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Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Conference in the Asia-Pacific (AITCAP)

John Stamos — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:59:00 GMT

Online conference, 4 to 27 May 2021. AITCAP is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the importance of accessible & inclusive travel and showcase organisations championing change. Get to know this huge, fast-growing and underserved market.

Online conference, 4 to 27 My 2021. AITCAP is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the importance of accessible & inclusive travel and showcase organisations championing change.

Get to know this huge, fast-growing and underserved market. Join this 100% virtual event from anywhere

Keynotes, panel discussions, workshops. All sessions will be pre-recorded with captions and transcripts to increase accessibility and live Q&A features will allow for discussion with speakers, sponsors & hosts.

Conference days:

May 6th - Best Practice in Accessible and Inclusive Tourism
May 13th - Understanding and Attracting the Accessible Tourism market
May 20th - Accessible and Inclusive Destination Marketing
May 27th - The Future of Accessible and Inclusive Tourism

Organised by getaboutable.com (Australia).

Further information:

This is a commercial event. Ticket prices are shown on the website in Australian Dollars.
A discount is available for early bookings.

Visit the AITCAP Conference webpage

TravelAbility Summit - Four Half-Day Virtual Events for Professionals on Accessible Travel and Tourism

Ivor Ambrose — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:20:21 GMT

The TravelAbility Summit brings together innovators and travel industry professionals to learn from people with disabilities how to provide a better travel experience. Prepare your business for the 75 million baby boomers who make up a large part of the expanding accessible travel market.

The TravelAbility Summit is the only event where destinations and travel suppliers can prepare for the 75 million baby boomers who will be aging with a disability by learning from the most respected leaders in the disability travel community who have lived experiences in what they need.

TravelAbility Summit will be held quarterly in 2021 via Zoom, as four half-day virtual events and circumstances permitting, the final event on November 30th will be hybrid.

Agenda

April 1, 2021: LaunchPad. The World’s Only Assistive Technology Pitch Fest

June 24, 2021: The State of Accessible Travel

September 30, 2021: The Future of Accessible Travel

November 30, 2021: Accessibility In Action

Further details and Registration

For further information about the Agenda, Speakers and timings, visit the Travelability Website.

Register: http://travelability.net/register/

ENAT Members will receive a Promotional Code by email, to save a $100 discount off the $195 rate for the LaunchPad pitchfest or the full conference.

Travelability is an Associate Member of ENAT

Online Open Workshop: Towards Common European Criteria on Accessibility of the Built Environment: Outcomes of Mandate M/420

Ivor Ambrose — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:50:00 GMT

Presentation of the new European Standard on Accessibility of the Built Environment. Free of charge, open for all.

Presentation of the new European Standard and Technical reports on Accessibility of the Built Environment.

The Meeting is free of charge and open to all interested persons.

Date: Monday, 22nd March 2021

Time: 10:00 to 12:15 Central European Time (Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome)

Accessibility provisions: International sign language interpretation and live captioning will be provided.

Platform: Online - ZOOM Meeting

Speakers representing UNE (Spanish Standards Organisation), the European Commission, Fundación ONCE, and the Mandate M/420 Project Team will introduce and present EN 17210:2021, the 1st European standard on accessibility of the built environment and two Technical Reports supporting the implementation of the Standard.

Representatives of some user organisations will present their perspectives on the results and there will be a 'Questions and Answers' session where the audience is invited to particpate.

Background

The European Standard and Technical Reports are the result of the Phase 2 studies and standards work in response to the European Commission Standardisation Mandate M/420 delivered to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in support of 'European accessibility requirements for public procurement in the built environment', which was issued in 2007.

Phase 2 of Mandate M/420 is in its final stages. The European Standardisation Organisations CEN and CENELEC, within CEN-CENELEC JTC 11, with the impulse and support of the European Commission, have just produced the 1st European Standard on the accessibility of the built environment, EN 17210:2021. It will be soon complemented by two European Technical Reports on technical specifications to fulfil the functional requirements given in the standard and on its conformity assessment.

The workshop will address the relevance of the works of M/420 on the accessibility of the built environment from both the institutional and the technical point of view.

You will have the opportunity to know the key issues addressed in the new European standardisation documents, that will be explained by Project Team members who worked on them from scratch.

Besides, you will have a 360º view from the different stakeholders that will benefit from these documents.

If you are part of the procurement community or a legislator, are involved in the design of buildings and public spaces, or have experienced the need of more accessible spaces, that do not leave any citizen behind, then this workshop is specially aimed at you!

