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Nadine VIGOUROUX

NCC France

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EDeAN Objectives

The “European Design for All e-Accessibility Network” (http://www.edean.org)

Established in 2002 by the European Commission

and the member states in order to :Raise the profile of Design For All (DfA) and emphasize its

importance in achieving greater accessibility in the Information Society for as many people as possible ;

Provide a European forum for DfA issues ;Raise awareness for DfA in the public and private sectors ;Provide input for European curricula on DfA (in accordance

with the eEurope 2002 Action Plan)

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DfA in the Information Society

Broad and multidisciplinary connotation, abstracting over different perspectives ; design (Bühler & Stepahnidis, 2004) of interactive products, services and applications of products, which have standardized interfaces of products which are easily adaptable to different users.

In the Information Society, the adoption and practice of DfA, although advocated by many actors in the field, still presents significant challenges, due to the inherent characteristics of the sector, and in particular to established industry practice and curriculum for DfA.

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Current Challenges of DfA

Introducing specific legislative measures to complement and enhance existing legislation (eEurope 2002 and 2005 action plan, http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/2002/action_plan/index_en.htm)

Addressing and motivating the industry Effective benchmarking Providing harmonised standardisation Creating a European curriculum for DfA Addressing future research activities Increasing activities towards promoting awareness,

dissemination and mainstreaming of DfA

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Network status expansion

EDeAN is composed of National Networks, one in each European

member state ;

Kernel (2002-2004) : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,

Sweden, UK 7 NCCs have been appointed since January 2005 in the following

countries :

Czech Republic ; Estonia ; Hungary ; Lithuania ; Malta ; Slovakia ;

Slovenia

Currently, 157 European organizations are represented in EDeAN

network ;

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EDeAN ROADMAP

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EDeAN Working Principles

While the NCCs are the primary contact for the network

within their respective countries at a national level, the

Secretariat coordinates the European Network contacts at

the European level.

Secretariat management rotates yearly :

2005 : EDeAN Secretariat was run by ICS-FORTH (Greece) ;

2006 : “ “ is run by STAKES, R&D Centre for Health and Welfare

(Finlande) ;

2007 : “” will run by CNR-IFAC (Italy).

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EDeAN SIGs

The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of EDeAN are formed and operate in order to significantly contribute to advance DfA knowledge on a range of topics, including :Benchmarking ([email protected])Policy and Legislation ([email protected])Standardisation ([email protected])Proactive assessment ([email protected])DfA curricula ([email protected])

The SIGs operate through HERMES, the EDeAN portal, available at: http://www.edean.org

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HERMES, the EDeAN web portal

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GOALS & Partial ACHIEVEMENTS of EDeAN

International level

Favouring networking between organisations on issues related to DFA and establishing the infrastructure to continue networking activities in the long term ;

Promoting and disseminating the ideas and principles of DFA to a number of European and International Conferences and events as well as to the wider community (ICCHP’2004, UACHI’2005, AAATE’2005, ICCHP’2006, etc.) ;

Collecting a common pool of information and knowledge with a significant amount of resources related to DFA (tools, methods, videos, course, etc.) ;

Preparing educational material for the introduction of DFA to the Curricula of European Universities.

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GOALS & Partial ACHIEVEMENTS French National Level

Favouring networking between research, higher education, industrial and end-users organisations on issues (guidelines, tools, methods, ) related to DFA ;

Strengthen the knowledge on DFA diffusion and establishing the infrastructure to increase the French networking activities in the average and long term ;

Promoting and disseminating the ideas and principles of DFA to a number of French Conferences and events as well as to the wider community (IHM’2005, Handicap’2006, IHM’2006, etc.) ;

Inventory of French designer and engineer schools and higher university developing awareness on e-Accessibility and on DfA concepts ;

Organizing a workshop for specifying national actions towards the governmental awareness and the public or private formation (September 2006).

