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Newsletter nº29
November-December, 2010

This is the last edition of the year, but we hope and wish that with everyone’s collaboration our next year’s Newsletter will be full of novelties and inspirations. As always, we are at your disposal for any proposal or constructive criticism that allows us to keep improving the spread of the Design for All. Kind Regards from DfA Foundation team.

ENTER 2011. The 18th ENTER eTourism Conference.

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Date: 26-28 January 2011

Venue: Innsbruck, Austria

Motto: Present and Future Interaction

Organizer: International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism
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The 8th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2011)

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Venue: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Motto: Crowdsourcing the Cloud: An Inclusive Web by All and For All?
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Málaga will hold the 'II International Forum of Universal Design'

imatge The II International Forum of Universal Design will be held in the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga on the 17th and 18th of February 2011read more

ISO is advancing

imatge The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) seems that turns its eyes towards the Design for All, promoting a series of initiatives... read more



Conclusions of the BCN Design Week 2010

imatge BCN Design Week 2010 closed last October 22 having achieved a considerable success, attracting over one thousand two hundred visitors... read more




13 core ideas on Design


Beyond the conclusions that the latest edition of the BCN Design Week 2010 has contributed, we would like to highlight these ‘13 core ideas’... read more

Askersund City Council receives, for the third consecutive time, the 'Flag of Towns and Cities for All'

imatge On 2007, the city council team took on the commitment of turning Askersund into a town for All... read more

Members of the Jury of the Design for All Foundation Awards 2011


We am pleased to announce that, in the current edition of the Design for All Foundation Awards, the Jury will be composed by renowned experts in Design for All at worldwide level, that manifest the importance and expectation that this call has awakened... read more

Design for All Foundation Awards 2011

imatge The Foundation is happy to announce the Design for All Foundation Awards 2011, whose main aim is to acknowledge the efforts of companies, entities and administrations ... read more

The Foundation signs a collaboration agreement with AIJU, the Technological Toy Institute

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This institute, located in Alicante (Spain), is one of the most advanced toy research centre in Europe, and its scope of action includes sectors related and akin, such as the auxiliary toy industry (textile, plastic, machinery, etc.), but also paediatrics, playgrounds and articles for children... 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)
TAU Ceramica Franconi & González Architects

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
AMT Concept Município de Seia
Ayuntamiento de Pamplona

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