Social inclusion through ICT for Tunisian disabled

Workshop More on the workshop More information The project is a key component of WB-funded  ICT Sector Development Project World Bank's ICT Department Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Tunisians Abroad Ministry of Communications Technologies

September 2008 - The World Bank and the Ministry of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Tunisians Abroad took place on September 10th the workshop, "Empowering People with Disabilities for the Information Age".

The workshop is intented to highlight key results, good practices and lessons learned from "Tunisian e-Disabled: Social Inclusion through ICT" project as well as discuss experiences from other parts of the world.

The e-Disabled Project achievements and prospects in Tunisia

• Already 3000 disabled students have regular access and usage of the computer laboratories and software out of a target population of 10,000.
  
  
• Computer laboratories in schools for disabled children have been provided with multilingual Arabic/French/Sign language software reinforcing school curriculum. 
  
  
• In addition to the computer labs in the schools, 24 centers have been funded throughout Tunisia offering Internet access to the disabled population at large, including access to government services.
  Each center is equipped with hardware and software to allow citizens with disabilities (physical, intellectual or auditive) to access content online (Braille material, touch-screens, software to magnify Internet browsing, to convert text into voice, and sign language translation).
  
  
• In 2007, the first group of these centers served over 500 disabled Tunisians in their Internet research and interactions with government services.
  
  
• By 2009, the full disabled school children population will be covered.