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<b>To:</b> Setareki Macanawai <Setareki.Macanawai@pacificdisability.org><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">ISO Publishes First International Standard for Accessible Tourism</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published standard ISO 21902 that provides requirements and guidelines to facilitate equal access
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan, conducted a five-day training course to
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Action Group Formed to Improve Transportation of Mobility Devices</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">A '<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Museum of Possibilities</span></em>' will be set up as a permanent exhibition on assistive devices
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) has urged the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">October 4-6, 2021</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
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by the pandemic that will affect anyone involved in inclusion, accessibility, services to Persons with Disabilities, or compliance matters. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=39c5d9f667&e=6b6416efd0" target="_blank">Register
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">The</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"> <a href="https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=14f5371c18&e=6b6416efd0" target="_blank">DARE
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policy makers, architects, designers, engineers, accessibility auditors and others involved in the design and build of accessible built environments as well as those who implement building services, programs, and policies. All submissions must be received
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">To honor and feature digital accessibility and inclusive ICT best practices and achievements of the DARE Index responding countries, the G3ict Global Advocacy
Division will soon launch a webinar series through its newly-established DARE Academy. The DARE Academy Webinar Series aims to create an academic platform that would offer the opportunity of peer-to-peer training and knowledge sharing on issues of digital
accessibility and inclusive ICT for policy makers, private sector, and other stakeholders, particularly Persons with Disabilities and their organizations. G3ict invites interested persons to </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=4a4c91b0de&e=6b6416efd0">complete
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<h2><span style="color:white">G3ict DARE Index 2020 - Country Highlight</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Every month, we highlight a country's performance according to G3ict's </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><a href="https://gaates.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c9e95602d3d7209e71c920bfa&id=96a4312178&e=6b6416efd0" target="_blank">Digital
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">a unique resource for advocates and policy makers to benchmark progress in ICT accessibility around the world.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">South Asia:
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">DARE Index Score: 46.5/100</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Global Ranking: 52</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Regional Ranking: 2</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Peer Economic Development Group Ranking: 11</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Implementation Ranking: 58</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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