Side event advancing accessible and inclusive urban development for all: The EU experience Inmaculada Placencia Porrero Senior Expert Unit C 3 Disability and Inclusion European Commission DG EMPL Inmaculada. placencia-porrero@ec. europa. eu
Accessibility at EU level • UNCRPD - 18 EU legal acts relevant to accessibility • EDS 2010 -2020 – 58 legal act relevant to accessibility Thematic: • Built environment • Transport • ICT • Public Procurement • Structural Funds, Development Funds, Enlargement • Antidiscrimination (under adoption)
Rights - > Non-discrimination -> equal access!!!! • Accessibility (following design for all) • + • Reasonable accommodation (assistive technologies, assistance)
Eurobarometer -66% respondents buy, or pay, more for accessibility -94% agree that more money should be spent on eliminating physical obstacles -47% believe better accessibility would improve opportunities for industry to sell products to people with disabilities and the elderly. - 78% think common rules in the EU will make it easier for companies to operate in another EU country.
SME Panel -Extra costs of accessibility estimated less than 5% of production costs. -Companies that provide accessible goods and services • 55% have increased their clientele as a result of improving the accessibility • 39% have experienced increases in their financial benefits -50% agree that they could more easily benefit from the internal market if accessibility requirements were harmonised at the EU level. -74% would find the adoption of EU standards useful, setting out accessibility requirements.
Accessibility related standardization work at EU level • -Mandate 376: Accessibility requirements for public procurement of products and services in the ICT domain • -Mandate 420: Accessibility requirements for public procurement in the Built Environment (including transport infrastructures) • -Mandate 473 to include Accessibility following Design For All in relevant standardization activities • Others…. .
Policy and legal instruments • -Legislation • -Requirements of accessibility in funds • -Research • -Training • -Accessibility resources • -Awards
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