Please note!

Pre-registration is obligatory. Register

After registration you will receive joining details by email from the organisers.

Download the Programme in PDF format from the right-hand panel.

The Programme also contains the link to the Registration Form.

ENAT participated in the CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 11 as an official Liaison Organisation, contributing to the technical work on behalf of stakeholders in the tourism and travel sectors.

Marathon on Universal Accessibility, Interreligious Dialogue, Peace and Human Rights - Webinar in Italian

Ivor Ambrose — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:19:00 GMT

Date 10 December 2020. Starts: 11.00. Ends 19.30 hours. The participation to the streaming event is free and without the need to register in advance.

Date 10 December 2020. Starts: 11.00. Ends 19.30 hours.

The participation to the streaming event is free and without the need to register in advance.

The link is:

Link for streaming channel: https://streaming.hd-conference-call.it/

For further information:

Contact: angelacciod@gmail.com

Programma

Ore 11.00
Saluti e introduzione
Lino Gentile - Sindaco del Comune di Castel del Giudice
S. E. Mons. Giancarlo Bregantini, Vescovo di Campobasso - Boiano Vincenzo Cotugno - Assessore turismo e cultura Regione Molise

Ore 11.30 - 13.00
Dialogo interreligioso e cibo
Coordina: Rabbino Emerito Umberto Piperno - Comitato scientifico ITRIA Intervengono:
Anna Maria Aisha Tiozzo - Presidente WHAD ( World Halal Development ) Don Francis Tiso - Diocesi di Isernia - Docente di dialogo interreligioso Claudio Papa – Imprenditore DolceAmaro
Mauro Di Zio - Vice Presidente nazionale CIA (Confederazione italiana agricoltori ) Mario Ialenti - Direttore CEAM ( Conferenza Episcopale Abruzzo e Molise )
Luigi Caricato - Direttore Olio Officina
Pasquale Di Lena - Esperto di gastronomia
Lorenza Dadduzio - Direttore creativo CucinaMancina

Ore 14.30
Claudio Arrigoni ( Giornalista Corriere e Gazzetta dello Sport ) racconta lo sport paralimpico
Anna Gioria ( Giornalista e Blogger ) intervista Roberto Bazzano – Presidente di Bandiera Lilla e Roberto Semeraro – Oleificio Semeraro di Cisternino ( BR )

Ore 15.15
Diritti umani, accoglienza e pace
Coordina: Nunzia Lattanzio - Esperta Diritti umani ITRIA Intervengono:
Don Antonio Di Lalla - Diocesi di Termoli-Larino, Prete di strada
Mimmo Rizzuti -RE.CO.SOL(Rete dei comuni solidali)Agorà abitanti della Terra Riccardo Petrella - Università del Bene Comune – Agorà abitanti della Terra Roberto Musacchio – Ex parlamentare europeo
Maria Grazia Rando - Villaggio della pace/Eutropian
Clara Habte – Villaggio della pace/Eutropian
Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini - Imam Presidente COREIS ( Comunità religiosa islamica )
Alberto D'Alessandro - già Direttore del Consiglio d'Europa e direttore Meet Tourism Lucca

Ore 16.30
Accessibilità universale: centralità delle persone e delle comunità, bellezza e rigenerazione
Coordina Dino Angelaccio – Presidente ITRIA Intervengono: Maurizio Di Stefano - Presidente ICOMOS
Anna Grazia Laura - Presidente ENAT
Pete Kercher - Ambasciatore EIDD ( Design for All Europe ) Olimpia Niglio - VicePresidente ISC Prerico ICOMOS Internacional Antonio Nicoletti - Direttore APT Basilicata
Maria Grazia Bellisario - Docente UNINT ( Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma )
Antonio Giuseppe Malafarina - Giornalista e blogger Periodici San
Paolo e RCS
Claudio Bocci - Consigliere Ravello Lab
Pietro Scidurlo - Free Wheels Onlus
Patrizia Nardi -Esperta di valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale e candidature UNESCO
Dario Scarpati - Archeologo esperto di accessibilità museale
Dario Di Girolamo - Direttore Demanio Regione Calabria
Angelo Fabio Attolico - Dipartimento Turismo, Economia della cultura e valorizzazione del territorio Regione Puglia
Alessandro Leon - Presidente CLES (Centro di ricerca su lavoro, economia e sviluppo)
Gian Maria Greco – Università di Varsavia e Poiesis
Carmen Bizzarri – Università Europea di Roma
Andrea Romualdi e Rachele Paolucci - AISM
Pepetto Di Bucchianico – Vice Presidente EIDD ( Design for All Europe )
Fabio Iemmi – Ricerca artistica e design applicati all’accessibilità
Sabrina Busato – Presidente FEISCT ( Federazione europea itinerari storici, culturali e turistici )

Ore 19
Ricordando Fabrizio Vescovo, Simona Petaccia e Luigi Bandini Buti

Ore 19.30
Conclusioni
S.E. Mons. Melchor Sánchez De Toca Y Alameda – Sotto Segretario Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura Vaticano

Handiscover. Join our upcoming webinar - Accessibility: Cost or Revenue?

