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29/11/2016
European Commission rewards British city Chester for enhancing accessibility in its city life
The European Commission today announced the British city of Chester as the winner of the Access City Award. Chester was chosen out of 43 cities from 21 EU countries, because of its inclusive measures for people with a disability in different sectors, in particular the tourism sector.
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22/12/2015
Launch of public consultation on the review of the European Disability Strategy
The European Commission is launching a public consultation today on the mid-term review of the European Disability Strategy (2010-2020).
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08/12/2015
Vammaisuus: Esteettömyyttä edistäville kaupungeille myönnettävän Esteetön kaupunki 2016 palkinnon voittaja on Milano!
Euroopan komissiolla on ilo ilmoittaa Euroopan vammaisten päivän yhteydessä, että vuoden 2016 Esteetön kaupunki palkinnon on voittanut Milano (Italia). Myös Wiesbaden (Saksa), Toulouse (Ranska), Vaasa (Suomi) ja Kapsovár (Unkari) palkittiin toimista, joilla ne ovat helpottaneet vammaisten ja ikääntyneiden liikkumista.
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02/12/2015
Commission proposes to make products and services more accessible to the disabled persons
The European Commission today proposed a European Accessibility Act, which will set common accessibility requirements for certain key products and services that will help people with disabilities at EU level to participate fully in society.
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22/06/2015
The Commission replies to the UN on how the EU is implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The European Commission published today its replies to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on how the EU's is implementing the dedicated UN Convention.
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15/06/2015
Access City Award 2016
EU cities are invited to participate in the sixth edition of the Access City Award - The European Prize for making cities more accessible to people with disabilities and older people.
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04/03/2015
The Commission renews its commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities
The first high-level meeting of the EU's monitoring Framework for the UN Disability Convention will be held today and will see the Commission renew its commitment to promoting, protecting and monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities.
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09/04/2014
Improving the communication between deaf and hard of hearing persons and the EU institutions
The Insign project was demonstrated for first time on 9 April 2014 at an event in the European Parliament. Deaf sign language users and hard of hearing citizens during two live demonstrations contacted different Members of the European Parliament with the innovative Insign platform