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TITLE OF PROJECT

 

Development of an application for the Disability Issues Observatory

Country:

 

Greece

Project Period:

 

30/11/2017 – 30/5/2019 (18 months duration)

Project Value:

 

€ 411.312,01 (incl. VAT)

No of Staff Provided:

 

10

Origin of Funding:

 

OP “ Human Resources Development, Training and Long Life Learning 2014 – 2010”

Name of Client/ Beneficiary:

 

National Confederation of People with Disabilities

Description of Project:

 

Objective of the project is the development of an application for the Disability Issues Observatory, which operates under the supervision of the National Confederation of Disabled Persons (ESA.M.A.).

The project is structured to the following actions:
Action 2.1 Development of Integrated Information System for the Observatory

 

Action 2.2: Project Accessible Website

 

Action 2.3 Pilot operation of the Observatory (PHASE A)

 

The project incorporates the Accessibility Principle for people with disabilities, which has now become a prerequisite for receiving public funding from the EU funds.

Services Provided:

 

The project consists in the implementation of the following thematic units:

 

PROJECT COMPONENT 1st: Design and Development of the Observatory's Integrated Information System – Users’ Training.

Task 1.1: Developing an Integrated Information System (IIS)

Task 1.2: Development of methodological tools and indicators for monitoring and evaluation of disability policies and issues

Task 1.3: Develop an accessible web portal and integrate accessible content

Task 1.4: Training administrators and system operators

 

PROJECT COMPONENT 2nd: Developing a Project's Accessible Website

Task 2.1: Design, development and evaluation of the Project's accessible website - Publishing of e- newsletters.

 

PROJECT COMPONENT 3rd: Pilot Phase operation

Task 3.1: Install and support the pilot operation of the application for six months period (Phase A’)

 

Project results are fully accessible to people with disabilities. For this reason, Project interventions adopt the "Design for All" principle by setting terms and conditions for accessibility to ICTs. for people with disabilities based on internationally recognized rules, W3C accessibility guidelines, and in particular the new version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0 or WCAG 2.0.

Name of Partners:

  • Infalia PC (Partner, Greece)
  • ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES 3W LTD (Cyprus, subcontractor)