during the annual 2022 Zero Project Conference – #ZeroCon22.
Read the Press Release with more details and data on the full selection process here:
Download the Press Release (PDF)
Good luck to all remaining nominations in the final vote!
The full list of shortlisted practices and policies
(Organization name and project name, in bracket: Zero Project code); sorted alphabetically by country of domicile of the organization:
AFGHANISTAN
- Afghan Amputee Bicyclists for Rehabilitation And Recreation (AABRAR): Broad Program for making public buildings accessible (1326)
ARGENTINA
- Asociación Tiflonexos: Biblioteca Tiflolibros: Comunidad de acceso a la lectura, aprovechamiento de la tecnología e impulso de la accesibilidad (1104)
- Universidad Nacional de Tucuman: Enseñanza de Accesibilidad en el ambito academico (1309)
AUSTRALIA
- Government of South Australia: Online Accessibility Policy and Toolkit (3066)
- Travel For All: Travel For All Guide (5089)
AUSTRIA
- BIZEPS: Barrierefrei aufgerollt – Radio (1025)
- Österreichische Post: Accessible post boxes (4119)
AZERBAIJAN
- Union of Disabled People Organisations of Azerbaijan: Services on Adaptation of Accessibility for All in Buildings (1067)
BANGLADESH
- Centre for Disability in Development (CDD): Inclusive Rohingya Response (1148)
- Young Power in Social Action (YPSA): Accessible E-resource Center in the University of Chittagong (1199)
BELGIUM
- European Disability Forum (EDF): Toolkits on transposition of accessibility legislation (1155)
- Inter: Inclusion in social distancing times (1330)
- National Disability Authority: European Standard EN 17161:2019 Accessibility following a Design for all Approach (3035)
- Trilateral Research Ltf: TRIPS Project (1106)
- Visit Flanders: Stay at Home Museums (3016)
BRAZIL
- Curitiba City Hall: Communication, Its at Hand! (3068)
- Curitiba City Hall: Conversation in Libras (3067)
- Escola de Gente: Comunicação em Inclusão – VEM CA – Accessible Culture App (5127)
- Instituto Incluir: Transformar, Democratizar & Humanizar – Literatura Acessível (1147)
- Ktalise Assessoria e Tecnologias Ltda.: Beplay (5032)
- Mais Diferenças: Livros em múltiplos formatos acessíveis (1105)
- Nestlé: Connected Nestle Brazil (4092)
- SMPED (Secretaría Municipal para personas con discapacidad de la ciudad de Sao Paulo)/PMSP: Central de Intermediação em Liras -CIL (3059)
CANADA
- British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society: BCANDS Disability Services (1004)
- Employment and Social Development Canada: Federal Accessibility Legislation (ACA) (3011)
- Fable – Fable Platform (5046)
- Reena – COVID Vaccination Clinics: Accommodating Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (1074)
CHILE
- Centro de Desarrollo de Tecnologías de Inclusión de la Universidad Católica de Chile: La Mesita – Aprender a leer jugando (“Coffee Table”) (5079)
- Corporación Ciudad Accesible: Normativa de Accesibilidad Universal de Chile – Síntesis Dibujada (1174)
- Fundación Eres: Senderismo sin Limites (1236)
- Nestlé: People with Disabilities Nestlé Chile (4095)
- SENADIS: Preparados para Incluir (3013)
CHINA
- Accessibility Research Association: Internet Products Accessibility Project (1130)
- Flex: Flex Zhuhai program (4117)
- WeBank Co. Ltd: WeBank App’s Accessibility Features (5073)
COLOMBIA
- Instituto Nacional para Ciegos INCI: INCIRadio La Radio Incluyente (1066)
COSTA RICA
- Centro de Vida Independiente Morpho: Morpho Innovations (1263)
CROATIA
- City of Zagreb, City Office for Social Protection and Persons with Disabilties: Accessible Zagreb Online Service (5123)
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Masaryk University, Teiresias Centre: Agora and Pelion – Community and Knowledge Platforms on Accessible ICT for Visually Impaired (5151)
- Hayaku s.r.o.: Cash Reader (5143)
DENMARK
- Be My Eyes (5011)
- SubReader (5141)
ECUADOR
- Fundacion EINA: Accesibilidad de la información durante la pandemia de COVID 19 (1202)
EGYPT
- Alhassan Foundation: Accessibility for Actual Effective Inclusion (1194)
