The DfA@eInclusion Coordination Action (CA) aims to contribute towards the advancement of eInclusion in Europe through fostering design for all. Towards this end, DfA@eInclusion will continue, extend and enhance previous efforts targeted to the creation of a sound Design for All (DfA) interdisciplinary theoretical framework of reference and a set of proven engineering practices.
Strategic objectives:
- Support to existing European initiatives to promote Design for All and in particular the European Design for All eAccessibility Network (EDeAN);
- Enhancement of existing partnerships between academic, research, user, and industrial communities to promote e-inclusion through adopting and promoting effective DfA practices;
- Facilitation of DfA knowledge spillovers across industry sectors and communities through appropriate mechanisms for knowledge transfer;
- Support the mainstreaming of accessibility in IST products and services through a series of dissemination activities.
Design for All @ eInclusion (DFAEI)
The Design for All @ eInclusion (DFAEI) project reached completion in December 2009. Approved deliverables and documents are now available at www.dfaei.org and include information on policy and standardisation, the curriculum guidelines for industry and higher education and a press pack. The DFAEI project members have also jointly created a new wiki Design for All (ICT) to help with spreading the word. See Design for All (in ICT) Wikipedia and links in eight other European languages.
Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology, SIAT, is one of 23 project partners.
Project coordinator
Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara" (IFAC), National Research Council, Italy.