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NEWS ARCHIVE OF THE
   Design for all Foundation

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February 2, 2010
Evos: Playgrounds For All

February 2, 2010
Held in Washington the ‘Workshop on Innovation in Accessible Transport’ organised by the International Transport Forum and the World Bank.

February 2, 2010
ECOM-LAB: A web for all

February 2, 2010
Enquire of the United Nations on the Enterprise and Human Rights.

February 2, 2010
TRANSPORTS CIUTAT COMTAL. S.A. (TCC) will give services to the Urban Transport of the regional area of Pamplona.

February 2, 2010
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.

January 29, 2010
Interview with Simon Harper, web accessibility expert at the University of Manchester

January 29, 2010
Next 20th May will take place in Oslo the European Conference on Inclusive Design 'Innovation for All, 2010'.

December 22, 2009
The city of Luxembourg celebrates the third Edition of the “Brainstorming Matinee on Accessibility in the City”

December 20, 2009
Award to the Design for People

December 20, 2009
Accessible recycling for All

December 15, 2009
The National Institute of Statistics in Spain (INE) launches the results of the latest macro survey on Disability, Personal Autonomy and Dependence situation, 2008

December 16, 2009
Railway accessibility in big European metropolis

December 15, 2009
Design for All-Europe (EIDD): Necessary changes

December 10, 2009
It’s the 1st birthday of the new rollercoaster in Tibidabo

November 30, 2009
ESDi hosts the 1st International Congress on Design and Innovation

November 30, 2009
Capmar S.L. and IED Barcelona present the first solar bus stop in Spain

14/01/2010
Workshop 'Innovation in Accessible Transport for All': Washington D.C.

November 30, 2009
World-wide study on rail accessibility

November 30, 2009
Social Inclusion Band

November 30, 2009
Registration form for the Foundation's annual dinner now available on our website

November 15, 2009
Dolls for All

15th November 2009
Design Management Europe Awards 2009

November 04-05, 2009
OASIS International Conference – New mobility solutions for the elderly

October 22-November 22, 2009
Innovation Festival Barcelona

November 02, 2009
No more barriers to human rights: Let’s update the concept of disability!

February 26, 2010
Design for All Foundation Dinner and Awards Ceremony

October 21, 2009
Joint letter to the Ministers of Transport of the EU Estate Members

November 19-20, 2009
International Conference in Lousã (Portugal)

October 16, 2009
Tourist signalling for blind people

October 15, 2009
Di-ca, the Association of Design Companies and Professionals of the Canary Islands, new collaborator of the Foundation

October 10, 2009
The Design for All Foundation joins the United Nations Global Compact

June 02-04, 2010
International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and People with Disabilities (TRANSED 2010)

November 3, 2009
"Design for All – Market Opportunities for the SME’s"

October 26-30, 2009
BCN Design Week

May 03-06, 2010
International Federation on Ageing: 10th Global Conference

November 30 - December 1, 2009
November 30 – December 1, 2009: Conference on cities and design at Saint Etienne

September 25, 2009
Caixa Terrassa’s Social Deed and the Design for All Foundation develop the Information Centre for Personal Autonomy in Catalonia

September 25, 2009
Vehicle Design for Elderly

September 23, 2009
"Can you open it for me, please?”

September 22, 2009
October 1st: European Day of Design

September 10, 2009
AYDER, first Turkish organization to join the Design for All Foundation

July 31, 2009
Day “A summer without barriers” at Tibidabo Amusement Park

July 30, 2009
October: Course on 'Design for All' at the Politecnico di Milano

July 27, 2009
'Design for All' in the Universal Exhibition – Milan 2015

July 24, 2009
Summer 2009: Accessible beaches in Barcelona

July 22, 2009
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) reasserts its social commitment with the 'Solidarity and Cooperation Master Plan'

July 22, 2009
1st International Congress on Universal Design - Malaga

July 20, 2009
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya’s line Llobregat-Anoia is now 100% adapted for people with reduced mobility

July 20, 2009
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) launches a new system to attend to deaf people

May 22-23, 2009
Annual Conference of Design for All Europe (EIDD) in Vilnius

July 17, 2009
No subsidies, nor contracts for companies without employees with a disability in their staff

June 30, 2009
Companies from Asturias develop the first experience of the H.U.M.B.L.E.S. methodology

June 15, 2009
Transports Ciutat Comtal's 'User's Defender' service: a success story only two years old

September 30-October 1, 2009
European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT) International Congress, Vienna 2009

May 31, 2009
10th edition GIMM awards

June 3 and 10, 2009
June 3 and 10, 2009: Conference ‘Making business’. New situations, new opportunities.