Ivor Ambrose — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:49:00 GMT

Thursday 3rd December, Webinar. Join Handiscover and Altitude Meetings for an exclusive webinar, Accessibility: Cost or Revenue?, on December 3rd, UN's International International Day of Disabled Persons.

Thursday 3rd December, Webinar.

Join Handiscover and Altitude Meetings for an exclusive webinar, Accessibility: Cost or Revenue?, on December 3rd, UN's International International Day of Disabled Persons.

In this webinar we will discuss how to innovate through diversity, the business benefits of greater accessibility and how businesses can focus more on the person than the disability.

Our guest speakers are Magnus Berglund and Dixie, (Accessibility Expert at Handiscover), Anna Sandberg Falk from IKEA and Roko Kursar, chairman of the functional support committee for the city of Malmö, Sweden.

You will also get the opportunity to chat live with the successful paraathlete and author, Fatmir Seremeti.

Webinar date and time: Thursday, December 3rd. 12.00-13.00 CET.

Register: https://mailchi.mp/handiscover/webinar

Agenda:

Introduction from Anna Sandberg Falke (IKEA Museum) - The key to success and innovation through diversity and the benefit of different perspectives.
Panel discussion with: Anna Sandberg Falke, Magnus Berglund, Roko Kursar, Sebastien Archambeaud & Fatmir Seremeti

Moderator: Yasmin Arhan Modéer from Altitude Meetings.

During this discussion you will be able to ask questions to the panel through live chat.

Topics:

Skills to focus on the person, not the disability.
What is Handiscover and what the New Accessibility Program is all about
How can accessibility become a revenue generator instead of a cost?
How does the city of Malmo work with accessibility?
Altitude Meetings - Why accessibility is important and the connection to business
Roko Kursar - Social benefits and the larger perspective, long-term costs if we do not work actively with accessibility.
Handiscover - Accessibility Management Program: concrete tools and guidance on how you can start improving your accessibility today.

Handiscover is an Associate Member of ENAT

Magnus Berglund is an Associate Member of ENAT

Training and Research for Accessible Tourism Development. Organised by Belarusian State University (Webinar)

Ivor Ambrose — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:06:00 GMT

26 November 2020, Webinar. ENAT together with Accessible Portugal and Belarusian State University invites you to a webinar with translation between English and Belarusian, from 14.00 to 16.00 (Europe/Minsk, UTC+3 (GMT+3)).

Thursday, 26 November 2020, Webinar.

ENAT together with Accessible Portugal and Belarusian State University invites you to a webinar from 14.00 to 16.00 (Europe/Minsk, UTC+3 (GMT+3)).

The participants will share best practices in training and research that stimulates accessibility in tourism.

The webinar is free of charge.

Translation between English and Belarusian.

Updated information (3rd December 2020)

Screenshot of speakers, left to right
Top row: Emiliano Deferrari, Natallia Barysenka-Klepach, Vaida Sinkevičienė, Ana Garcia;
Bottom Row: Ivor Ambrose, Victor Shadurski, Anna Grazia Laura, Anatoly Beifert.

Download the slide presentations from the right-hand panel in PDF format.

Programme

14.00 – 14.10 – Opening of the webinar (Europe/Minsk, UTC+3 (GMT+3))
Dr. Victor Shadurski, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Belarusian State University.
Dr. Anatoly Beifert, Team Leader, MOST Programme, Belarus.

14.10 – 14.30 – Annagrazia Laura, President of ENAT and Ivor Ambrose, Managing Director of ENAT.
Introduction to ENAT and Accessible Tourism.

14.30 – 14.50 - Emiliano Deferrari, Seconder to the President of ENAT, Project Manager
Experience of ERASMUS+ projects.

