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Global Advocacy Promoting Accessibility Dr Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg Knowledge Societies Division, Communication and Information Sector UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France International Conference on ICT for Information Accessibility in Learning May 2015 in Riga, Latvia Photo credit: Ingmar Zahorsky, Deaf School Sri Lanka CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Major areas of interventions promoting Information Accessibility Access to Information and Knowledge for Persons with Disabilities Inclusive legislation, policies and strategies Building enabling environment Research and evidence-based data Content and appropriate tools development Capacity building International cooperation mechanisms (UNCRPD, IFAP) MobilizationCooperation CreationUtilization DisseminationAssessment

24-26 November 2014, New Delhi, India

Supporting activities Film Festival Media events Media events Exhibition International conference International conference Special website Outcome document and follow up activities Other associated events Materials /content developed Film screenings Gala event Online consultations Online consultations Media event(s) 7 Plenary sessions 15 thematic panels Showcase of IT&AT solutions Capacity building workshop and content development National stocktaking event (9-10 September 2014, New Delhi, India) Structure of the international event

Outcomes and follow up 700 participants from around the world representing 80 countries Three thematic tracks resulted in to the concrete recommendations summarized in the Outcome Document New Delhi Declaration on Inclusive ICTs for Persons with Disabilities: Making Empowerment a Reality The Executive Board of UNESCO (58 Member States) examined and endorsed the New Delhi Declaration at its 196 th session in April 2015 as well as decided to transmit the document to the 38 th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (195 and 9 Associate Members). Concrete activities: Organization of regional events (San Jose, fall of 2015) Development of guidelines on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Open and Distance Learning using Open Solutions (November 2015); Further elaboration of Inclusive Learning Lab concept.

Thank you for your attention. Ms Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg i.kasinskaite(at)unesco.org