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November 2014
ICT for Empowering PWDsEveryone Counts
Abeer Shakweer, Ph.D.,Minister’s Advisor for Social Responsibility and Services
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
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Background
Policies for PWDs
MCIT projects: supporting policies for PWDs.
Mission and Strategy Framework
Content
Background
Egypt Ratified the UNCRPD in 2008
The National Council for Disability’s Affairs was established in 2010
MCIT announced its ICT for PWDs strategy in 2012
PWDs was represented in the committee responsible for formulating the Egyptian constitutions in 2014
Around 14 million PWDs in Egypt
Equa
l Opp
ortu
nitie
s
Policies
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Main Policies For PWDs in Egypt
Incl
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Acce
ssib
ility
Empl
oym
ent
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Utilizing ICTs to improve the quality of life for PWDs by providing access to information & knowledge; new employment & socialization opportunities.
Mission
Mission and Strategy Framework
EDUCATION
TRAINING
EMPLOYMENT
InfrastructureResearch, Development & Innovation
Services
ParticipationEmpowerment
Inclusion
Strategy Framework
Inte
rnati
onal
Coo
pera
tion
Pillars
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ICT4PWDs Strategy and Policies for PWDs
Com
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Kno
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dge
Educ
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Com
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kn
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Educ
ation
Trai
ning
and
Em
ploy
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Bett
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sibi
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of S
ervi
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Assi
stive
Tec
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Accessibility
Employment
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion
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Completed 2013
Ongoing 2014
Ongoing 2014
Ongoing 2014
Ongoing 2014
Education
Technological Development for Inclusion schools
35 schools in 3 Governorates
300 Schools
Technological Development for special schools
All schools for the blinds: 26
All schools for the deaf: 199
schools for ppl with cognitive disability:
500
Inclusive School at Fayoum Governorate
Schools for the Blinds
The 1000 schools for PWDs initiativeEmployment
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion
Ongoing 2014Teacher’s training
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Completed 2014
Completed 2013
Ongoing 2014
Technological Development for Centers for PWDs at Egyptian
UniversitiesAll public universities:
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Digitization of the Curricula for student with hearing
and visual disabilities
Development of the Digital unified sign language
dictionary
Education
EmploymentEqual Opportunities
Inclusion
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ICT for Social Services | Strategic Objectives
Provide better employment opportunities
ICDL for PWDs Grant
Training and Employment
Graduation Ceremony
Training for Employment Grant
ICDL Training for Employment Total for the two grants0
100
200
300
400
500
600
200
40
240
115
155
270
315
195
510
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Ongoing taining Graduates Total Employed
InclusionEqual Opportunities
Employment
15 members from different governorates representing different
disabilities
A highly accessible portal for PWDswww.tamkeen.gov.eg
Forming the PWDs’ communication committee
Communication and Access to Knowledge
InclusionAccessibility
Better Accessibility of Services
ICT4PWD Observatory
PDWs Data
National network for
Hospitals and NCDA
Information on assistive technologie
s
Network infrastructure
Supporting the National Council for Disability’s Affairs
Database analysis, design & development
Equipment Provision
Accessibility
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ICT for Social Services | Strategic Objectives
Innovation competition for ICT and mobile applications for PWDs: TAMKEEN
• Objectives:ˉ Provide affordable and customized applications to empower Arabic speaking PWDs.ˉ Create the ICT for PWDs industry in
Egypt
• Market Size:ˉ Egypt: 12- 15millionˉ Arab Countries: 55millionˉ Arab and African Countries: 230
million
Assistive Technologies
Submitted Accepted0
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Cycle I Cycle II
InclusionEqual Opportunities
Sign
lang
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appl
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Audi
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tech
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Soft
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ty id
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Sign
lang
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Gam
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Arab
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Ass
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Te
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Themes of the Competition
Assistive Technologies: Promote ICT RDI to serve PWDs Assistive Technologies
Inclusion
Equal Opportunities
Idea generation session
PWDs
IT DevelopersCompaniesResearchers
Identifying Themes of the Competition
Assistive Technologies
InclusionEqual Opportunities
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The first unified educational digital dictionary for hearing impaired
ICT for Social Services | Strategic Objectives
Money and color reader and Object identifier
I can See
Toolkit to enable hearing impaired to interact with PCs
Lip reading
Assistive Technologies
InclusionEqual Opportunities
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International Cooperation and knowledge Exchange
March 2012: announcing the strategy
This conference sets the bar high for other international conferences on inclusion & empowerment
Attended by representatives of
around 15 countries, 8 International
organizations and 36 exhibitors
Annual International conference for ICT4PWDs: Inclusion, Empowerment, Participation
April 2013
April 2014
Inclusion
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Febre2014: Egypt succeeded to insert a question on developing
accessibility standards for mobile applications and for PWDs .
International Cooperation and knowledge ExchangeJune 2013: G3ict M-enabling
summit. Washington DC. Presetting the Egyptian case.
September 2013: ITU: Presenting
the Egyptian case
March 2014: ITU International conference on ICT
development
Inclusion