14.50 – 15.00 - Vaida Sinkevičienė, Expert for the project management and quality assurance, Panevėžys Labour Market Vocational Training Centre, Lithuania.
Project “The Ability Advisor: improving the tourism for all market”

15.00 – 15.20 – Helena Ribeiro, Turismo de Portugal, Ana Garcia, President of Accessible Portugal.
Portuguese experience in training and the national ALL FOR ALL accessible tourism programme.

15.20 - 15.40 – Natallia Barysenka-Klepach, Senior Lecturer, International Tourism Department, Belarusian State University.
Experience of Belarusian State University in accessible tourism training and research.

15.40 – 16.00 – Round Table: questions and answers session. Closing remarks.

Download the Programme and slide presentations in English from the right-hand panel in PDF Format.

View the YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/U5dIeEa1_Ms (2 hours, 9 minutes)

Supported by:

1st International Workshop on Cultural Tourism: Discovery Europe

Ivor Ambrose — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:28:12 GMT

Workshop 4 - This webinar will be online via ZOOM on the 4th of November 2020. Registration is mandatory for all, free participation.

Workshop 4 - This webinar will be online via ZOOM on the 4th of November 2020.

#EuroMed2020_DCH #ERA_CHAIR_Mnemosyne @UNESCO_DCH #H2020_impactour

Registration is mandatory for all, free participation.

http://www.euromed2020.eu/workshops (4th workshop)

Currently, due to COVID-19, the tourism industry is facing key economic and social challenges. The pandemic managed to bring global tourism to a standstill, thousands of persons are unemployed and millions of people in quarantine have been seeking out cultural and travel experiences from their homes.

Culture has proven indispensable during this period, and the demand for virtual access to museums, heritage sites, theatres and performances has reached unprecedented levels.

The Discovery Europe Workshop will give the opportunity to showcase local identity as a competitive advantage of the EU Member States, as far as sustainable tourism development is concerned, as well as boost networking among the participants, the exchange of best practices, knowledge and experience on this specific topic.

Despite all the challenges, the tourism and culture sectors are facing an opportunity to create new partnerships and collaboration. They are bound to jointly reinvent and diversify the offer, attract new audiences, develop new skills and support the world’s transition to the new conditions. Therefore, it is an opportunity to promote sustainable and hybrid tourism driven by new practices and innovations which promote lifelong learning. It is the time and the challenge to reinvent ourselves with a vision to build a better tomorrow.

Workshop Themes

The Discovery Europe workshop will focus on the following important aspects:

Improve information and data exchange between individuals, experts, stakeholder and sectors,
Improve networking among local, regional and international organizations and launch innovative alliances,
Form a more resilient tourism and culture workforce,
Strengthen policy and governance structures for better coordination, awareness and information sharing,
Attract new audiences.

Speakers

Among our speakers we have:

Peter DeBrine, UNESCO - Programme Specialist Sustainable Tourism (https://whc.unesco.org/en/whoswho/130908)
Stefano Dominioni, Director at European Institute of Cultural Routes, Council of Europe (https://www.coe.int/en/web/cultural-routes)
Ann Uustalu, Policy Officer with focus on Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries, European Commission, DG for Research and Innovation.
Rodrigo Martín Galán, Research Programme Officer at the European Research Executive Agency (REA) in charge of the portfolio on Cultural Heritage
Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, EUROPA NOSTRA, Secretary General
Celia Martinez Yáñez, Prof. University of Granada and VP of ICOMOS ICTC: International committee on Cultural Tourism
Lorenzo Cantoni, Prof. Università della Svizzera Italiana, UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in the World Heritage Sites (https://www.unescochair.usi.ch/about-us/chair-holder)
João Martins, Prof. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Coordinator of the H2020 project IMPACTOUR (https://www.impactour.eu/) and upcoming H2020 project TExTOUR
Milada Šťastná, Prof. Dr. Ing. and HoD, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Coordinator of the H2020 project SPOT (http://www.spotprojecth2020.eu/)
Simona Todelli, Prof. University of Bologna. Coordinator of the H2020 project RURITAGE (https://www.ruritage.eu/)
Susanna Markkola, Manager, Cultural Tourism at Business, Finland
Theanos S. Terkenli, Prof. University of the Aegean, Greece
Claire Wallace, Prof. University of Aberdeen, UK (https://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/profiles/claire.wallace)
Karmen Novarlic, Head of Department Business Communication at Slovenian Tourist Board (https://www.wef.org.in/karmen-novarlic/)

Μore speakers to be announced soon.

Free of charge registration to the Discovery Europe Workshop.

Read more about the H2020 project, IMPACTOUR on Managing the impact of visitors on Cultural Tourism destinations, in which ENAT is a partner.

