Origin
During the 2nd meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro (12-15 November 2007), ITU organized the workshop “Making Accessibility a Reality in Emerging Technologies and the Web”. The event brought together experts from around the world to examine the best way to resolve accessibility needs in ICT and emerging technologies and the Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability was created then.
Mission
The Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD) facilitates interaction and ensures that ICT accessibility is included in the key debates around Internet Governance in order to build a future where all sectors of the global community have equal access to the Information Society.
We are convinced that the entire community can benefit from an “accessible ICT world”, as people can be permanently or temporarily disabled due to personal, environmental (e.g. a phone call in a noisy environment) or cultural (e.g. spoken language diversity) conditions. Moreover, we will all grow old and lose abilities that we take for granted now, thus enlarging the part of the population that would benefit from accessible communication. We cannot allow isolation of a part of the population due to lack of appropriate functionality that prevents the use of ICT resources by everybody to the fullest possible degree.
Join
You can join DCAD at https://igf-dcad.org/join
Code of Conduct
DCAD members are bound by the IGF’s Code of Conduct, by which all members taking part in the IGF multistakeholder process (such as DCs) must abide.
About Dynamic Coalitions
Dynamic Coalitions are open, multistakeholder and bottom-up initiatives, formed by individuals or
organizations to coalesce around a set of Internet governance issues of common interest, identify
specific policy problems and provide targeted solutions. Anyone interested is welcome to join and
contribute to DC activities.
While Dynamic Coalitions operate autonomously outside of the IGF decision-making structures,
Dynamic Coalitions, which are recognized by the IGF Secretariat, function within the IGF
framework and comply with the IGF principles and its code of conduct.
The views and opinions expressed by Dynamic Coalitions do not necessarily reflect those of the
United Nations Secretariat. The designations and terminology employed may not conform to
United Nations practice and do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
the Organization.
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