Here we are again with our Newsletter. We do hope you will find it both interesting and informative. As always, we are at your disposal for any proposal or criticism you may have. Our warmest greetings on behalf of the team at the Design for All Foundation.
Di-ca, the Association of Design Companies and Professionals of the Canary Islands, new collaborator of the Foundation
The Foundation is pleased to welcome a new collaborator: the Association of Design Companies and Professionals of the Canary Islands (Di-Ca). Both organizations signed an agreement last 8th of October. Di-ca is a non-prof... read more
Design for All Foundation Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Next February 26th 2010 the Foundation will hold its annual dinner in the Valderrobles Town Hall of the Poble Espanyol in Barcelona. It will welcome all the enterprises, administrations and entities in collaboration to attend. It is also open to all those organizations interested in the 'Desi... read more
International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and People with Disabilities (TRANSED 2010)
The 12th edition of this International Conference will take place June 2-4 in Hong Kong (China), with the theme “Sustainable Transport and Travelling for All”. The previous program will start on the 1st, and there will also be a post-conference program that will last until the 8th... read more
International Conference in Lousã (Portugal)
Accessibility Needs and Design for All in the Field of Turism – Economic Impact
On November 19 and 20th, the city of Lousã (Portugal) will host this conference, organized by ProAsolutions.PT in collaboration with the Foundation, and the Lousã City Council Department of P... read more
The Design for All Foundation joins the United Nations Global Compact
On September the Foundation joined the United Nations Global Compact. This initiative tries to get companies voluntarily committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Due to the nu... read more
"Design for All – Market Opportunities for the SME’s"
This is the title of the first conference of the series of conferences organized by the RKW Kompetenz-zentrum (Competence Centre for the German Economy) about the 'Design for All' (DfA) concept. The conference wi... read more
Joint letter to the Ministers of Transport of the EU Estate Members
Last June, several European organisations working for the rights of the consumers and people with disabilities addressed a joint open letter to the Ministers of Transport of the EU Estate Members ahead of a vote on the Regulation of passengers’ rights in bus and coach transport... read more
Tourist signalling for blind people
The Initiative for Tourist Signalling for the blind people in the Mancomunidad Tierra de Caballeros, in Ciudad Real (Spain) was presented last September. The project has been done by Quodlibet, organization that coop... read more
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