European Tourism Convention 2020

Ivor Ambrose — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:24:00 GMT

12 October 2020, Online. The European Commission is organising the European Tourism Convention to launch a dialogue on sustainable recovery and the strategic orientations for the tourism of tomorrow. Recordings available online.

Online Event: 12th October 2020

Following nine consecutive years of growth, the EU tourism ecosystem is among the hardest hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic affecting Europe since early 2020.

The European Commission is organising the European Tourism Convention which will launch a dialogue on sustainable recovery and the strategic orientations for the tourism of tomorrow and guide future work and cooperation on tourism (towards a European Agenda for Tourism 2050).

Update: 14 October 2020

Recordings of the plenary session of the Convention are now available on the home page of event: http://www.tourism-convention.eu/ or at:
https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/european-tourism-convention

Event information

In the framework of the European Tourism Convention, the European Commission will organise three on-line thematic workshops, which will be held in parallel in the morning of 12th October:

Safe and Seamless Tourism Experience,
Greener Holidays, and
Tourism Powered by Data

The aim of the workshops is to map key issues, generate a discussion about the challenges and opportunities of the EU tourism sector linked with the three topics mentioned above and propose a set of SMART action points to be presented and discussed during the Plenary of the European Tourism Convention in the afternoon.

Each workshop will gather up to 30 participants, including representatives of the EU institutions, representatives of public authorities, European sectorial industry associations of the tourism and travel industry, international organisations, academics, as well as other relevant stakeholders. Places are limited and, following the Open Call for Proposals, (closed 17th September) the selected participants will have a unique chance to guide the future work on tourism recovery and transition. Participants with significant operations in EU countries or serving the EU tourism market will be prioritised.

Further information

Visit the European Tourism Convention website

AgriTravel and Slow Travel Virtual Expo Event. Mobility and Accessibility

Ivor Ambrose — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:05:00 GMT

Webinar: Thursday 24 September 2020 @ 09.30 to 11.30 CEST. Mobility and Accessibility

Webinar: Thursday 24 September 2020 @ 09.30 to 11.30 CEST.

AgriTravel and Slow Travel Virtual Expo Event.

Mobility and Accessibility

Travel and tourism is one of the mayor contributors to climate change due to the high CO2 emission along the journey and at destination. The traditional point-to-point mobility in individual car transport is often not the most emission-friendly option and also leads to unnecessary congestion on roads and tourism destinations. Models of combined mobility along the full transport chain of a touristic stay offer a great opportunity to reduce this impact.

Accessibility of transport and tourism services is increasingly relevant in this context due to the demographic evolution: more elderly visitors can travel off-season and they enjoy the journey as part of their holiday experience. But they are also more likely to have disabilities that caffect their possibilities to use combined mobility solutions for reaching and enjoying their destination.

Panelists

Ms. Mieke Broeders, Executive Board Member, ENAT – European Network for Accessible Tourism
Mr. Ed Lancaster ECF – European Cyclists' Federation
Ms. Mercedes Muñoz EGWA – European Greenways Association, Spain
Mr. Adolfo Colagiovanni, Molise verso il 2000, Italy
Mr. Francesco Baroncini ex Direttore FIAB, Italy

Registration and Information

Agritravel and Slow Travel Webinar - Website: Mobility and Accessibility

Organiser

Agri Slow Travel Expo, Italy

International fair that promotes destinations through nature, art, traditions and food for tourists and operators that are looking for authentic and emotional itineraries, characterized by strong relationships with concepts like: quality of life, sustainability and the environment.

This year, with the Virtual Edition, you will live an authentic experience from the comfort of your home or wherever you want!

A 3D fair, live streaming meetings and events, videos and testimonies from all over the world will accompany you safely to discover the territories and their environmental, cultural and food and wine excellences.

Because we are virtual and what does it mean for you?

Take part in the event whenever you want with just a few clicks.

In complete safety, we guarantee you seminars and conferences, live broadcasts and lots of events and news to offer you a unique, authentic and engaging experience

Presentation of Accessible, Interreligious and Intercultural Signage of the Tourism4All project

Ivor Ambrose — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:23:10 GMT

Thursday 27 August 2020, Petacciato Marina (CB), Italy. Presentation of 3 tactile maps and other universally designed tourist signs to be installed in the Municipalities of Petacciato, Campomarino and Montenero di Bisaccia with tourist information in Italian, English, Arbereshe, Hebrew, Arabic and Braille.

