Editar perfilEN 17161:2019 Design for all: Accessibility following a Design for all approach in products, goods and services. Expansion of the range of users (English)
What was your experience at a music festival?
The Music for All Foundation is carrying out the largest study ever done on the accessibility of the country’s Music Festivals as part of the second phase of the ‘National Accessibility and Inclusion Plan’ subsidized by the Ministry of Culture.
This research will allow us to have an analysis of the reality of the sector that will serve as a reference to promote the implementation of more measures and improve the enjoyment of live music.
To participate, you just have to fill out a questionnaire of 2 questions (https://fundacionmusicforall.org/encuesta-accesibilidad-festival/).
The respondent has to answer about the accessibility measures they found at the festival and what would be necessary to make their enjoyment better.
You can take a questionnaire per festival as many times as there are festivals you have attended in the last 12 months.
The more people answer the survey, the better the study will be.
Thank you!
Source: Music For All Foundation
Presentation of the Queen Letizia National Disability Awards
The Royal Palace of Aranjuez hosted this Monday, in an event chaired by Her Majesty Queen Letizia, the delivery of the Queen Letizia National Disability Awards 2022, the awards of the Royal Board of Trustees on Disability , autonomous body of the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, which in this edition have been awarded to the researcher Elena García Armada, the Zaragoza City Council, Fedace Empleo, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Luis Leardy Antolín, Luis Cayo Pérez Bueno , the El Sol Public School and the ONCE Foundation.
These awards, for the first time with the category of ‘National Award’ of the Government of Spain, are intended to stimulate and recognize the trajectory, dedication and contribution of people and public and private entities in matters of inclusion, full citizenship and effective enjoyment of the human rights of people with disabilities, with special attention to women and girls with disabilities, mothers and caregivers of people with disabilities, and rural areas. A task, in short, that has involved the effective application of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities through research, social innovation, employment, culture, health, sport, leisure, education, justice, universal accessibility or independent living.
Source and more information: Royal Board on Disability
The II National Universal Accessibility Plan is now public
The II National Plan for Universal Accessibility is now available on the website of the Royal Board of Trustees.
This Plan was born with the aim of generating and strengthening the culture of accessibility within the General Administration of the State, so that services and public spaces are accessible to all citizens without exceptions.
The Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 presents the II National Universal Accessibility Plan. Spain Accessible Country, the roadmap that will guide the Spanish State in this matter over the coming years, to achieve the mandates of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This Plan provides continuity to a political and budgetary commitment derived from the Transformation, Recovery and Resilience Plan, to make Europe more social, inclusive and accessible. And that has allowed us to allocate almost 200 million euros to transform our landscape, so that it is more practicable for all people without exceptions.
These funds have been allocated to comply with the Law, to repair and expand rights, in key areas such as access to public services, housing, education, health or culture.
Extensive information by consulting the II National Accessibility Plan.
Source: ROYAL BOARD ON DISABILITY
Turespaña invests nearly five million in accessible tourism
Turespaña, in collaboration with some autonomies, has invested nearly five million euros in the last five years to promote and improve the experience of tourists who have a disability and thus “facilitate access to everyone.”
During the celebration of the 44th edition of the Fitur International Tourism Fair, held this week in Madrid, the tourism sector has highlighted the need to facilitate tourism for everyone. In particular, participating companies have focused on accessibility to make “tourism accessible to all.”
In the third quarter of 2023, a total of 60.6 million trips were made, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Specifically, the destinations most visited by Spaniards were the national territories, with Andalusia in the lead, with more than 10.8 million visits, followed by Catalonia, with 7.7 million and the Valencian Community, which received 6.8 millions of tourists.
Accessibility in national destinations has been promoted by the collaboration between the destinations and Turespaña. Specifically, the tourism promotion body invested, in collaboration with the autonomous communities, more than five million euros to promote the accessibility of the territories, as well as the creation of specialized consultation portals.
Regarding the promotion of accessible tourism, Turespaña sources told Servimedia that “different lines of action have been developed, such as adapting monuments that were not accessible, as well as in inns.”
Regarding the creation of specialized consultation portals, the same sources highlighted that work has been done to improve the existing ones, providing greater detail and information to “make tourism easier for people with disabilities”, as well as the creation of said pages. website in those autonomies that did not yet have their own.
The autonomous communities also developed plans to facilitate access to tourism for this group, as well as the adaptation of different areas such as transportation or access to establishments.
An example of this is Catalonia, which has allocated more than 10.5 million euros in the last four years to adapt some metro stations that until then were not accessible, such as Plaza España, a large urban center and a point on the metro network. of the city of Barcelona, which has been a center of great demand due to its importance in the city’s public transport.
Source: SERVIMEDIA