The alternative text for accessibility standards (see para.

Accessibility standards (A CN.9 WG.I WP.38, paras.

The World Bank is developing standards of accessibility for post tsunami infrastructure rehabilitation.

In 2005, new provincial prenatal education and support standards and youth health center standards that address accessibility issues for vulnerable groups were introduced.

With respect to the draft provisions on the accessibility standards (A CN.9 WG.I WP.38, para.

In 2005, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 came into force in Ontario and provides for enforceable accessibility standards in the areas of goods, services, facilities, accommodation and employment.

As regards paragraph (1) quater, it was suggested that the provisions could alternatively be included in the article addressing accessibility standards .

Accordingly, it was proposed that the text should state provided that such use complies with the accessibility standards , a purely objective standard, and that the issue of requiring the procuring entity to record its selection of the means of communication should be revisited when the Working Group considered the formulation of the accessibility standards .

However, the Working Group noted that the accessibility standards should apply to all procurement phases, and that one article should address all phases.

The draft article 4 bis and alternative article 5 bis, and the draft text for the Guide to Enactment addressing accessibility standards, reflect these issues.

Noting the close interaction between the topics of functional equivalence of all means of communication, and accessibility standards considered earlier in the session (see paras.

(a) To develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public

After deliberations, the Working Group considered that regulations proposed in article 9, paragraph (1) quinquiens, addressing the technical issues should not be mandatory, but that those on the question of accessibility should be mandatory, subject to resolution of the drafting issues outstanding on the accessibility standards themselves.

(f) Accessibility

Accessibility warning

As regards paragraph (1) ter, it was noted that accessibility standards as they apply to the submission of tenders could be accommodated in article 30 of the Model Law.

Article 9 Accessibility

Accessibility validation level

Accerciser Accessibility Explorer

Accerciser Accessibility Explorer

Rule 5 Accessibility

Accessibility is a problem.

It was further observed that the formulation of the accessibility standards and proposed article 9, paragraph (1) quater, should be considered in the context of proposed article 9, paragraph (1) quinquiens.

The Working Group recalled its previous decision that the form of the record should not be prescribed, but made subject to the accessibility standards described above (A CN.9 575, paras.

For example, the Working Group may consider that the notion of access to communications as reflected in the draft accessibility standards is an issue that is closely linked to the current article 5 ( Public accessibility of legal texts ) and therefore that the articles governing the use of communications should immediately precede or follow it.

Accessibility of restitution claims procedures

The new legislation, which is more comprehensive, improves on the ODA 2001 by providing for the establishment of enforceable accessibility standards in the areas of goods, services, facilities, accommodation (housing, premises) and employment.

Give your application an accessibility workout

Give your application an accessibility workout

Several articles, primarily article 5 (public accessibility of legal texts), were intended to promote public accessibility of rules regulating public procurement.

) The Working Group may also wish to consider whether a description of what is meant by common or general use would be warranted, perhaps with reference to the accessibility standards discussed earlier in this Note.

Poor accessibility of health facilities and services.

Ensuring free public accessibility of key statistics

It was noted that one aspect of the controls stated that any means of communication could be used provided that the enacting State or procuring entity is satisfied that such use complies with the accessibility standards .

5. Also requests the Secretary General to implement progressively standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention, in particular when undertaking renovations

It was proposed, in the alternative, that the accessibility standards might be set out elsewhere in the Model Law, and therefore that the text of the proposed article 4 bis could address the first two elements alone.

Actions to improve accessibility at the United Nations

The Working Group may wish to consider whether, in the light of the interaction between the current article 9 and the proposed article 4 bis and accessibility standards, all three provisions should appear sequentially in the Model Law.

As to the third element, it was recalled that the controls concerned were the accessibility standards that the Working Group decided at its seventh session should apply to the means of communication chosen (A CN.9 575, para.

As regards subparagraph (b), it was considered that the subparagraph should be deleted, as its content was not relevant to accessibility standards. Some delegations concurred with the observation of the Secretariat (A CN.9 WG.I WP.38, para.

Under article 5, as its title Public accessibility of legal texts suggests, the requirement of public accessibility and systematic maintenance applies to legal texts regulating procurement.

(f) Enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of habeas corpus

The International Telecommunication Union held two workshops on accessibility.

Improving the accessibility and use of family planning services.

5. Also requests the Secretary General to continue the progressive implementation of standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention, in particular when undertaking renovations