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              • A man and a woman stand next to each other in a workshop with shelves of metal pipes behind them. The woman is showing the man something on a piece of paper.

                DPO federation running a business sector-encouragement programme

                COCEMFE encourages and supports companies to include people with disabilities among their relevant stakeholders as suppliers, customers, and competent professionals, and therefore to go beyond inclusive recruitment and CSR. Since 2018, 161 such agreements have been signed with companies.
                COCMEFE - Spanish Confederation of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities, Making businesses Inclusive, Spain

              • Young man wearing headphones reads highlighted text on a tablet, while sitting at a table with his mom who is reading the newspaper.

                Accessibility certification programme for eBook publishers

                Benetech is a leading provider of a digital library system. As another project, it launched the Global Certified Accessible™ certification, which not only validates the accessibility of individual eBooks but certifies the entire workflow of publishers, and supports everyone involved in the production of digital books.
                Benetech, GCA™ publisher certification programme, United States of America

              • A teacher wearing their company tshirt is facing two children, who are getting inclusive education outside in the shadow.

                Inclusive Teacher-Training Centres

                ADPP, a Mozambican NGO, and Light for the World are working together to transform rural teacher-training centres (TTC) into centres of expertise on Inclusive Education. ADPP acts as the implementing partner, while Light for the World provides most of the funding as well as the Inclusive Education expertise.
                ADPP - Aid for the Development of People for People Mozambique, Teacher Training Centres, Mozambique

              • Mentors sit in a circle in a classroom, during a training session.

                Supported education services for people with serious mental health issues

                In the SES programme, the service recipients are assisted by professionell coordinators in their academic, emotional and social challenges during their studies. The aim is to create better access to academic frameworks and to promote the inclusion of programme graduates into the open labour market.
                Israel Ministry of Health, SES Programme, Israel

              • This picture shows the inside of an accessible subway wagon in Barcelona. On both sides of the wagon are bright yellow lines marking the space for wheelchair users.

                City metro passenger setting new standards of accessibility for all

                Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona used the 2021 renewal of its vehicle fleet to improve the accessibility of its underground train service. Measures include wider automatic doors, acoustic warning lights, intercom located at an optimum height for wheelchair users, emergency handles, and colour contrast signage.
                Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Metro accessibility in Barcelona, Spain

              • A scalable assistive technology initiative

                The F123 Initiative leverages investments made by thousands of individuals, companies, and governments in free and open-source technologies to make internships, and consequently employment opportunities, that are available in small companies accessible to persons with disabilities.
                F123 Consulting, A scalable assistive technology initiative, Brazil

              • Claudia Werneck, the founder of Escola de Gente, is holding a smartphone into the camera, which shows the start image of the accessible app VEM CA.

                Accessible platform screening events for 12 accessibility features

                VEM CA is a free and accessible phone app, developed by the Brazilian NGO Escola de Gente, that informs users where and when accessible events are taking place. The app covers hundreds of events every year and allows users to search by 12 accessible features and in 24 event categories.
                Escola de Gente - Communication in inclusion, VEM CA - Accessible Culture App, Brazil

              • Video emergency line for the hearing-impaired

                The project includes the training of officers at the Jordan Command and Control Centre (JCCC) to communicate using sign language and the development of an ICT system that enables the JCCC to accept video calls via a special line. An information campaign on the use of the video emergency call was also carried out.
                HCD - Higher Council for Affairs of Persons with Disabilities, Jordan

              • On the right side of the picture there is a man helping a woman lowering herself down on a rope form a large brown rock. In the background there lies a mountainous and desertlike landscape stretching until the horizon.

                Accessible tourism for people with psychosocial disabilities in-country and abroad

                Nofesh offers recreational experiences for people with psychosocial disabilities in Israel, from one-day tours to five-day vacations, developed by the NGO ENOSH. The offer includes comprehensive support and accompaniment. During the Covid-Pandemic, virtual tours and lectures were offered.
                ENOSH - The Israeli Mental Health Association, Nofesh, Israel

              • Initiating microfinancing and micro-enterprises for a whole city sub-district

                In 2015, YPSA surveyed 1,250 persons with disabilities in Sitakund and organized them into 50 self-help groups. Based on their socio-economic background and personal interest, 250 persons were selected to receive interest-free loans, vocational training as well as support to establish their own businesses.
                YPSA - Young Power in Social Action, Sitakund sub-district of Chittagong, Bangladesh