Bruno von Niman

GA49(07)XX

ETSI STF333:

“European accessibility requirements for public procurement of products and services in the ICT

domain, Phase 1” (EC Standardisation Mandate M/376 to

CEN, CENELEC and ETSI)

Bruno von Niman ETSI TC Human Factors Vice Chairman

STF 333 Leader

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Bruno von Niman Husband of one, father of three

ETSI TC Human Factors (1994- ) Vice Chairman Specialist task force lead expert ITS Sweden, ICT Accessibility WG (1995-)

Activity areas with an accessibility focus (1993- ): Office communication Accessible mobile communication Assistive device connectivity Childrens’ ICT Multicultural accessibility eHealth user experience Web accessibility (WAI) and security (consumer

focus) Mobile Web accessibility (consumer focus) ICT and society (Ph.D. research)

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Presentation topics

1. ETSI and TC Human Factors

2. STF333 (Team, Work plan, Contacts, Coordination)

3. Q&A

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Standards – starting with the user experience

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ETSI

One of three European standards

organizations, established in 1989 Officially recognized by the EU & EFTA Globally applicable ICT standards

fixed, mobile, radio, broadcast, internet other areas

Independent, not-for-profit Direct member participation 16,000+ publications available on-line, for free

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ETSI TC Human Factors Responsible for human factors issues in all areas

Ensure ETSI takes intoaccount the needs of all users

Produces standards, guidelines and reports that set the criteria to optimize the user experience

Chairman: Stephen Furner (BT, UK) Vice Chairmen: Bruno von Niman (ITS, Sweden)

Lutz Groh (Siemens, Germany)

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Address the needs of all users

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ETSI STF 333

Nikos Floratos, Richard Hodgkinson, Bruno von Niman (STF Leader), Gunnar Hellström, Walter Mellors, Sean Hayes

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“European accessibility requirements for public procurement of products and services in the ICT domain, Phase 1”

(EC Standardisation Mandate M/376 to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI)

Open, collaborative, liaison-dense process Welcome requirements, input and comments through true, all-

accessible communication means supported: Homepage:

http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF333/STF333.asp• WAI-AAA WCAG 1.0 version currently at

http://www.e- isotis.org/demo/ETSI_website/STF333.html Email: [email protected] Voice calls: +46 733 66 12 82  Text calls (v.21): +46 8 556 002 05 Total conversation (SIP only; speech, text and sign language

supported): [email protected]

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Deliverable (1/2) An ETSI Technical Report (development during September 2007 – October 2007;

project ends in March 2009) that will provide:

1. An inventory of ICT products and services (grouped in technical areas) that are usually bought by public procurers which will cover at least the ICT products addressed in Section 508 and Canadian toolkit. Other ICT products may be added, if identified as bought by public administrations. A forward-looking approach will be taken.

2. A list of existing functional accessibility requirements in Member States and internationally for those ICT products and services within each technical area, particularly those currently in

use in public procurement The requirements will cover the concepts of “Design for All" and “Assistive Technology".

3. In each technical area, gaps will be identified where no accessibility requirements exist suggestions will be provided for developing missing or additional requirements.

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Deliverable (2/2)

4. A list of existing national, European and international standards and technical specifications (in the sense of Directive 98/34) will be identified which might comply with those requirements. An assessment will be made on whether the above mentioned requirements can be

used as either technical specifications or as criteria for awarding public contracts (in the sense of the Public Procurement Directives). 

5. A proposal will be made for a standardization work programme for the development of requirements and award criteria that still do not exist or that are not yet standardized or where the existing

requirements are not considered adequate or suitable as either technical specification or award criteria.

The work program will provide an indication of the types of standardization deliverables best suited to carry out the work described in phase II of the Mandate, other than for II.1 where an EN is required.

Development in close collaboration with CEN PT Approval from all three ESOs

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Time plan September 2007 Start of work, progress reporting to ETSI TC HF October 2007 Coordination with CEN and ICTSB/DATSCG (future dates

will be developed); release of first public ETSI Draft TR; frequent updates will follow

December 2007 Reporting to the Steering Committee (additional dates will be added)

February 2008 Progress reporting to ETSI TC HF March 2008 Interim Progress Report to EC/EFTA June 2008 Workshop review of final draft TR and progress reporting to ETSI

TC HF Sept/Oct 2008 Progress reporting to ETSI TC HF, including the submission

of the updated Final Draft TR, for approval process February 2008 Final report to ETSI TC HF and publication of the ETSI

Technical Report by the ESOs, following joint agreement March 2009 Final Report to the European Commission and EFTA and

closure of the project

The M 376 Phase Two work will follow.

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First work session (September 2007)

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Current investigation topics Forward-looking, broad ICT perspectives

Functional, service-centric focus

Lifecycle approach Weight of accessibility requirements

Matched to current proceses SIMAP, CPV codes,practices

• Lessons learned?

End user segmentation investigation business- consumer-ish use, children, etc

Study of national requirements, toolkits, state-of-the-art approaches, other available options

Global liaisons and cross-referencing Degree of achievable harmonization CEN PT coordination

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THANK YOU!

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