A taskforce for making ATMs accessible for blind and visually impaired people has been recently set up in Austria in order to define the technical guidelines for making ATMs accessible to the blind and visually impaired.

ATLEC (Assistive Technology Learning through a Unified Curriculum) is currently conducting a European survey on the training and usage of assistive technologies (AT).

The European Commission will award prizes to the winners of the eInclusion awards at the Digital Agenda Assembly being held in Brussels on 21 - 22 June 2012.

The story of a visually impaired Czech ECDL Tester, Marek Sikora, has been recognised at EU level, as he has been selected as a finalist for the category ‘I Am Part of IT Award’ of the European ‘eInclusion Awards 2012’.

ECDL Foundation celebrated, on 12 May 2012, the ‘Festival of Europe’ with the European Commission at ‘European Institutions Open Day’ to mark the increasing need for digital skills to support Europe’s growth. 

ECDL Foundation partnered, on 27 April 2012, with AGE Platform Europe to promote older people’s digital inclusion during the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and launched an updated ICT Training programme adapted to older people’s needs.

European eSkills Week 2012, the information campaign aimed to develop Information Society, promote eSkills and the ICT professions throughout Latvia, took place from the 26 to 30 March 2012 with more than 36 000 participants.

On 11 March 2012, the VERITAS project  presented its first two videos on accessible design, introducing simulation based and virtual reality testing at all stages of product design and development in the automotive and smart living spaces, the workplace and eHealth and infotainment applications areas.

Computers are essential in today's workplace, and the effective use of technology is vital for economic growth, productivity and innovation. Recent research published by the University of Twente in the Netherlands shows the impact that a lack of ICT skills can have on a national economy.

Get Online Week 2012 is a campaign organised by Telecentre-Europe between 26 and 30 March 2012, supported by the European Commission and a number of international organisations.

During the ECDL Kosovo(*) Round Table to promote the European Commission's Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) in November 2011, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Kosovo(*), Prof. Dr.

Under the patronage of European Commission Vice-President, Neelie Kroes, the ECDL Foundation brought together, at the end of December 2011, key actors from the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament, 12 national governments, and other stakeholders to discuss the progress of, and priorities in, delivering the 'Digital Literacy, Skills and eInclusion' action areas of th

The ECDL Foundation France received at the end of October 2011 the French Digital Champion Award for national actions on the promotion of the Digital Agenda for Europe.

A consortium of researchers and user organisations from across Europe is investigating the accessibility of Web 2.0 applications for disabled and older people, as announced by the relevant I2Web project responsible on 26 October 2011. The consortium will then create new tools to help developers produce applications that are more accessible to these groups.

European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) addressed, on 14 October 2011, delegates at the ECDL Foundation Forum on the key role that digital skills have to play in driving economic growth, and in reducing the risk of digital exclusion faced by individuals without the skills in their effort to access technology.