European consultation on eAccessibility [Fwd: E-Government Bulletin: 21 January 2005]

[Richard Smedley <richard smedley03 ntlworld com>]

Hello all,

This seems to present a good opportunity for people involved
in Free Software and open standards, as well as those coding
the solutions needed for accessibility, to have their say. :)

Apologies if this has been mentioned before, I don't always 
get time to keep up with list email :-/

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News in Brief:

06: Shared Access - European consultation on accessible procurement; 

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+06: Shared Access: Contributions are sought to a consultation arguing 
the case for public bodies across Europe to develop common 
requirements for the procurement of goods and services which are 
accessible to people with disabilities. Results will feed into a 
Communication on eAccessibility to be adopted before June 2005. 
Individual and institutional responses can be submitted anonymously 
until 12 February:
http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/forms/dispatch?form=369 .

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