European Commission: Harmonization of ICT standards across the Atlantic
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 2021-04-30

Welcome to the awardee video of European Commission, a winner of the 2018 Zero Project Award on Accessibility.

In 2004 the international standards cooperation between the United States (U.S.) and the European Commission (EC) was initiated to avoid conflicts and to harmonize their ICT accessibility standards, in particular Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the European Commission Mandate M/376. By harmonizing standards between the U.S. and the EC, a framework had been created for developing a wide range of applications that will make ICT products and services more accessible for people with disabilities in both continents. Moreover, it facilitates trade between these regions. To date, the result has been the harmonizing of 90 per cent of all standards, with the expectation of reaching 100 per cent soon.

Speaker:
Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, European Commission, Belgium

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