1. Council of Europe launch “Full Participation through Universal Design” Dr Gerald Craddock Chief Officer of The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design Centre for Excellence in Universal Design

5. Information and Communication Technology Built Environment Products and Services Core areas of the Centre

6. Aims of the Centre Standards –Stimulate research –Participate in Standardisation work nationally and internationally –Provide advice to stakeholders –Encourage compliance Education and Professional Development –Incorporation into design curriculum –Application of Universal Design for Learning approach to teaching and examinations Awareness –Best practice database –Promote awareness and understanding

7. CEUD IT Guidelines 5 technology areas –Web –Public access terminals –Application Software –Telecoms –Smart Card Systems

8. Designing and Developing Accessible Websites ‘How-to’ - advice for developers, designers and editors: Good and bad practice examples alongside… How to do it Code snippets (for developers), videos of users… –Eg – good and bad form layout

9. CEUD Web Accessibility Techniques Best practice examples, code samples, and video clips –Developers –Designers –Content providers and editors

10. IT Procurement Toolkit Practical advice on procurement: Writing an Request for Tender document Assessing candidates and tenders Evaluating deliverables eg – sample text to insert into RFT

11. UD Curriculum for CPD European Committee for Standardization (CEN) provides a platform for the development of European Standards and other technical specifications. A CEN Workshop Agreement is a consensus-based specification, drawn up in an open Workshop environment.CEN Workshop Agreement goal of this workshop is to specify and recommend a curriculum for training IT and web professionals in the Universal Design approach. Launch 27 May, Brussels

12. National Contact Centre for EDeAN EDeAN – European Design for All e-accessibility network A network of 160 organisations in EU. The goal of the network is to support all citizens' access to the Information Society. provides: a European forum for Design for All issues, supporting EU's e-inclusion goals awareness raising in the public and private sectors online resources on Design for All CEUD Secretary of EDeAN 2010

13. CEUD Work in the Built Environment for 2009 Revision of Building for Everyone (BfE) Lifetime Homes National Guidance Seminars – Education for CEUD/NDA Staff, professionals involved with the Built Environment plus end users.

14. Building for Everyone (BfE) Booklet series 1-9 External environment & approach Entrances & horizontal circulation Vertical circulation Internal environment & services Sanitary facilities Facilities in buildings Building types Building management Planning

15. Products and Services STANDARDS ISO/IEC Guide 71 / CEN Guide 6 Guidelines for Standards Developers to Address the Needs of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities EDUCATION Universal Design in Third Level Design Teaching in Ireland

16. Future Seminars & Events for 2009

18. www.universaldesign.ie Dr Gerald Craddock Chief Officer Centre for Excellence in Universal Design National Disability Authority Gmcraddock@nda.ie