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Newsletter nº28
September and October, 2010

After a short summer break, here we are again with our Newsletter, containing the latests news about the Foundation and the Design for All. We can announde you that next numbers will come with plenty of information. Many things are moving all around the world and we want to keep you informed about them. As usual, we would appreciate your comments and suggestions to keep improving. Kind Regards from DfA Foundation team.

II Edition of the Design for All Foundation Awards

imatge Last February 2010 the Foundation held the first edition of the Design for All Foundation Awards. These prizes were created to acknowledge administrations, companies and entities that make a stand for the Design for All... read more

The Foundation releases a new design of its Website

imatge People who have visited our website may have observed that it has undergone a series of changes. These are aimed at improving the information we provide, easing the navigation and offering a more attractive, up to date and practical space for all those people and organizations who are interested in the Design for All... read more

We introduce the Network of Excellence of the Flag of Towns and Cities for All

imatge Our experience with the international project of the ‘Flag of Towns and Cities for All’ (project that started on 2007 to help administrations implement the Design for All and optimize their management of accessibility... read more

Success in participation in the Access City Award, the European Award of accessible cities

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The inscription period finished with 66 candidatures from 19 countries, 13 of which are from Spain, and with 6 candidatures to the award of networks of cities and organizations... read more

The French Association Tuttimobi sign a Collaboration Agreement with the Design for All Foundation

imatge The Foundation gives an important boost to their projects in the French state, incorporating Tuttimobi, a non-profit association founded in 2002 with the mission of promoting accessibility... read more

The Foundation signs a collaboration agreement with CEAPAT (Reference National Centre of Personal Autonomy and Technical Aids)

imatge CEAPAT is a public centre created in 1989 which depends on the Institute of the Elder and Social Services (IMMERSO) of the Health and Social Politics Department... read more

CERMI and Design for All Foundation sign a collaboration agreement to promote the design for all.

imatge Last September 13th, the chairman of the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI), Luis Cayo Pérez Bueno, and the president of the Design for All Foundation... read more

Interview with ProAsolutions PT, Design for All in Portugal

imatge “We are making a considerable effort to change the idea that ‘if accessible for people with functional limitations, it is accessible for all’ by ‘if accessible for all, it is accessible for people with functional limitations’...read more

Design for All and Corporate Social Responsibility

imatge Companies of the future will be measured in terms of their ‘economic value’ and also -unavoidably- in terms of their ‘social value’ - We can’t consider the social aspect of CSR without taking into account ‘Design for All’... read more

International memberships and initiatives supported

Donem suport al Pacte Mundial AGE, European Older People’s Platform Eurocities
International Transport Forum European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN)
European Concept for Accessibility European Disability Forum
ELA - European Lift Association ENAT - European Network for Accessible Tourism
International Federation on Ageing EIDD - Design for All Europe
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability International Association on Universal Design

Recognized companies

BDU Proa Solutions
Transports Ciutat Comptal Proa Solutions Portugal
Socytec Disseny Web Azalpen
Duatis Disseny
El Tibidabo Taller de tecnología y cultura
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya Adir Accesibilidad Directa
SANTA & COLE, SA TAPES
Neumann Consult
Baixbus Altro Design
Svenska Equality El Terrer
Studio Steffan Quodlibet
MICROARQUITECTURA,SL
Asociación Accesibilidad Universal - Navarra (Spain)
PAUTA FORMACIÓ,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 Askersunds Kommun
Crecer ASSOCIAÇÄO PORTUGUESA PARA O DESIGN EM REABILITAÇÄO
FUNDACIÓ REIAL AUTOMÓVIL CLUB DE CATALUNYA ACCESIBLE.COM.AR
Centar Živeti uspravno - Center Living Upright Koine Aequalitas Asociación Retina Navarra
Fundació Abadia de Montserrat Fundación Cedat
Federació Acapps Cat for All FEKOOR. Federación Coordinadora de Personas con Discapacidad Física de Bizkaia
Fundación Prodintec Fundació Privada Auria
Ajuntament de Palma
Design for All Institute of India Obra Social Unnim
Cambra de Comerç de Manresa
Asociación de Profesionales y Empresas de Diseño de Canarias (Di-Ca)
CEAPAT (Centro de Referencia Estatal de Autonomía Personal y Ayudas Técnicas)
AYDER (Alternative Life Association) Tuttimobi
CERMI (Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad) AIJU - Centro tecnológico del juguete

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