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Newsletter nº22
January, 2010

We would like to present our new Newsletter edition to you. With this number, we have started to introduce some changes in the format that we hope makes our Newsletter more interesting and attractive for you all. As always, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions to keep improving it. Kind Regards from DfA Foundation team.

Registration form for the Foundation's annual dinner now available on our website

imatge 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

Next 20th May will take place in Oslo the European Conference on Inclusive Design 'Innovation for All, 2010'.

imatge The Norwegian Design Council organizes the 2nd European Conference on Inclusive Design - 'Innovation for All' in Oslo, from 20 to 21 May, 2010.

The conference will focus on how human-centered design can become a tool for innovation.

It will show how... read more

Interview with Simon Harper, web accessibility expert at the University of Manchester

imatge Simon Harper works at the University of Manchester (United Kingdom), which investigates how to increase the accessibility of websites. Last December he was in Donostia in the seminar "Managing web accessibility ', org... read more

Call for the 1st Edition of the International Design for the Innovation Awards within the framework of the First Congress of Design and Innovation of Catalonia.

imatge The Advanced School of Design ESDI and the FUNDIT, organisers of the 1st Congress of Design... read more

TRANSPORTS CIUTAT COMTAL. S.A. (TCC) will give services to the Urban Transport of the regional area of Pamplona.

imatge Last 1st of November 2009 the company Transports Ciutat Comtal, S.A. (TCC), company member of the Foundation, began offering its services to the Urban transport of the read more

Enquire of the United Nations on the Enterprise and Human Rights.

imatge The Design for All Foundation participates in the on line enquiry on Enterprise and Human Rights done by the United Nations.

The aim of the forum in which this enquiry is found is to ask for and gath... read more

ECOM-LAB: A web for all

imatge The ECOM Foundation, sponsored by Caja Navarra, has created the educative online portal ECOM-LAB, a w... read more

Held in Washington the ‘Workshop on Innovation in Accessible Transport’ organised by the International Transport Forum and the World Bank.

imatge Last January 14th, the 'Workshop on Innovation in Accessible Transport' was held in Washington. It was organised jointly by the International Transport Forum, (ITF) and the read more

Evos: Playgrounds For All

imatge From the Foundation we would like to introduce and acknowledge this new good practice in the field of the Design for All, in this case applied to children’s playgrounds. EVOS, a system of children’s playgrounds made according to the principles of Universal Design, created by a North American ... read more

Memberships and Initiatives supported

AGE, European Older People’s Platform We Support Global Compact
EIDD - Design for All Europe European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN)

Red Nacional de Centros de Excelencia en Diseño para Todos y Accesibilidad electrónica en España

Recognized companies

BDU Proa Solutions
Transports Ciutat Comptal Proa Solutions Portugal
Socytec Disseny Web Azalpen
Duatis Disseny Bizgorre
MOHN, S.L. OLIVERAS, S.A.
El Tibidabo Taller de tecnología y cultura
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya ROSANBUS, SL
SANTA & COLE, SA TAPES
Acsun ProaSolutions France PAUTA FORMACIÓ,SL
Neumann Consult
Adir Accesibilidad Directa Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona Altro Design
Svenska Equality El Terrer
Studio Steffan Quodlibet
MICROARQUITECTURA,SL

Collaborative Organisations

BARCELONA CENTRE DE DISSENY Fundació Gimm
INSTITUTO EUROPEO DI DESIGN GIMM (Grup d'Invàlids del Maresme i Mataró)
CONFEDERACIÓN DE ORGANIZACIONES EMPRESARIALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE BADAJOZ (COEBA) CENTRE DE FORMACIÓ D'ADULTS MANUEL SACRISTAN CCOO CONFEDERACIÓN REGIONAL EMPRESARIAL EXTREMEÑA (CREEX)
FEDERACIÓN EMPRESARIAL CACEREÑA (FEC) Universtitat de Barcelona
ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTS Info-Handicap
FUNDACIÓ MARIA ÀNGELS CATARINEU AYUNTAMIENTO DE CAMBRILS
Col·legi Professional de Disseny Gràfic de Catalunya FUNDACIÓ REIAL AUTOMÓVIL CLUB DE CATALUNYA
Crecer ASSOCIAÇÄO PORTUGUESA PARA O DESIGN EM REABILITAÇÄO
Askersunds Kommun ACCESIBLE.COM.AR
Centar Živeti uspravno - Center Living Upright Koine Aequalitas ENAT - European Network for Accessible Tourism
Fundació Abadia de Montserrat Fundación Cedat
Federació Acapps European Disability Forum Cat for All FEKOOR. Federación Coordinadora de Personas con Discapacidad Física de Bizkaia
Fundación Prodintec Fundació Privada Auria
EIDD - European Institute for Design and Disability Ajuntament de Palma
Design for All Institute of India Obra Social Caixa Terrassa
Cambra de Comerç de Manresa
Asociación de Profesionales y Empresas de Diseño de Canarias (Di-Ca)
AYDER (Alternative Life Association)

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