On Thursday 27 August, in the splendid setting of the dunes of Petacciato Marina (CB) Environmental Education Centre, 3 tactile maps and other tourist signs will be presented which in the following days will be installed in the Municipalities of Petacciato, Campomarino and Montenero di Bisaccia.

The signage is inspired by the principles of universal accessibility and has lettering, icons and profiles in relief, highly legible characters, sans serif fonts, color contrasts, intuitive icons, materials that are pleasant to the touch and resistant to atmospheric agents.

In the upper part it takes up the real profiles of the coasts but above all presents simple information in Italian, English, Arbereshe, Hebrew, Arabic and Braille. The Arbereshe language is also present because the Municipality of Campomarino is one of the 4 Molise Municipalities of Albanian origin. It is the first time in the national and international panorama that these characteristics are used and it is truly commendable that the Mayors of the 3 Municipalities, together with the Molise Region and the CEAM (Episcopal Conference of Abruzzo and Molise), have wanted signs that favour centrality in the design of people regardless of their physical, sensorial, personal, cultural, linguistic and religious characteristics. Everyone will therefore be able to use it autonomously and simply by exploring it tactually.

In addition to carrying out the function of facilitating the understanding of places and mobility, it symbolically orientates towards universal dialogue and acceptance according to the principles of our Constitutional Charter and the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities.

The conception and design of the signs were handled by ITRIA (Intercultural and accessible tourist-religious itineraries) in the persons of Dino Angelaccio and Nunzia Lattanzio who involved an innovative and interesting Molise company from Termoli, the Tecnografica3d by Alessandro Lacerenza, in the realization.

This activity is part of the European project Tourism4All which sees the Molise Region as the leader in the promotion of a network of accessible tourist destinations that encourages seasonal adjustment and promotes social inclusion involving as many as 14 partners, 7 Italians (Molise Region, Veneto, Puglia, Irecoop Veneto, Delta 2000, Coop Sociale ODOS) and 7 Croatians (Croatian camping association, city of Buje and city of Zadar, Gal Brac, Aspira University, Sibenik Tourism Agency and RERA - Dalmatian Development Institute).

It should be emphasized that the Molise Region, together with the Municipality of Castel del Giudice and the Pastoral Care of Tourism, Sport and Leisure Abruzzo-Molise, excellently led by Mario Ialenti, has also started the InterculturalMolise project, experimenting for the first time universal accessibility together with the multiculturalism and interreligious dialogue in the creation of a tourist-cultural product capable of recounting the interaction between Christian, Islamic and Jewish culture and religion through the traces and memory of the immense material and immaterial cultural heritage present in practically all territorial realities.

The 3 Mayors of the Municipalities of Petacciato, Campomarino and Montenero di Bisaccia, the Molise Regional Tourism Councilor Vincenzo Cotugno, ITRIA, Tecnografica3d, S.E. will participate in the presentation event on 27 August. Other speakers include: Mons, De Luca, Bishop of the Diocese of Termoli - Larino, Rabbi Emeritus Umberto Piperno, a representative of the Islamic community and one of the Arbereshe community, Pasquale Di Lena expert in food and wine and Anna Gioria, journalist and blogger expert in accessibility and disability.

Download the Programme in PDF format from the right-hand panel. (English version).

The language of the event will be Italian.

Further information: Dino Angelaccio, Email: angelacciod@gmail.com

Online event: Web Accessibility Directive Deadline - Are we accessible yet?

John Stamos — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:53:00 GMT

23 September 2020. Online. The European Disability Forum invites you to an online discussion on the Web Accessibility Directive, co-organised with Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission.

The Web Accessibility Directive, adopted in 2016, sets 23 September 2020 as the date by which all public sector websites across the EU will have to be accessible for persons with disabilities. So, the online event will mark this important milestone for digital accessibility and participation in the EU.

Key stakeholders will highlight achievements and remaining challenges in terms of practical implementation of web accessibility from different perspectives, including policy makers, Member States, activists, users, academia and accessibility professionals.

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 15:00 hrs. CEST (Brussels / Belgium time)

Duration: 2 Hours

Location: Online

Please register through this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8130383120502176781

The programme will become available on the EDF webpage soon. Register now and save your spot (places are limited).

The online event will be public, free-of-charge, and recorded. International sign interpretation and live captioning will be provided.

Contact: Mher Hakobyan (EDF Accessibility Officer) mher.hakobyan@edf-feph.org

Web Accessibility Resources by European Disability Forum

Accessibility at Smart Tourism Destinations: 2nd edition of the TUR4all Congress (Webinar series)

Ivor Ambrose — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:11:00 GMT

From 9th to 30th November 2020, a total of 20 webinars will be used to highlight the Autonomous Region of Valencia as an accessible destination and the Smart Tourism Destination (STD) model will be made available to Spain, Europe, and Latin America.

