Further Reading

Further references and materials related to accessible information provision are listed below. This list was also published in the i-access project report.

• AGE-EDF (2010) AGE-EDF Position on the Future EU Digital Agenda
• COM(2005) 229 final: – ‘i2010 – A European Society for growth and employment’
• COM(2005) 229: ‘European i2010 strategy for information society and media of 1 June 2005’
• COM(2005) 425: e-Accessibility.
• COM(2005) 604: The situation of disabled people in the enlarged EU: the European Action Plan 2006-2007.
• COM(2007) 496: ‘e-Skills in the 21st Century: Fostering Competitiveness, Growth and Jobs’ followed by Competitiveness Council Conclusions of 23 November 2007 on a longterm e-skills strategy
• COM(2007) 56: Scientific information in the digital age: access, dissemination and preservation
• COM(2007) 694: European i2010 initiative on eInclusion, ‘to be part of the Information Society’
• COM(2008) 199: Preparing Europe’s digital future. i2010 Mid-Term Review
• COM(2008) 426 : Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation
• COM(2008) 594: Future networks and the internet
• COM(2008) 804 : ‘Towards an accessible information society’
• COM(2008) 865: ‘An updated strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training’
• COM(2010) 0245: ‘A Digital Agenda for Europe’
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2008) 868 final, New Skills for New Jobs: Anticipating and matching labour market and skills needs, Belgium
• Council Conclusions on Acessible Information Society March 2009
• Council Conclusions on Digital Agenda for Europe of May 2010
• Council Resolution (2008/C 75/01) of 17 March 2008 on the situation of persons with disabilities in the European Union
• e-Inclusion Riga Ministerial Declaration of 12 June 2006 on the promotion of an inclusive and barrier-free Information Society which fosters social and economic inclusion.
• European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education, 2001. Information and Communication Technology in Special Needs Education, Odense, Denmark: European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education
• European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education (2003). Inclusive Education and Effective Classroom Practices, Denmark: European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education
• European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education, 2011 (a). Accessible information provision for lifelong learning (i-access) - Report of the Conference held on 23rd and 24th June 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark. Odense, Denmark: European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education.
• European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education, 2011 (b). Teacher Education for Inclusion Across Europe – Challenges and Opportunities, Odense, Denmark: European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education
• European Commission (2008) The use of ICT to support innovation and lifelong learning for all – A report on progress
• European Commission, 2011, European Accessibility Act: legislative initiative to improve accessibility of goods and services in the Internal Market (Roadmap): http://ec.europa.eu/governance/impact/planned_ia/docs/2012_just_025_european_accessibiliy_act_en.pdf
• European Commission Enterprise and Industry Directorate General (2005) Standardisation Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in support of European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT Domain, Brussels, 7th December 2005 M376
• European Commission (2007) Europe for lifelong learning Leaflet (catalogue no. NC-76-06-689-EN-D)
• European Council (2001) Council Resolution on e-Learning
• European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006, 2007, Key Competences for Lifelong Learning: European Reference Framework, Belgium
• G3ict (Ed.) (2007) The Accessibility Imperative: Implications of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for Information Communication Technologies 
• Kahn, S. The g3ict Initiative: Implementing the Resolutions of the World Summit on the Information Society and the Millennium Goals. In: G3ict (Editor) The Accessibility Imperative. 2007
• Cullen, K (WRC), Lutz Kubitschke (empirica), Tilia Boussios (EWORX), Ciaran Dolphin (WRC) and Ingo Meyer (empirica), commissioned by the European Commission, 2009. Web accessibility in European countries: level of compliance with latest international accessibility specifications, notably WCAG 2.0, and approaches or plans to implement those specifications.
• Leblois, A. (2008) The Digital Accessibility Agenda of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• SCF Associates Ltd (2009) A Green Knowledge Society. An ICT policy agenda to 2015 for Europe’s future knowledge society
• SEC(2008) 2629: ‘The use of ICT to support innovation and lifelong learning for all – A report on progress’ of 9 October 2008’
• SEC(2008) 2975: Digital Literacy Report: a review for the i2010 eInclusion initiative http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/docs/digital_literacy/digital_literacy_review.pdf
• Technosite in partnership with NOVA and CNIPA, in collaboration with I2BC, The Blanck Group and CDLP-NUI, for the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Unit H.3 ‘ICT for inclusion’, 2011
• UNESCO (2009) National Information Society Policy: A Template
• UNESCO Institute for Information Technology and the European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education, 2011, ICTs in Education for People with Disabilities: Review of Innovative Practice
• United Nations (1948) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• United Nations (2006) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• W3C, 2008. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
• Monitoring eAccessibility Consortium (2011), Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe: 2011 Annual Report, commissioned by the European Commission.
• World Bank (cited November 2010) ICT and Education – Key Issues. http://go.worldbank.org/M60HG493A0 Policy Review (Draft) 19