June 22 and 23, 2009
BERLIN, JUNE 22-23rd: Meeting of Promoters and Delegates of the ‘Flag of Towns and Cities for All’

May 14, 2009
Design for All Foundation introduces Paul Mussach as new assistant to the director

February 6, 2009
Palma de Mallorca, first european city to renew its ‘Flag of Towns and Cities for All’

November 6, 2008
Askersund, first Swedish municipality to receive the “Flag of Towns and Cities for All”

Thursday 19.03.2009 and Friday 20.03.2009
EuCAN International Conference 2009 “Design for All in Business” on Barcelona

March, 2005
The Design for All Foundation will analyse the new CE Directive on the Procurement of Public Contracts which will come into effect from January, 2006.

March, 2005
The “Col·legi Professional de Disseny Gràfic de Catalunya” signs a collaborative agreement with the Design for All Foundation.

March, 2005
Dearest friends and collaborators,

July 2007
FOUR DIMENSION CINEMA AT TIBIDABO

June 2007
SANT BOI RECEIVES THE FIRST “FLAG OF TOWNS AND CITIES FOR ALL” IN SPAIN

July 2007
THE SPANISH “NATIONAL AWARDS OF DESIGN 2006” DEMAND A DESIGN SUSTAINABLE, ECOLOGIC AND FOR ALL

June 2007
COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ACAPPS FEDERATION AND THE DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION FOR THE JOINT CARRYING OUT OF PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE

May 2007
FRANCESC ARAGALL, CANDIDATE TO THE GIMM AWARDS

April 2007
DATE IN SAN SEBASTIAN (SPAIN) FOR PROFFESIONALS AND USERS OF SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

April 2007
ONE MILLION SIGNATURES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF DISSABLED PEOPLE

April 2007
MASTER COURSE ON “ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE COMPANY AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION” OCTOBER’07 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

March 2007
DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION STARTS DE PROJECT "FLAG OF TOWNS AND CITIES FOR ALL"

February 2007
FGC GETS READY TO ATTEND TO THE NEEDS OF AUDITORY HANDICAPPED CUSTOMERS

February 2007
QUODLIBET ASSUMES THE “COMMITMENT TO DESIGN FOR ALL”

February 2007
“NEW DESIGN 07” AWARD FOR YOUNG DESIGN PROFESSIONALS

November 2006
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE “BUILD FOR ALL, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT FOR AN ACCESSIBLE EUROPE” SEMINAR

November 2006
EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN JAPANESE COMPANIES IN THE II INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN

29th November 2006
KOINE-AEQUALITAS FOUNDATION SIGNS A COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH THE DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION

October 2006
BUILD FOR ALL NATIONAL SEMINAR INVITATION

September 2006
THE FOUNDATION WILL SIGN A COLLABORATION AGREEMENT OF WITH THE APPLA, DURING II THE ENCOUNTER OF THE “NATIONAL NETWORK OF CITIES AND TOWNS FOR ALL” (PORTUGAL).

September 2006
OUR FOUNDATION WILL OFFER IN MADRID A SEMINARY ABOUT “DESIGN FOR ALL” APPLIED TO THE WORLD OF THE GRAPHICAL DESIGN OF THE “SIGN”.

September 2006
II INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN, 22-26 OCTOBER 06 IN KYOTO.

June 2006
FERROCARRILS DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA (FGC) ASSUMES THE “COMMITMENT TO DESIGN FOR ALL” WITH THE FOUNDATION.

June 2006
ROME WILL HOLD THE THIRD SEMINAR OF “BUILD FOR ALL " IN SEPTEMBER.

June 2006
THE DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION ENLARGES ITS PATRONAGE

1st March 2006
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SCHINDLER «ACCESS FOR ALL» AWARD ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION 2005/06

25 November 2005
DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION ANNUAL DINNER

9th September 2005
DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION….. AT THE MOVIES

June 2005
ÓPTICA FOTÓN SIGN THE “COMMITMENT TO DESIGN FOR ALL”

June 2005
IN JANUARY, 2006, THE NEW LAW ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS, WHICH INCLUDES DESIGN FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS, COME INTO EFFECT.

June 2005
THE DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION PARTICIPATES IN THE EXPOCODIG FAIR IN BARCELONA.

16:21, 24th May 2005
APPLUS+ SPECIAL COMMITTE FOR ACCESSIBILITY CERTIFICATION COMITÉ

16:20, 24th May 2005
MUTUA INTERCOMARCAL SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FOUNDATION

16:17, 24th May 2005
THE TRASPORTS CIUTAT COMTAL,SA COMPANY SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FOUNDATION

Boston, 18 to 20/11/03
19 Anual BUILD BOSTON

Luxemburg, 14 & 15/11/03
CONFERENCE “EUROPEAN CONCEPT FOR ACCESSIBILITY FROM POLICY TO ACTION”

14/10/03
The ISTITUTO EUROPEO DI DESIGN signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundatio

30/09/03
The ASSOCIAÇÄO PORTUGUESA PARA O DESIGN EM REABILITAÇÄO sign a collaboration agreement with the Foundation

Lisboa, 30/09/03
Congress “LAS PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDAD Y EL MERCADO LABORAL. Soluciones de las TIC”