- Nomad Divers: Accessible Scuba Diving in Egypt (4114)
ETHIOPIA
- Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD): MINCH (5058)
FRANCE
- Atos: Global Accessibility and Digital Inclusion Policy, Governance & Program (4113)
- FACILiti: outil dinclusion numérique (5005)
- Signes de sens: Elix Bubble (5065)
- Tactile Studio: Inclusive & multi-sensory pathways (4033)
GERMANY
- Munevo: Munevo DRIVE (5017)
GUATEMALA
- Benemérito Comité Pro-Ciegos y Sordos de Guatemala: Inclusive Technology Center (1060)
INDIA
- Billion Ables Services Pvt Ltd: BillionAbles (5039)
- ISH NEWS (5027)
- Gudgudee: Gudgudee (4107)
- Jan Vikas Samiti: Project Sambhav (1164)
- Mphasis Ltd: BIRAC-Social Alpha Quest for Assistive Technologies (4101)
- Mphasis Ltd/Mphasis F1 Foundation: Mphasis UberAccess and UberAssist (4106)
- Samphia Foundation: Therapy On Wheels (1166)
- Sarthak Educational Trust: CapSarathi (1040)
- Tekra Solutions Pvt Ltd: myUDAAN (5023)
- Vidya Sagar: TARA (Team for Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodation) (1107)
INDONESIA
- Kota Kita: Participatory approach for disability-inclusive cities in Indonesia (1128)
- Light for the World: Accessible Agriculture – The agri-lab experience (1270)
- PUSPADI Bali: Accessible housing (1268)
- Suarise: Tantangan Aksesibilitas (1094)
IRAN
- Lord Rehabilitation Equipment: The Invisible Power (4081)
IRELAND
- Department of Social Protection: Use of e-Certification by Doctors (3077)
ISRAEL
- A-Check – Tamar Accessibility: A-Check Application (5095)
- Access Israel: Accessible Digital and Online Services (1318)
- Access Israel: Accessible Emergency Services (1320)
- Access Israel: Accessibility Internal Audit (1321)
- Access Israel: Accessible Organization Badge Model (1322)
- Access Israel: Accessibility Testing and Evaluation by Undercover Clients with Disabilities (1323)
- Commission for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Israeli Internet Accessibility Regulations (3063)
- Enosh: The Israeli Mental Health Association: Architecture for Persons with psychosocial disabilities (1037)
- Enosh: The Israeli Mental Health Association: Nofesh (1122)
- JDC Israel Unlimited: Housing Initiative for People with Disabilities (1230)
- JDC Israel Unlimited: Accessible Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities (1231)
- JDC Israel Unlimited: Equals in the Market (1232)
- Shekulo Tov Group: Digital Proficiency Questionnaire (DPQ) and a custom training program (1306)
- Voiceitt (5002)
JAMAICA
- Ready to Sign: Visualization of Jamaican Sign Language (1211)
JAPAN
- Okayama Broadcasting Co., Ltd.: Sign Language Talks Welfare Program (4120)
KENYA
- Safaricom PLC: Diversity & Inclusion Programme (4067)
LEBANON
- The Learning Center for the Deaf (1024)
LESOTHO
- Brot für die Welt/Diakonie ACT Austria: Accessible built environment in Practice in Lesotho (1258)
LITHUANIA
- Silver Line (1187)
MALAYSIA
- Social Security Organisation (SOCSO): MYFutureJobs employment services portal (5088)
MEXICO
- Re Genera Espacio: Maquetas hápticas impresas en tecnología 3D para niños con discapacidad visual (1290)
NEPAL
- Bodhisattva In Action Foundation: BIA Village (1176)
PERU
- Instituto de Accesibilidad: Peruvian Accesibility Institute (4050)
PHILIPPINES
- Architects for Accessibility: Architects + Community for Accessibility (1305)
POLAND
- Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy: Programme Accessibility Plus (3028)
- Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna: Railway Accessibility in Lodz (4105)
ROMANIA
- The Alternative Methods of Social Integration Association: The Urban Mobility Club (1906)
- The Alternative Methods of Social Integration Association: PopUP Raspiua – inclusive, mobile playground (1292)
RUSSIA
- Garage: Dictionary of contemporary art terms in Russian sign language for children (5071)
- Globe Media, LLC: globe4all (4068)
- Sberbank: Accessibility strategy (4108)
SAUDI ARABIA
- AlModon Engineering Consultancy: Adopting Universal Design principles in the Arab World (4110)