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French Members

38 rue du Général Leclerc92794 Issy Moulineaux Cedex 9

[email protected] ChêneFrance Télécom R & D

10/12 Avenue de l'Europe 78140 Velizy

[email protected] MonacelliLIRIS

Ile du Saulcy, BP8079457012 Metz Cedex 01

[email protected] BourhisUniversity of Metz (LASC)

Laboratoire ETIC, Ile du Saulcy57045 Metz Cedex 1

[email protected] BrangierUniversity of Metz (ETIC)

40 rue du Pelvoux91020 Evry Cedex

[email protected]. ColleUniversity of Evry (CEMIF LSC)

Ctr. Pierre Guillaumat, BP 31960203 Compiègne Cedex

[email protected] GapenneUniversité de Technologie de Compiègne - COSTECH

45, rue des Saints Pères75006 Paris

[email protected]

Michel GabrielUniv. Paris V - Laboratoire d'Ergonomie Informatique

Tour Descartes - La Défense 52 avenue Gambetta92066 Paris - La Défense Cedex

[email protected] GhezIBM Accessibility Center EMEA

1, Ave. Général de Gaulle92141 Clamart Cedex

[email protected]érard BrissonEDF Research and Development

UPMC B239 Quai Saint Bernard75252 Paris Cedex 05

[email protected]

Dominique BurgerBraillenet

Rue du Charolais, 2475012 Paris

[email protected] BoutinAPCI (Agency for design promotion)

11bis rue du Congrès06000 Nice

[email protected]@wanadoo.fr

Pascal EuverteADSPPH

118, Route de Narbonne31062 Toulouse CEDEX 4

[email protected] VigourouxIRIT

AddressEmailOrganisation Contact

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Overview of EDeAN’2005 activities

OutreachDissemination activities throughout Europe and

internationally

Network expansion Incorporation of the new EU member states in EDeAN

DfA@eInclusion project proposalProposal for a Coordination Action submitted under IST,

FP6, priority line 2.5.11 eInclusion

EDeAN White paper A result of the collaboration of all NCCs and the EDeAN

SIGs, presenting the current state of affairs, 3 years since the establishment of the network

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Enhancing the DfA community in Europe

Further increasing cooperation and collaboration at national and international levels to share knowledge and experiences on DfA through participation in common case studies and dissemination activities ;

Continuing the work of the web-based EDeAN Special Interest Groups and enhancing their activities ; reorganizing and defining more appropriate goals

Bridging perspectives and conceptions on DfA and stimulating industrial interest throughout the enlarged European Union ;

Articulating a demand for DfA products and services, by making end users active network participants.

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Promoting Design for All and e-Accessibility in Europe

White Paper

Edited by the EDeAN Secretariat for 2005with the collaboration of all EDeAN NCCs and SIGs ;

A first draft table of contents was circulated for comments in March 2005, the first draft was available in December 2005 and the final version in January 2006To be published as a Communication in the UAIS

journal (Universal Access in the Information Society) published by Springer

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Promoting Design for All and e-Accessibility in Europe (White Paper)

Present the current state of affairs of the European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN) ;

Outline a roadmap for future initiatives, reflecting the views of the EDeAN network in specific domains related to Design for All, e-Accessibility and e-Inclusion ;

Bring forward a set of suggestions and recommendations regarding the activities of the network, aiming to support the creation of a fully inclusive European Information Society ;

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Some next DfA events

DfA workshop in Linz (11 July 2006, ICCPh, Linz) ; The proposed focus of the workshop is on ICT

International Design for All event in Rovaniemi, Finland on 14-15 September 2006, hosted by the University of Lapland ; focus on DfAl related policy issues in EU, including new

member states and with the new i2010 action programme as a framework.

The call for papers for the second day will be launched later in January.

The aim is to present DfA strategies in both industry and public sector and to shed light on innovative R&D results and good practice.

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More information

http://www.edean.org

EDeAN Secretariat 2006 PÄIVI TAHKOKALLIO, Secretariat, [email protected] MIRA KOIVUSILTA Communications, [email protected] STAKES, R&D Centre for Health and Welfare, PL 220, FIN-0053, Helsinkihttp: www.stakes.fi/dfa-suomi

NCC France

Nadine VIGOUROUX, [email protected]://www.irit.fr/DFA-France

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More information

Thanks to the EDeAN secretariat (2005) for inputs

Sources :

White Paper : Promoting Design for All and e- Accessibility in Europe

Presentations of 23th January 2006 EDeAN NCC meeting

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