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Newsletter nº40
March, 2012

This Newsletter contains a very special date for your diary: the Design for All Foundation Annual Dinner and International Awards Ceremony 2012 on 19 April, as well as details of the latest three members of our International “Towns and Cities for All” Network.

EVENTS

Design for All Foundation Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony 2012

Image of the Design for All Foundation Awards 2012 logo On 19 April, in the Great Hall of the “Valderrobes” building in Barcelona's Poble Espanyol, the Design for All Foundation will host its annual dinner ... read more

NEWS

European Disability Forum launches its Freedom Guide

Image of the front cover of the European Disability Forum Freedom Guide, with its title in white on a blue background On 29 February 2012, the European Disability Forum (EDF) launched its Freedom Guide: Paving the way towards free movement for persons with disabilities ... read more

New publication highlights best practice in accessible tourism

Image of the front cover of Best Practice in Accessible Tourism, with the title in white on a red background and a photo showing a group of people seated around a barbecue This new publication, Best Practice in Accessible Tourism: Inclusion, Disability, Ageing Population and Tourism, brings together a range of global perspectives regarding aspects of accessibility in the tourism sector ... read more

French government launches accessibility and universal design resource centre

Image of the logo of the centre, with its title written in French surrounded by drawings of moving figures, such as a wheelchair user, stick user and person with a pushchair The French Interdepartmental Observatory of Accessibility and Universal Design has launched an accessibility resource centre ... read more

PARTNERSHIPS

Saint-Étienne becomes the first French municipality to join the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All”

Image of the Saint-Étienne City Council logo: the words 'ville de' in black above and 'Saint-Étienne' in pink below We are delighted to announce that Maurice Vincent, Mayor of Saint-Étienne (France), has proposed the city’s membership ... read more

Spanish company CSD joins the Network for Excellence: “Towns and Cities for All”

Image of the company logo, with the letters 'csd' in black on a white background with three petal-shaped forms in green, blue and orange to one side and the strapline 'Ingeniería para la Innovación' below CSD (Company for Software and Development), an information and communication technology company established in 1996 ... read more

Fadunito.com becomes a member of the “Towns and Cities for All” Network

Image of the Fadunito.com logo, with 'Fadunito' written in red and '.com' in yellow The Catalan theatre and circus company Fadunito.com, established in October 2003 by Ferran Orobitg Anglarill (Fadu) and Ivan Alcobda Piera (Nito) ... read more

International memberships and initiatives supported

Member companies

Not-for-profit and public-sector member organisations

You can find more news and events by visiting our websites: Design for All Foundation and Towns and Cities for All.

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