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The Zero Project has announced the Shortlist for the 2023 Zero Project awards in the field of Independent Living & Political Participation, and ICT. 156 Innovative Solutions from 63 countries have made it to the coveted Shortlist this year.

Click on the image to explore the Zero Project interactive map: discover the #ZeroCall23 Shortlisted Nominations by clicking on their country of domicile.

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From 319 Nominations to a Shortlist of 156 Innovative Solutions

The nomination process spanned from May 2022 to June 2022 and sought to identify Innovative Solutions from Civil Society, the Public Sector, the Business Sector, and the ICT sector. Overall, the Zero Project had received 319 nominations from 78 countries, centred around this year's theme of Independent Living & Political Participation, and ICT.

Starting from August 12, 2022, the Zero Project Network and ecosystem will be given the opportunity to engage with – and vote on – the Shortlist of Innovative Solutions. Based on these votes, the Zero Project Team will announce the Awardees in September 2022. The overall aim is to select 75 Innovative Solutions, to be published in the 2023 Zero Project Report on Independent Living & Political Participation, and ICT. These Innovative Solutions will be awarded at the annual 2023 Zero Project Conference ­– #ZeroCon23.

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 Nominations

(Organization name, in bracket: Zero Project code); sorted alphabetically by country of domicile of the organization:

ARMENIA

  • EREO Independent Living Resource Center (1281)
  • World Vision - Armenia (1151)

AUSTRALIA

  • Access Easy English (1193)
  • Solve-TAD Ltd (1099)
  • Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) Inc (5099)
  • Youth Disability Advocacy Service (1047)

AUSTRIA

  • autArK Soziale Dienstleistungs-GmbH (1071)
  • Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Österreich (1107)
  • Bischof - Innovation & Technology GmbH (5095)
  • Caritas Oberösterreich (1112)
  • die Berater Unternehmensberatungs GmbH (5030)
  • Jugend am Werk Sozial:Raum GmbH (4031)
  • Lebenshilfe Steiermark (5044)
  • pro mente OÖ (1213)
  • Verein ich bin aktiv (1078)
  • WAG Assistenzgenossenschaft (4036)
  • Wiener Konzerthaus (1007)

BANGLADESH

  • Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme (1155)

BOLIVIA

  • Asociacion de Personas con Discapacidad Fisica Nueva Esperanza (1288)

BRAZIL

  • Curitiba City Hall (3066)
  • Instituto Incluir: Transformar, Democratizar & Humanizar (5068)
  • Instituto Jô Clemente (1245)

BURKINA FASO

  • Light for the World - Burkina Faso (3031)

CAMEROON

  • Foundation for the Inclusion and Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities (1085)
  • Lilian Dibo Association (1203)

CANADA

  • Fable (5079)

CHILE

  • Fundación Amigos por Siempre (1103)
  • Fundación eres (1204)
  • Fundación Chilena para la Discapacidad (1195)
  • Fundación Vida Independiente Chile (1250)
  • Municipalidad de Cerro Navia (3018)
  • Servicio Electoral de Chile(3035)

CHINA

  • Tencent Holdings Limited (5014)
  • Tencent Technology Co,. Ltd. (5022)

COSTA RICA

  • Centro de Vida Independiente Morpho (3022)

CROATIA

  • Hrvatski Savez Gluhih i Nagluhih (1226)

CZECH REPUBLIC

  • Masaryk University, Teiresiás Centre (1274)

DENMARK

  • The Danish National Rehabilitation Center for Neuromuscular Diseases (1172)

DJIBOUTI

  • Agence National des Personnes Handicapées (5034)

EGYPT

  • Alhassan Foundation for Differently Abled Inclusion (1238)
  • Vlaby for Educational Development (5096)

FINLAND

  • The Service Foundation for People with an Intellectual Disability (1206)

FRANCE

  • 100% Handinamique (1091)
  • Centre de la Gabrielle MFPass et Ateliers du Parc de Claye (1220)
  • Signes de sens (1056)

GERMANY

  • capito Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1062)
  • CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission (1141)
  • MOBILE - Selbstbestimmtes Leben Behinderter e.V. (1207)

GUATEMALA

  • Fundación Guatemalteca para Niños con Sordoceguera Alex - FUNDAL (1176)

HONDURAS

  • Asociación Centro de Vida Independiente Yaxkin (1037)

INDIA

  • Amar Seva Sangam (1048)
  • Amar Seva Sangam (1115)
  • Association for Disabled People (1142)
  • Bapu Trust For Research On Mind & Discourse (1059)
  • LoveForLife Rehabilitation Services (4010)
  • World Vision International (1156)

INDONESIA

  • NLR Indonesia (1258)
  • NLR Indonesia (1272)

IRELAND

  • Blue Teapot Theatre Company (1196)
  • Saint John of God Liffey Service (1060)

