Events

Music by Prudence: Oscar-winning documentary screened at UNESCO in 2010

On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UNESCO organized a screening ceremony of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary Music by Prudence, produced by Roger Ross Williams (USA). The screening (in English, subtitled in English and simultaneously translated into French) was followed by a debate with the producer, Roger Williams.

• More about the film and its producer
• News item about the ceremony
• Official website of the film

Other events

• Historical and Heritage Buildings and Accessibility, Budapest, Hungary (29-30/06/2006) 
  Conference on Accessibility of the Built Environment The objective of the Conference was – by means of BAS – to attract professionals, policy and decision makers and influence their future work of planning and implementation. They should donate greater importance to barrier-free built environment and services, i.e. the provisions of the Hungarian legislation concerning accessbility should be implemented.   The Conference proved by displaying good examples that even if accessibility is created, the historical character of a building can be preserved.  
• ICT and Persons with Disabilities. Workshop at WSIS in Tunis (16/11/2005)
  The workshop "ICT and Persons with Disabilities" provided a platform for discussing policies in regard to ICT and people with disabilities. Representatives of governments, researchers and leaders from civil society shared experiences and visions on how ICTs can improve the lives of persons with disabilities.
  
• UNESCO’s Expert Meeting in UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France: ICTs in the service of persons with disabilities (20-21/05/2003)
  Over 10% of the world’s population suffers from a variety of disabilities. However, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential for providing key improvements in the lives of these persons. ICTs offer individuals the ability to compensate for physical or functional limitations, to access knowledge by adapting digital media to the nature of their disabilities, and to enhance their social and economic integration in communities by enlarging the scope of activities available to them. By collaborating with other persons and institutions that share these concerns, it is UNESCO’s hope that these opportunities can be realized.
  >>Recommendations of the UNESCO Expert Meeting