From 9th to 30th November 2020, a total of 20 webinars will be held, highlighting the Autonomous Region of Valencia as an accessible destination and the Smart Tourism Destination (STD) model will be made available to Spain, Europe, and Latin America.

The webinar series is organised with the collaboration of SEGITTUR (Spanish State-Owned Trading Company for the Management of Innovation and Tourism Technologies), ENAT (European Network for Accessible Tourism), ISTO (International Social Tourism Organisation), the Latin American Inclusive Tourism Magazine and Accessible Portugal.

Programme now available! - 20 October 2020

Download the Programme in PDF format from the right-hand panel, in Spanish (ES) and English (EN).

Themed sessions on the following topics:

Accessibility insignias and certificates
Accessibility management
Accommodation
Active tourism
Complementary tourism services and products
Cultural and natural heritage sites
Employment and entrepreneurship
Inland tourism
Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) tourism
New technologies
Promoting accessibility
Public transport services
Restaurants
Signage and directions in an urban environment
Sun, sand and sea tourism
Theatres and shows
Tourism offices
Urban tourism
Workplace inclusivity

Programming

The event will consist of 6 webinars per week, over four weeks, each one lasting 90 minutes.

Webinars start on 9 of November and continue through to 30 November, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

First webinar: Mon, Wed and Fri from 12:30 to 14:00
Second webinar: Mon, Wed and Fri from 14:00 to 15:30

Languages

Spanish subtitles
Spanish Sign Language Interpreting
English-Spanish simultaneous translation

Call for Best Practices

If you would like to present best practices or the experience of your destination or business at the congress, simply fill out the form available on www.congreso.tur4all.com and send in your application before 20 September 2020 to congreso@tur4all.com.

Downloads

Download the Congress Announcement (PDF) and Call for Papers form (PDF), in English or Spanish, from the right-hand panel.

About PREDIF

PREDIF, the Spanish Representative Platform for People with Physical Disabilities, is a Spanish state approved non-profit organisation that represents, runs programmes and promotes activities on behalf of more than 100,000 people with physical disabilities. It boasts more than 30 years of expertise in this field through its member federations: ASPAYM, COAMIFICOA, ECOM as well as 8 PREDIF regional offices.

PREDIF is presently acknowledged as a benchmark for accessible tourism, chairing the Inclusive Tourism and Leisure Commission of CERMI (Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities), and its accessibility protocols and criteria have the consensus of the entire disability sector. Similarly, in recent years PREDIF has been developing personal assistance projects, becoming an authority in this field too, in addition to coordinating CERMI’s Personal Assistance and Independent Living Work Group.

PREDIF is a Full Member of ENAT and holds a place on the ENAT Board of Directors.

Inclusion of Design for All in the University Degrees of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Ivor Ambrose — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:52:00 GMT

2 July 2020, 17.00 hours CEST. Online. Presentation of the results of the European Research Project EDUCA4ALL. We will learn about the results of the EDUCA4ALL project and enjoy a panel discussion which experts in University teaching from all over the world sharing their point of view regarding the implementation of universal accessibility in the curricular contents of the architecture and civil engineering studies in their universities.

2 July 2020, 17.00 hours CEST. Online (Zoom Webinar).

Presentation of the results of the European Research Project EDUCA4ALL.

We will learn about the results of the EDUCA4ALL project and enjoy a panel discussion in which experts in University teaching from all over the world share their points of view regarding the implementation of universal accessibility in the curricular contents of the architecture and civil engineering studies in their universities.

To participate, enter HERE and register.

Programme:

17:00h Welcome by Felipe Samarán

17:05h Presentation of the Conference and the EDUCA4ALL Project by Jesús Hernández

17:15h EDUCA4ALL Project: Content objectives and results by Delfín Jiménez

17:30h A success story: Summer course at the UFV by Felipe Samarán

17:45h Discussion Table: Teaching Accessibility in university education
Participants:

UCL. Educa4all partner and investigator. Nick Tyler
CRUE. Maribel Campo
UPM-UNED-UJA Accessibility teacher, Miguel A. Valero
Pontificia Univ. Javeriana Accessibility teacher, Ricardo Becerra

Moderator: Fundación ONCE - Project coordinator José Luis Borau

19:00h “Barriers or challenges, disabled or champions” Javier Fesser

20:00h Closure of the meeting. Felipe Samarán

Download the Programme from the right-hand panel in PDF format.