- Authority of People with Disability: Our city without abstacles (1163)
- King Abdulaziz University: Higher Education for All (1226)
SLOVENIA
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education: Easy-to-read Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1031)
SOUTH AFRICA
- Unmute Dance Theatre: Unmute ArtsAbility Festival (1260)
SPAIN
- ACFEE: Neurociencia, arquitectura y formación para la accesibilidad cognitiva. (1246)
- Asociación de Personas con Movilidad Reducida: Park4Dis (1119)
- ALS/MND Association Turkey: Eyeharp (5050)
- Dirección General De Derechos De Las Personas Con Discapacidad: Pautas y recomendaciones para la elaboración de documentos (3055)
- Fundación CNSE: SVIsual (5083)
- Mass Factory Urban Accessible Mobility, S.L: App&Town Compagnon (5010)
- Fundación ONCE: Accessibilitas (1183)
- Plena Inclusión Madrid: Diccionario Fácil (5149)
- Plena Inclusión España: Planeta Fácil (1177)
- Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona: Accesibilidad Universal de los nuevos trenes del Metro de Barcelona (4087)
SWEDEN
- Funka: Standardized Accessible Information Services of Local Governments (4118)
- Nordic Welfare Center: The future of working life – technology and digitalisation for increased inclusion (3065)
- Vattenverkstaden: Water workshop (1081)
TAIWAN
- Parents Association for Persons with Intellectual Disability: Take it easy! (1055)
THAILAND
- Maharakham University, Faculty of Medicine: Home for Life (1038)
TURKEY
- Accessible Everything: Erişilebilir Her Şey (Accessible Everything) (4016)
- Eğitimde Görme Engelliler Derneği (Association of Visually İmpaired In Education): Accessible Support Platform (5146)
- Istanbul Airport: Accessibility at the Istanbul Airport (4026)
- Puruli Kültür Sanat: Accesible Film Festival (1325)
- Sesli Betimleme Derneği (SEBEDER): Art audio description bank (1274)
UGANDA
- Love Manifested Childrens Ministry: The Persons with Disabilities Act 2019 (3056)
- Northern Uganda Hip Hop Culture: Art and Disability (1097)
- UNICEF: ADT Project (5116)
UNITED KINGDOM
- AbilityNet: My Computer My Way (5052)
- AEG Europe (O2 Arena): Accessibility at the O2 Arena (4023)
- Blue Badge Style Ltd: Blue Badge Style Access Gallery (5140)
- Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE): ADC Program (1062)
- Ernst & Young: Embedding digital accessibility throughout the enterprise (4094)
- Global Symbols CIC: Global Symbols CIC (5063)
- Hassell Inclusion: Digital Accessibility Maturity Scorecard (4055)
- Open Inclusion: Inclusive Customer Experience Canvas (4116)
- Transport for London Authority: Independent Disability Advisory Group (3022)
- Smile Smart Technology: Drivedeck (5080)
- Sightsavers: Accessibility Standards and Audit Pack (1133)
- Waymap: Waymap (5028)
UNITES STATES OF AMERICA
- 3Play Media: 3Play Media (5029)
- Aira: Aira (5150)
- ACTServices, Inc.: Universal Design in Outdoor Parks (1261)
- BeeLine Reader: BeeLine Reader (5021)
- Benetech: Benetech GCA publisher certification program (4124)
- Benetech: Bookshare Reader for Smart Speaker (5108)
- Brink Election Guide: Brink Election Guide (5093)
- Charter Communications: Spectrum Access (5016)
- Eli Lilly: Access Lilly (4060)
- Hocus Focus, Inc.: Center 4 Creative Arts (1041)
- Inclusively: Inclusively.com online jobplatform (5066)
- International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP): Certified Professional in Accessible Built Environments (1327)
- Keystone Human Services: Accessible Living From the Ground Up (1169)
- National Council on Independent Living: Barrier Removal Fund (1084)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy: The ePolicyWorks Initiative (3074)
- Rochester Institute of Technology: Deaf World Around You (1328)
- World Institute on Disability: Policies, Systems and Tools for Global Community Inclusion (1046)
- World Vision: Wash (1099)
- World Vision: Water Portal (1192)
VIETNAM
- CBM: Promotion of disability inclusive and disaster prepared communities in Nho Quan (1255)