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  This research project provides a comprehensive list of barriers in public transport systems and convenient solutions for vision and hearing impaired passengers. Authorities and public transport companies can use the results to improve their services.

  This research project provided an initial comprehensive list of barriers together with convenient solutions that should be considered for a barrier-free public transport system. The database provides approx. 300 best & worst practices (with photographs) as a toolkit to design barrier-free transport systems.
  WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Database for barrier-free public transport systems, Austria

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  Advisory board supporting the London Transport Authority in accessibility matters

  The Independent Disability Advisory Group advises Transport for London, the main provider of public transport in Londong, in identifying and addressing issues and barriers to accessing public transport. In 2020, the 10 members of the group acted as consultants on 53 projects, like reconstruction of train stations.
  Transport for London Authority, Independent Disability Advisory Group, United Kingdom

• The EBU job website tells visually impaired people, employers and policy makers across Europe about the huge range of jobs undertaken by visually impaired people. It is part of a range of work carried out by EBU to examine, promote, and facilitate the employment of blind and partially sighted people.
  EBU - European Blind Union, An employment resource for the visually impaired, France

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  IT-platform for planning and booking accessible travel

  Globe4all.net is a barrier-free information and booking platform for tourists with special needs in Russia as well as for representatives of the tourism industry who lack the knowledge to adapt to tourists with disabilities. in addition, Globe4all also trains people with disabilities to become tourist guides.
  Globe Media, LLC, Globe4all, Russia

• Making the cinema accessible for all throughout Colombia

  By reducing regulatory hurdles and providing financial incentives, the initiative wants to encourage cinema owners to make their facilities more accessible. The Ministry also developed an app offering audio descriptions, sign language, and subtitles corresponding to the audio-visual content of "Cine para todos".
  Colombian Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Colombia – Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Colombia – Cinema for Everyone, Colombia

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  A comprehensive strategy to make Office 365 fully accessible

  To simplify the utilization for persons with disabilities, Microsoft 365 has been made accessible by including accessible templates, built-in learning tools, intelligent suggestions for image alt-text and an accessibility checker. Office 365 is available for home, business, enterprise and education use including free versions for students and teachers.
  Microsoft Corporation, Office 365, United States of America

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  Converting special schools into Inclusive Education centres

  In 2018 CBM, in partnership with the Jairos Jiri Association, began converting three special schools into Inclusive Education centres. Each centre has a specific focus and serves also as an education platform on inclusion for local governments, companies, and schools while working closely with the community.
  CBM - Christoffel Blind Mission International, Inclusive Educational Centres in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

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  Archive and search engine for Asian sign languages

  The Asian SignBank is the first archive for sign language varieties in Asia and has been implemented to facilitate sign language teaching, development, and research. For each participating country signs are collected, filmed, analyzed, documented, and archived. By 2017 the online database contained of over 6,000 signs.
  Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, China - Hong Kong

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  Court verdicts and summonses in easy language

  The Family Court in Oviedo was among the first in Europe to draft copies of verdicts and summonses in easy language for persons with intellectual disabilities. Following a successful pilot, an agreement has been reached to extend the system to all 27 courts in the province. As of late 2017, about 30 documents had been converted.
  Plena Inclusión Asturias, Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Asturias and the Government of the Principality of Asturias, Spain

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  A countrywide policy framework for lifelong inclusive learning

  The policy consists of 43 working policies, 17 strategies and 13 guiding principles and is implemented by programme committees at the local and provincial level, as well as by NGOs under the supervision of MEST. The adoption of specific teaching plans and school implementation are flexible and are based on local circumstances.
  Nepalese Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Inclusive Education Policy (2016), Nepal