The National Health Service office in England launched guidelines for persons with disabilities to use online services
The National Health Service (NHS) in England published a set of practical guides for persons with hearing, vision, autism and learning disabilities to access public online services. The document intends to support patients using ICT devices to perform tasks such…
Broadband Commission on Sustainable Development publishes digital inclusion reports related to gender equality, education and innovation
The Broadband Commission on Sustainable Development, established by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010, published three new reports for advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals through ICTs. These…
Digital Inclusion Evaluation Toolkit to improve accessibility in UK
In the midst of UKs National Inclusion Week 2017, which took place from September 25 to October 1, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sports updated its Digital Inclusion Evaluation Toolkit best known as “Evaluate IT.” This resource is…
New application will enable persons with disabilities in India to access government services
The Union Social Justice Minister of India launched a mobile application that enables persons with disabilities to access information about different government services. The application is intended to allow persons with disabilities to access information about acts, rules, regulations, employment…
Digital skills for seniors in Latin American countries
Access to digital skills and devices is today a very valuable asset for the senior population. It empowers them to share their opinions, use tools to communicate, search for information and access services or products that would otherwise not be…
Women in Canada celebrate National Learn to Code Day
National Learn to Code Day was celebrated on September 23rd in Canada. For the fifth year, the Ladies Learning Code not-for-profit organization led the celebration, which consisted in offering friendly digital skills training throughout the entire country. The event reached…
FutureNL teaches digital literacy to kids in the Netherlands
All 474 primary schools in the Netherlands will be part of the “Micro:bit expedition” organized by Foundation FutureNL. The program consists in providing training both for teachers and students to show them how to use micro:bit devices for learning digtal…
Brazil announced the list of telecenters that will participate in the National Program for the Training of Digital Inclusion Agents
The Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (MCTIC) of Brazil, published the preliminary results of the call for the selection of 790 telecenters that will participate in the National Program for the Training of Digital Inclusion Agents (PNAID). Once…
Canada leverages indigenous peoples’ talent to grow the digital economy
One of the main strengths of Canada’s National Digital Talent Strategy is that it seeks to leverage the skills of youth from different groups of the population to fulfill its demand for IT labor. The plan contemplates the specific cases…
New assistive technology computer lab for youth with disabilities in Kenya
inABLE and Microsoft philanthropies opened an assistive technology computer lab at the Likoni School for the Blind in Kenya following up on a previous project launched in 2009. The initiative will enable more than 500 youth with disabilities to access…
