Congratulations Vashkar Bhattacharjee, for playing a pivotal role as Bangladesh ratifies joins the Marrakesh Treaty. This is a huge step forward for Persons with Visual Impairment in Bangladesh.

From 19 Oct, stakeholder groups meet for the Final Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities. As United Nations ESCAP members strategize for the next decade, we hope for a focus on ICT Accessibility Procurement to make smart cities more inclusive. #MaketheRightReal

The SmartCities4All team will be at the M-Enabling Summit 2022 discussing insights from G3ict's Global Country Representative Program with Country Representatives for Kuwait, Sri Lanka (@Janitharuki) and Pakistan (Muhammad Atif Sheikh).

On Wed, 26 Oct at the M-Enabling Summit, James Thurston will be moderating a lightning talk by presenters Annie Carrillo Soubic, Pina D'Intino, Jonathan Hassell, Neil Milliken and Marisol Villena Salerno on how organizations can measure progress related to #a11y and #inclusion. #mEnabling22

We are glad to have partnered to achieve external progress!

We are excited to share that our AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks project, a collaboration of G3ict & TCAT at UWCSE with support of MSFT Accessibility´s AI for Accessibility prog has been selected as a finalist for the Smart City Expo World Congress World Smart Cities Award-Living & Inclusion category

We acknowledge the role of G3ict/SmartCities4All Country Representative MorpheusCryptoNFT (Brazil), Kristine France (Chile) & Katherine Chacón (Ecuador) for successfully implementing and coordinating the project amongst stakeholders in their cities. bit.ly/inclusivesidew… #SCEWC22

The AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks project has brought the unique OpenSidewalks data and robust AccessMap routing tool to five cities across the Americas-Sao Paulo (Brazil), Los Angeles (US), Quito (Ecuador), Gran Valparaiso and Santiago (Chile) bit.ly/3TopllX #SCEWC22

Along with creating unique datasets for each city, G3ict- TCAT at UWCSE AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks project is building strong local communities that will sustain the inclusive mobility and accessible sidewalk efforts moving forward. bit.ly/3TopllX #SCEWC22

We are honored to be awarded the Smart City Expo World Congress World Smart Cities Award for our AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks project, a collaboration of G3ict & TCAT at UWCSE with the support of MSFT Accessibility. We look forward to advancing this work with other cities worldwide.

.G3ict / Smart Cities for All Global Country Representatives shared insights on supporting greater accessibility and inclusion in their respective regions at the M-Enabling Summit 2022. Watch the recording: youtu.be/Wu9U9mbOya0 James Thurston زينب (Zainab) المعراج J. Rukmal Muhammad Atif Sheikh #A11y

.G3ict and our inclusive cities global initiative congratulates all the finalists of the European Commission Access City Award 2023. bit.ly/3iedsC0 Ville de Grenoble hamburg.de @Skeakommun Ayuntamiento Córdoba EU Social 🇪🇺

How governments buy and use technology, is key to bridging a significant and persistent disability divide across Europe and worldwide. On #IDPD2022 G3ict recommitted to using procurement to support inclusion in Europe. Read G3ict´s latest blog by James Thurston bit.ly/ProcuEU

.G3ict-Smart Cities for All Country Representative for Sri Lanka J. Rukmal spoke to the media on the importance of using person-first language in the terminology used to address Persons with Disabilities. Read the article: themorning.lk/the-disabled-c… #CRPD #Inclusion #SriLanka

Highlighting the work of our G3ict/SC4A Country Representative for #Spain Delfín Jiménez. EQAR for playing a pivotal role in the Training Plan on Universal Accessibility and Design for All in the Built Environment organized by COAM & Fundación ONCE.

What would it be like to live in a city designed by, or at least with, the disabled? @jdavidsonNYC spoke with the author of "The Architecture of Disability," David Gissen, about how to create a more accessible urban future trib.al/7rfJg07

¡CON LOS MEJORES! La formación en Accesibilidad organizada por Instituto de Formación Continua COAM y Fundación ONCE cuenta con el apoyo y participación de las entidades más relevantes en la materia: Colegios Profesionales, Ayuntamientos, Universidades, Asociaciones del mundo de la Acc., Empresas ...

G3ict through its Smart Cities for All (SC4A) global Initiative Announces the Appointment of Three New Members to the Smart Cities for All Advisory Committee bit.ly/3MeefzB Pina D'Intino Ekaete Judith Umoh Lidia Best , CPACC Hannes Juhlin Lagrelius Richard Streitz Karen Tamley (she/her) Cid Torquato Yuval Wagner

Join us on May 30 for an Expert Forum on the Importance of Digital Inclusion for People with Disability, in collaboration with a2i. Register here: bit.ly/Forum30 #Accessibility #DigitalInclusion ICT Division IAAP SmartCities4All

NEWS RELEASE | G3ict/Smart Cities for All Country Advisory Network Announces New Members for Guatemala and Uzbekistan bit.ly/3YAYuak SmartCities4All Christopher M. Lee Hudoykul Hafizov #Guatemala #Uzbekistan