Accessibility Week 2014 in Belarus

logo of the Accessibility Week

Accessibility Week was launched in Belarus on May 31 under the slogan “Accessibility for all – more opportunities for everyone”.

Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which initiated the Accessibility Week 2014, invited everyone willing to join the program and organize their own events if you share the objectives and goals of the organization.

Accessibility Week is held in Belarus for the second time. The event is dedicated to the issues of all kinds of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Accessibility Week is inclusive, informal, unique and open for all events. You can learn more about the goal and objectives here.

Accessibility Week includes events organized by the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other events organized by the Office’s partners who share goals and objectives of the Accessibility Week.

The events preceding Accessibility Week 2014 had been launched on May 22, and included presentation of the report on monitoring of barrier-free infrastructure for Hockey WCH 2014, and language courses “Mova-Nanova” on disability issues. 

The program of the Accessibility Week itself kicked off on May 31. Among the activities which had taken place both in Minsk and in the regions, are demonstration of the film “Punk syndrome” in Grodno, press-conference dedicated to the opening of “Accessibility Week 2014”, public discussion “Universal design in Belarus: perfect vision and practical perspectives”, Accessibility forum, festival in Minsk Gorky park.

Tomorrow, on June 10, the closing event of the week, an open platform “How to organize an accessible event?” will take place in Minsk, Gallery of modern art “Ў”.

After the main program is finished, there will be also organized festival “Volnae Pavetra”.