Fundación ONCE is a Founding Full Member of ENAT

ENAT Annual General Assembly 2020 (Online)

Ivor Ambrose — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:06:00 GMT

24.6.2020. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions on travel, the ENAT AGA will be held as an Online Meeting from 10:00 to 12:00 hours, Central Europe Summer Time.

SAVE THE DATE: 24.6.2020.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions on travel, the ENAT Annual General Assembly will be held as an Online Meeting on Wednesday 24th June from 10:00 to 12:00 hours, Central Europe Summer Time.

ENAT Full Members will receive an information pack by email, with the Agenda, Background Documents and Draft Decisions (for discussion), in accordance with the new Belgian legislation governing online meetings of non-profit associations.

ENAT Associate Members may also attend the online meeting but have no voting rights.

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Inclusive Travel Masterclasses. Webinar series

Ivor Ambrose — Fri, 15 May 2020 21:21:59 GMT

May and June 2020. Making the world inclusive one step at the time, thanks to the experience of those people who are already doing it. The online Masterclasses provide easy to implement best practices in making places and activities more inclusive.

May and June 2020. Inclusive Travel Masterclasses, offered as Webinars by 'Destinations Everywhere' accessible travel company, Brussels.

Making the world inclusive one step at the time, thanks to the experience of those people who are already doing it. The Masterclasses provide easy to implement best practices in making places and activities more inclusive. (And the ticket price supports local associations around the world in the field of inclusion).

Visit the Masterclasses Website for full details and registration

Programme

13/05/2020 Making a beach accessible for all: "I can" in Southern Apulia Enrica Rollo and Francesco Aprile, Association "2HE - Center for Human Health and Environment", 17:30 h - 19:00 h
15/05/2020 Making a travel destination accessible for all: a step by step guide from Flanders - FREE WEBINAR Pieter Ghijsels, Policy Advisor Accessibility, Visit Flanders 11:00 h - 12:30 h
22/05/2020 Adaptive outdoors for all: the experience of Making Trax Jezza Williams, Founder and Director, Making Trax 10:00 h - 11:30 h
25/05/2020 A truly inclusive museum: the experience of the MET in New York Rebecca McGinnis, Senior Managing Educator, Accessibility The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 16:30 h - 18:00 h
29/05/2020 Creating an adaptive ski success story in Andorra Scott Maugham, Adaptive ski and snowboard instructor, Arinsal, Andorra
02/06/2020 Accessibility in the hotel sector: the example of Scandic Hotels Magnus Berglund, Accessibility Manager, Scandic Hotels 15:00 h - 16:30 h

A Question and Answer session with the speaker will follow all webinars.

Destination Everywhere is an Associate Member of ENAT

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Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Conference in the Asia-Pacific (AITCAP)

Further information:

TravelAbility Summit - Four Half-Day Virtual Events for Professionals on Accessible Travel and Tourism

Agenda

Further details and Registration

Online Open Workshop: Towards Common European Criteria on Accessibility of the Built Environment: Outcomes of Mandate M/420

Background

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Marathon on Universal Accessibility, Interreligious Dialogue, Peace and Human Rights - Webinar in Italian

Programma

Handiscover. Join our upcoming webinar - Accessibility: Cost or Revenue?

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Training and Research for Accessible Tourism Development. Organised by Belarusian State University (Webinar)

Updated information (3rd December 2020)

Programme

1st International Workshop on Cultural Tourism: Discovery Europe

Workshop Themes

Speakers

European Tourism Convention 2020

Update: 14 October 2020

Event information

Further information

AgriTravel and Slow Travel Virtual Expo Event. Mobility and Accessibility

Mobility and Accessibility

Registration and Information

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Because we are virtual and what does it mean for you?

Presentation of Accessible, Interreligious and Intercultural Signage of the Tourism4All project

Online event: Web Accessibility Directive Deadline - Are we accessible yet?

Web Accessibility Resources by European Disability Forum

Accessibility at Smart Tourism Destinations: 2nd edition of the TUR4all Congress (Webinar series)

Programme now available! - 20 October 2020

Programming

Languages

Call for Best Practices

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Read more: Full Announcement, Madrid 28 July 2020

About PREDIF

Inclusion of Design for All in the University Degrees of Architecture and Civil Engineering

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ENAT Annual General Assembly 2020 (Online)

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Inclusive Travel Masterclasses. Webinar series

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