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"The eAccess+ thematic network will establish and systematically develop a cooperative platform for co-ordinating, supporting and improving the implementation of eAccessibility throughout Europe."

(eaccess+ mission statement)

By involving all stakeholder groups eAccess+ wants to push forward the implementation of eAccessibility in Europe.

 --- legislators, regulators, policy makers, commissioners, owners and deployers of systems, developers of hardware and software, user organizations, researchers, accessibility and usability experts, educators ---

eAccess+ aims at establishing and systematically developing a cooperative platform for co-ordinating, supporting and improving the implementation of eAccessibility throughout Europe. By involving all stakeholder groups it will analyse the state of the art and in particular the obstacles or missing links hindering a boarder uptake of eAccessibility. The network will first identify and consult all relevant stakeholder groups, analyse and discuss with them the state of the art, support stakeholders in working on key issues to foster eAccessibility and disseminate experiences and knowledge all over Europe. Finally a roadmap should help to find appropriate future actions to support eAccessibility.

eAccess+ is driven by 25 core members, coming from all over Europe. It is their core task to involve all stakeholder groups at national level and to expand the network by a group of Associated Partners.

Out of the wide range of topics related to eAccessibility eAccess+ will focus particularly on fostering the implementation of:
* Web accessibility
* Accessible convergent communications and accessible digital audio-visual systems
* Self-service terminals (SSTs) and devices for banking and financial services, public transport, tourism and cultural heritage, e-government