[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Support Mechanism for WSIS participants with disabilities

[Hiroshi Kawamura]

--- Hiroshi Kawamura <h3kawa at yahoo.co.jp> $B$+$i$N%a%C%;!<%8!'(B
> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:32:58 +0900 (JST)
> From: Hiroshi Kawamura <h3kawa at yahoo.co.jp>
> Subject: Support Mechanism for WSIS participants with disabilities
> To: thomas.schneider at bakom.admin.ch,
> 	Krebs Viola <viola at icvolunteers.org>, <charles.geiger at itu.int>,
> 	<philippe.capitaine at itu.int>, <pwd at wsis-cs.org>
> 
> 
> Dear all:
> 
> The meeting of the Working Group on Logistical Support for WSIS Participants with Disabilities
> on 23rd
> was attended by 8 PrepCom2 attendants and identified several key points. Based on the points
> raised, I
> would like to take liberty to call another WG meeting to shape the mechanisms to support WSIS
> participants with disabilities. Establishment of the mechanism itself will be a good 
> 
> 1. This WG will not deal with budget of travel of participants with disabilities that should be
> dealt
> by somebody else.
> 2. The WG will focus on support for those with disabilities attending the Summit and PrepCom3.
> 3. Expected categories of support are diverse; personal attendant or guide, phisical access of
> the
> facilities and tranportation including transfer at a hub-airport, Braille/large print/Talking
> Book,
> sign language interpretation/real time captioning, Screen Reading Tools with electronic version
> of the
> documents and other accessible format documents such as Digital Accessible Information System
> (DAISY)
> 4. The next meeting, need to be held during the PrepCom2, must identify contact point of each
> responsible groups; WSIS Executive Secretariat, Tunis Government WSIS Secretariat, Tunisian CS
> Group,
> WSIS Volunteer Caucus, WSIS Disability Caucus, etc.
> 5. After the PrepCom2, there will be a mailing-list set up for coordination of the WG.
> 
> To those who receive this e-mail and may meet at Palais de Nations on 25th February, Friday, I
> would
> like to propose the 2nd meeting to be held at 16:00-17:00 at Room XXII in building E.
> Please give me your confirmation on participation.
> 
> Best
> 
> Hiroshi Kawamura
> Disability Focal Point
> 
> 
>