Authoring the UN accessibility toolkit
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Mark Magennis has been commissioned to write and edit part of the G3ict e-accessibility toolkit for policy makers. G3ict is a flagship advocacy initiative of the United Nations Global Alliance for Technology and Development. The toolkit is intended to give policy makers information on how to implement accessible technologies in line with the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Mark will be writing the introduction to digital accessibility as well as editing the technical resource sections to ensure they can be easily understood by policy makers. This includes people at all levels of administration within all national governments, from Ministers down. Many of these will have a low level of technical expertise and little or no previous understanding of accessibility.