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              • Universal Accessibility Strategy for the whole of Dubai

                In 2017 the Government of the Emirate of Dubai has begun to implement the Dubai Universal Accessibility Strategy and Action Plan involving fifteen governmental and semi-governmental local entities. The aim is to create full accessibility to the built environment and public transportation by 2020, based on Universal Design principles.
                Government of Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Government of the Emirate of Dubai – Universal Accessibility Strategic Plan 2017–2020, United Arab Emirates

              • Life Skills trainer demonstrating for a group of volunteers and Ms Sara Minkara how to use the white cane.

                Empowerment of youth with disabilities involving their families and communities

                ETI primarily focuses on young people with visual impairments, offering life-skills training in group and one-to-one settings, parent workshops, and other community activities to promote social inclusion. ETI also works with relief agencies to ensure that young refugees with disabilities can also access its programmes.
                ETI - Empowerment Through Integration, Lebanon

              • A small boy is standing in the center of three differently colored see through glass ovals, that are part of an accessbile playground, with a large tree in the background.

                Design studio that produces playgrounds for all children and all senses

                Gudgudee is a product and space design studio based in Thane, India, that designs and builds inclusive playgrounds for children with disabilities while also providing a range of indoor and outdoor playground products. The concept includes play elements such as large drums but also maintenance of executed playgrounds.
                Gudgudee, Inclusive play areas for children, India

              • A “sales unit” to connect Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the business world

                To minimize the gap between Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the job market, Woord en Daad developed a model called Job and Business Services. Like a sales unit JBS provides regular market assessments, coaching and training for students as well as feedback from the job market.
                Woord en Daad, Job and Business Services (JBS) model, Philippines

              • Promoting micro-enterprises and entrepreneurship

                ARUNIM’s key objective is to create a Marketing Federation and facilitate entrepreneurs with disabilities to become "Contributors and Job Creators". ARUNIM works with 192 NGOs as well as individual entrepreneurs as members across the country. It reaches out to more than 3,000 persons with disabilities.
                Association for Rehabilitation under National Trust Initiative of Marketing, Promoting micro-enterprises and entrepreneurship, India

              • STANDARD OF ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION

                Solo’s Standard of Accessibility of Public Transportation, Information and Communication comprises two parts. The first part, concerning public transportation, is based on and enforced at the national level. The second part contains provisions for accessible information and communication, which apply only at the Solo City level.
                City of Solo City, Department of Transportation, Information and Communication, Solo City: Access to transport that can be enforced, Indonesia

              • An app for orientation in open and closed spaces

                Installed on a smart phone, Step-Ear enables users to find their way in public surroundings using Audio-signs and pre-placed Beacons. Users can call for help in an emergency and they can communicate with public transport personnel. As of 2018, Step-Hear has placed more than 3,500 Audio signs throughout Israel.
                Step-Hear, Israel

              • Quality healthcare and counselling through video technology

                doctHERs is a novel health care platform that connects female doctors to millions of underserved patients, including those with disabilities, in real-time while leveraging online technology. doctHERs overcomes sociocultural barriers that tie women to their homes, and at the same times provides access to quality health care.
                DoctHers, Pakistan

              • In a bright conferece room with a beamer and a screen in the background, a man in a wheelchair holds a microphone and speaks to a large attentive audience, sitting on chairs.

                Training civil servants in the Israeli legal system to provide more inclusive legal services

                The Accessible Legal Services for People with Disabilities program was launched by the Israeli Ministry of Justice and JDC-Israel Unlimited, together with operating partner Israel Elwyn to train lawyers and representatives from the legal system on how to improve their services for people with intellectual or mental disabilities.
                Israeli Ministry of Justice, Accessible Legal Services for Persons with Disabilities, Israel

              • Seven women wearing Sari and Hidschab seated on a bench leaning on a wall blowing balloons while another woman also wearing Sari and Hidschab is standing on the right side of the group.

                Community-based support services to persons with psychosocial disabilities

                ‘Seher Urban Community Mental Health and Inclusion’ (UCMHI) is a programme of the Indian Bapu Trust designed to promote independent living for people with psychosocial disabilities residing in urban slum settlements. In 2022 the model has been implemented in additional Indian states.
                BAPU TRUST FOR RESEARCH ON MIND AND DISCOURSE, Bapu Trust For Research on Mind & Discourse, India