The Nordic region should be open and accessible to everyone

PDF Accessibility Days, 12-13 November 2015, Copenhagen

The Nordic Region

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

GreenlandFaroe Islands

Åland

The Nordic Region

Vision: Together we are stronger

26 million inhabitants

High scores international

rankings

12th

economy in the world

The Nordic Co-operation

The Nordic Co-operation

One of the oldest and most comprehensive regional collaborations in the world

Nordic Council 1952– Inter-parliamentary forum

Nordic Council of Ministers 1971- Inter-governmental body

Secretariat in Copenhagen

Instagram #nordicswan #dennordiskesvane

Nordic Council of Ministers 1971

Nordic Council of Ministers 1971

• Prime Ministers

• Ministers for Co-operation

• Country holding the presidency (rotates annually)

• Secretary General: Dagfinn Høybråten

Open access publication policy

www.norden.org/openaccess

It is highly recommended thatpublications fulfil accessibilitycriteria for people with visualimpairment or readingdisabilities.

Accessible publications – what did we do?

• Consulting experts

• Attending conferences

• Analyzing and prioritizing our content

• Consulting service providers

NCM Word template / author tool

axesPDF

• Exciting pilot project

• Fits well with our Microsoft Word template

• Cutting edge tool

• Easy to use

• Launch 01-2016

Consequenses of fulfiling accessibility criteria

Increased costsConversion

Software

Working hours

The future

Strategic approach

Working committee on accessiblity

• Integration of accessiblity accross the organization

• Intiatives planned for 2016

• Ambition to be a good example when it comes to genderequality and accessibility

• Nordic Council of Ministers should work better to everyone

Thank you!Niels Stern | Head of Unit, Publications@nielsstern | ns@norden.org

Photo credits

P. 2: Nikolaj Bock (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)

P. 3: Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)

P. 5: Helgi Þorsteinsson/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)

P. 8: Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)

P. 10: Kim Wendt (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)

P. 17: Johannes Jansson/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)

P. 19: Johannes Jansson/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)