ISRAEL

  • Access Israel (1263)
  • As Simple As That - ASAT (5003)
  • Beit Issie Shapiro (1290)
  • Bizchut, The Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities (1108)
  • Enosh - The Israeli Mental Health Association (1066)
  • Global Ramp &Tamar Accessibility (Israel), Corporacion Ciudad Accessible& Senadis (Chile) (5117)
  • Israel Elwyn (1041)
  • JDC - Israel Unlimited & Moovit (1269)
  • JDC - Israel Unlimited & Israel Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs (1278)
  • JDC-Israel Unlimited and Marva - Mosaica (3038)
  • Krembo Wings (1146)
  • Northern Goals Association (1111)
  • RightHear (5018)
  • Shekulo Tov Group (1184)
  • SocialMind (5075)
  • Tower of David Museum (1242)
  • Travaxy (5064)

ITALY

  • EducAid (1239)
  • Fondazione Paideia Onlus (1089)
  • Fondazione La Comune (1090)

JAPAN

  • Evixar Inc. (4027)
  • Project for the Future Liberation and Deinstitutionalization of Muscular Dystrophy Wards (1113)

JORDAN

  • Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3011)
  • Ujeed - Child Development Consultations (4038)

KENYA

  • EnableMe Kenya (5061)
  • Kenya Christian School For The Deaf (5103)
  • Agency for Disability and Development in Africa (1230)
  • Safaricom Limited (4041)
  • Signs Media Kenya Limited (5005)

LEBANON

  • Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities - LUPD (1164)

LESOTHO

  • Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (1293)

LITHUANIA

  • Lithuanian Disability Forum (1088)

MALAYSIA

  • Social Security Organisation of Malaysia (5056)

MEXICO

  • Fundación Inclúyeme (1145)

MOROCCO

  • Entreprise sociale TARZAJMAL (1050)

NEPAL

  • Independent Living Center Lalitpur (1262)
  • Nepal Disabled Association Khhagendra New Life Centre (3026)

NETHERLANDS

  • Liliane Fonds (1243)

NIGERIA

  • Luminous Deaf Scholastic Initiative (1063)
  • Outlook Humaniterian Care Initiative (1157)

NORTH MACEDONIA

  • Brand Solution LLC (5112)

NORWAY

  • Milla Says AS (5038)

PAKISTAN

  • Network of Organizations Working with People with Disabilities (4035)

PALESTINE

  • Art to Heart (1197)

PERU

  • Gobierno del Perú (3021)

PORTUGAL

  • Federação das Associações Portuguesas de Paralisia Cerebral (1284)

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

  • Action pour la Paix, Education et la Defense des Droits Humains (1010)

ROMANIA

  • Asociatia Alfabetul Scripor (1022)
  • CaiacSMile (1028)
  • Fundatia de Abilitare Speranta (1170)

SERBIA

  • Primary and Secondary Boarding School "Milan Petrovic" (1214)

SINGAPORE

  • Digital Dream (4008)
  • Disabled Peoples Association (1256)
  • SG Enable Ltd (1042)

SLOVENIA

  • Beletrina Academic Press (5110)

SOUTH AFRICA

  • Shonaquip Social Enterprise (1123)

SPAIN

  • EMT Madrid (3036)
  • Fundación GoodJob (1125)
  • Fundació Institut Guttmann (5069)
  • Fundació Privada Catalana Síndrome de Down (1038)
  • Fundación Tecnologías Sociales (5065)
  • Support - Girona (1248)
  • Support - Girona (1291)
  • Support - Girona (1292)
  • Mouse4all (5042)

SRI LANKA

  • Disability Inclusive Elections Sri Lanka (DIESL) Technical Working Group (1205)

SWEDEN

  • Studieforbundet Vuxenskolan (1188)
  • FUB (5012)
  • Funka (5114)

TAIWAN

  • National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (3004)

THAILAND

  • Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (1224)
  • Thailand Association of the Blind (1180)
  • Thammasat University Universal Design Research Unit (1068)

TURKEY

  • Association of People with Hearing Impairment of Turkey (1253)
  • Down Syndrome Association of Turkiye (1139)
  • Kekele TV (1106)

UGANDA

  • Uganda National Self- Advocacy Initiative (1217)
  • Umbrella Organization for Persons with Disabilities in Uganda (1178)

UKRAINE

  • The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (1221)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

  • Key2enable Assistive Technology MENA Ltd (4034)

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

  • Disability Evidence Portal (5054)
  • Scanning Pens (5019)
  • Sightsavers (1046)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

  • International Foundation for Electoral Systems (1260)
  • Google (5093)
  • Keystone Human Services (1024)
  • LADD (1152)
  • Our Ability Inc (5097)
  • Partners for Youth with Disabilities (1144)
  • Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (4007)
  • Rincon Family Services (1185)
  • The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (1030)
  • The Kelsey (1149)
  • United Nation Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3041)
  • World Vision - United States of America (1150)

VIETNAM

  • Action to the Community Development Institute (1234)