With the January's Newsletter we encourage you to hand in your projects and initiatives to our International Design for All Foundation Awards 2012, introducing a new category this year. As always, we value your suggestions and ideas for next month’s Newsletter.

CALENDAR

V Annual Conference. Institute of Social Innovation of ESADE

Date: Thursday, 16 of February of 2012

Time: 9.00h

Place: ESADE, Av. Pedralbes 60-62... read more

International Design for All Foundation Awards 2012: Call for entries

Deadline: 29 February 2012

Place: Design for All Foundation, based in the Poble Espanyol, Barcelona ... read more

Fourth International Conference for Universal Design at Fukuoka: Call for papers

Deadline: 29 February 2012

Organiser: International Association for Universal Design (IAUD) ... read more

Forthcoming publication showing Design for All in action: Call for submissions

Deadline: 15 February 2012

Organisers: EIDD - Design for All Europe ... read more

Universal Design 2012 Oslo - Public space: Inspire, Challenge, and Empower

Date: 11-13 June 2012

Organiser: The Delta Centre

Website: http://www.ud2012.no ... read more

NEWS

Scandic Oslo Airport: Winnner of Norwegian Design Council Innovation Award for Universal Design

In November 2011, the hotel Scandic Oslo Airport was presented with the was presented with the Norwegian Design Council Innovation Award for Universal Design ... read more

New prototype tested in Gothenburg aims to find the bus of the future

In Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden, participants in the European Bus System of the Future project have been developing new solutions for modern bus systems ... read more

Inclusite, a new program to make all not-for-profit organisations’ websites accessible

The Spanish Service company of Information and Comunications Technology CSD has started a new social program Inclusite to make all webs of not-for-profit organisations accessible ... read more

European Commission launches consultation on Europe-wide Accessibility Act

On 13 December 2011, the European Commission launched a consultation on a European Accessibility Act, planned for autumn 2012. The consultation... read more

ALIANCES

GAES becomes the latest Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All” member

The Design for All Foundation is pleased to announce that the hearing-aid company GAES has become a member of its international network “Towns and Cities for All”... read more

International memberships and initiatives supported

Member companies

Not-for-profit member organisations