"Access City Award Newsletter" Newsletter Issues

See what San Cristóbal de la Laguna did to win ACA 2024 (30/08/2024)

See what San Cristóbal de la Laguna did to win ACA 2024

Spread the word (27/06/2024)

Spread the word

Get involved! (27/06/2024)

Get involved!

Last call! Access City Award 2025 (30/08/2024)

Last call! Access City Award 2025

ACA in numbers (30/08/2024)

ACA in numbers

Applications are open for ACA 2025 (27/06/2024)

Applications are open for ACA 2025

Why an Access City Award? (27/06/2024)

Why an Access City Award?

How to prepare a winning application (27/06/2024)

How to prepare a winning application

Let’s celebrate 15 years of the Access City Award! (27/06/2024)

Let’s celebrate 15 years of the Access City Award!

Resources (27/06/2024)

Resources

A meeting between ACA winners (12/12/2023)

Meet the 2024 ACA winners (12/12/2023)

The importance of accessibility (12/12/2023)

Relive the ACA Ceremony (12/12/2023)

Access City Award 2024 (12/12/2023)

Third place (12/12/2023)

Third place

Saint-Quentin (France)

Bringing together a variety of architectural styles from Gothic to Art Deco, Saint-Quentin focuses heavily on ensuring their services are accessible for all, especially children. Infants are taught sign language in nurseries and support centres have been created for children with disabilities to be accommodated in their schools.

Second place (12/12/2023)

Second place

Łódź (Poland)

From a small textile town to a city of over 650 000 inhabitants, Łódź has worked hard to improve its accessibility following a holistic approach, as also shown by the adoption, in 2017, of the Łódź Standard of Accessibility. Specifically, it has worked to make its infrastructure friendlier to all inhabitants.

First place (12/12/2023)

First place

San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

A first-time applicant to the Access City Award, San Cristóbal de La Laguna took home the first place prize for this year’s Access City Award competition. One of the first non-fortified cities, it has been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.

Special mentions (12/12/2023)

Special Mention for Landscape and Playground Areas - South Dublin County (Ireland)

South Dublin County in Ireland has worked to develop its playground areas to combine a mix of natural materials and natural elements.

Special mentions (12/12/2023)

Special mentions

Special Mention for the New European Bauhaus – Tübingen (Germany)

The New European Bauhaus is an initiative that aims to facilitate and steer our living spaces in line with three inseparable values: sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion.

Welcome to the third edition of the Access City Award newsletter! (10/11/2023)

Meet the ACA2024 finalists! (10/11/2023)

Follow the ACA Award Ceremony (10/11/2023)

Meet the 2023 ACA third place winner: Ljubljana (10/11/2023)

We sat down with Dejan Crnek, Deputy Mayor of the City of Ljubljana, who told us all about what made them stand out to win the third-place in ACA 2023 and what is their approach to accessibility. Find out more about their accessibility initiatives in their video.

13 years of the Access City Award (10/11/2023)

Welcome to the second edition of the Access City Award newsletter! (06/09/2023)

European Disability Card and European Parking Card (06/09/2023)

10 days left to apply to ACA 2024 (06/09/2023)

Meet the 2023 ACA second place winner: Córdoba (06/09/2023)

We sat down with a representative of the second place winner of the 2023 ACA Competition, Córdoba, for an interview. Bernado Jordano, Councilor for Inclusion and Accessibility in Córdoba, tells us all about what they feel made them stand out and their future plans for accessibility. Find out more about their accessibility initiatives in their video.

The New European Bauhaus and accessibility (06/09/2023)

The Sara Culture Centre and Hotel: bringing accessibility and the New European Bauhaus together (06/09/2023)

Welcome to the first Access City Award newsletter! (27/07/2023)

Apply to ACA 2024 (27/07/2023)

Meet the 2023 Access City Award Winner: Skellefteå (28/07/2023)

Help more cities find solutions that are good for everyone and spread the word about the Access City Award. (28/07/2023)

Access City Award brochure 2023 (28/07/2023)

The 2023 Access City Award brochure is now available in all EU languages.  This brochure celebrates the achievements of the 2023 winner, runners-up and special mentions. They are excellent examples of how cities are working hard to become a better place to live and visit for everyone. The examples in the brochure can help you prepare your application for the 2024 edition of the Access City Award.

New European Bauhaus (28/07/2023)

The New European Bauhaus is a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that connects the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences. This initiative calls on all of us to imagine and build together a sustainable and inclusive future that is beautiful for our eyes, minds, and souls.  The creation of this future will need to be inclusive towards all. To ensure this, a design for all approach should be adopted to create accessible places, practices, and experiences that embody the New European Bauhaus principles.

European Accessibility Resource Centre AccessibleEU (28/07/2023)

AccessibleEU is one of the flagship initiatives proposed in the European Commission’s Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030. It is a resource centre on accessibility, working on the areas of built environment, transport, information, communication technologies and policies in order to ensure persons with disabilities’ participation in all areas of life on an equal basis with others.

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