JTC 1 SWG-A N 311

2007-03-27

 

Document Type: Correspondence
Title: Information on Next Steps in Relation to Mandate M/376 on European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT domain
Source: Luc Van den Berghe, Secretary of the Joint Steering Group
Action ID:
ACT
Requested Action:
For consideration at the June 2008 SWG-A meeting.


JTC 1 SWG on Accessibility Secretariat
ITI/INCITS
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From: Van den Berghe Luc [mailto:luc.vandenberghe@cen.eu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:30 AM
To: Higginbottom, Karen
Cc: Van den Berghe Luc
Subject: Information on next steps in relation to Mandate M/376

 

Dear Ms Higginbottom,

I am writing you on behalf of the three chairmen of the Steering Group that coordinates the work of CEN/CENELEC and ETSI on Mandate M/376 on European Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT domain.

The Steering Group wants to confirm that the 3 Draft Technical Reports produced by the JTC1/SWGA currently under approval (User Needs Summary, Standards inventory and Guidance on User Needs Mapping) will be fully taken into account by our European projects.

And a number of opportunities to comment on the work in progress are coming soon. An open session of the Design for All and Assistive Technologies Standardization Co-ordination Group (DATSCG) is planned on 16 April at which session there will be a focus on the work done by ETSI on the inventory of requirements and standards.

A further opportunity for an open face-to-face discussion on both reports will be on 3-4 June in Brussels. A first announcement of this event is at

http://www.ictsb.org/DATSCG_registration.htm

These opportunities come in addition to the possibilities for on-line comments on the drafts (focal access via http://www.ictsb.org/DATSCG_M376_started.html).

Yours sincerely,

Luc Van den Berghe

Secretary of the Joint Steering Group

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CEN - European Committee for Standardization

Luc Van den Berghe
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