Badalona, 23/09/03
Conference “CONCEPTE EUROPEU D’ACCESSIBILITAT”

Cambrils, 22/09/03
Meeting on accessibility “CAMBRILS: UNA CIUTAT PER A TOTHOM”

Lleida,18 i 19/09/03
Congress “LA INNOVACIÓN, LA TECNOLOGÍA Y EL DISEÑO PARA TODOS: la participación activa de las personas con discapacidad”

5/09/03
ADIR y BIZGORRE, S.L. (companies) sign the agreement to cayy out the Commitment to Design for All and be recognised by the Design for All Foundation

Barcelona, 9/07/03
Evaluation and future proposals Meeting “DESIGN FOR ALL”

Barcelona, 3/07/03
Meeting and public act on accessibility “ACCESSIBLE CITIES FOR ALL”

Barcelona, 3/07/03
Meeting “IS DESIGN FOR ALL DESIGN FOR OTHERS”

11/07/03
The CONFEDERATION OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS OF THE PROVINCE OF BADAJOZ (COEBA) signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundation

8/07/03
The BARCELONA DESIGN CENTRE FOUNDATION signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundation

Bilbao, del 2 al 4 de juliol del 2003
Congress “LEISURE, INCLUSION AND DISABILITY”

17/06/03
The FEDERACION EMPRESARIAL CACEREÑA (FEC) signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundation

12/06/03
The Society ACCESSIBLE.COM.AR of Buenos Aires, Argentina signs a collaboration contract with the Foundation

Madrid, 6/06/03
Meeting “Among All, Design for All”

4/06/03
DUATISDISSENY signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

Barcelona, 30/05/03
Meeting TECHNIQUES OF TELEWORK

20/05/03
The ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF BARCELONA FOUNDATION signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundation

Barcelona, 9/05/03
Meeting “DESIGN FOR ACCESSIBILITY”

Barcelona, del 5 al 9/05/03
MASTER AMBIENTAL

Barcelona, 28/04/03
INAUGURATION OF THE DESIGN FOR ALL FOUNDATION PREMISES

Sitges, 25/04/03
Conference “EUROPEAN CONCEPT OF ACCESSIBILITY”

25/03/03
The CONFEDERACION REGIONAL EMPRESARIAL EXTREMEÑA (CREEX) signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundation

Salamanca - Spain, del 21 al 22 de març del 2003
INVESTIGATION, INNOVATION and CHANGE – V Scientific Investigative Meetings on People with Disabilities

Mollet, 20/03/03
Technical Meeting “Models for Sustainable Mobility”

19/03/03
El CENTRO DE FORMACIO D’ADULTS MANUEL SACRISTAN CCOO signs a collaboration agreement with the Foundation.

9/03/03
ARGUS SERVEIS TELEMATICS (company) sign an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

des de el mes de febrer a juny del 2003
The “Escola de Disseny LAI”, credits of Design for All

Palma de Mallorca, 27/02/03
“CITIES FOR ALL” - Conference

8/02/03
AZALPEN INTERNET (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

Navarra, 17 i 18/01/03
“INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON ELIMINATION OF ARQUITECTURAL BARRIERS”,

Mérida - Badajoz, 5/12/02
JORNADA DESIGN FOR ALL “Servicios y productos adecuados a las necesidades de los clientes, Oportunidades y beneficios para la empresa

Barcelona, 20/11 i 18/12 del 2002
LO FEO NO SE VENDE”, Come, give your opinion, and learn how design can help companies

Barcelona, del 13 al 15/11/02
E-COUMUNICACIÓN EN SALUD Y ASUNTOS SOCIALES”, How to reach the public through information technology

Madrid, 31/10/02
FORO UPM UNIVERSISAS-EMPRESA DE ENCUENTRO, OPORTUNIDADES Y ALTERNATIVAS TECNOLÓGICAS”, Domotics, Services & New Network Demotics

Bilbao, 10/10/02
I ENCUENTRO CIUDADANO CON LA MOVILIDAD, Movilidad en las ciudades del Siglo XXI

Madrid, del 30/09 al 11/10 del 2002
“EL DISEÑO Y LA INNOVACIÓN EN ESPAÑA”

7/10/02
CAMBRILS TOWN COUNCIL sign an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

17/07/02
SANTA&COLE (company) sign an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

11/07/02
PAUTA FORMACIÓ SL (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

2/07/02
PARC D’ATRACCIONS TIBIDABO, SA (PAT, SA) (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

11/06/02
MICROARQUITECTURA SL (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

28/05/02
BENENTI DESIGN (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

22/05/02
TRANSPORTS DE BARCELONA, SA and FERROCARRIL METROPOLITA DE BARCELONA, (companies) SA sign an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

25/05/02
POBLE ESPANYOL DE MONTJUIC (PEM, SA) (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation

10/01/02
PROASOLUTIONS, SL (company) signs an agreement to carry out the Commitment to Design for All and become a company recognised by the Design for All Foundation