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Uzbekistan 07/08/2009 Mobility for all! - Accessible transportation for everyone!
Mobility for all! - Accessible transportation for everyone!
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Training on “Disability understanding and providing accessibility for people with disabilities (PwD) is being conducted by project “ACCESS” on 6-7 August 2009 in the hotel “Elite”, Tashkent, for specialists from “Tashshahartranshizmat” that provides public transportation services for the Tashkent city.

People with disabilities, especially those with physical or visual disability, appreciate accessibility of transportation as nobody else.

The training aims at raising awareness of drivers of buses, trams, trolleybuses and metro, engineers, technicians as well as managers of public transportation agencies on providing accessibility and learning about obstacles in transportation accessibility that restrict possibilities of PWD to equally participate in social life.

The training organizers believe that participants will further apply the knowledge and skills acquired during teh training sessions. That is to result in providing more accessible means of transportation and services including voicing and writing the names of the bus stations, providing easy access to all types of public transportation by applying low-floor buses or platforms, as well as making effective decisions that will ensure accessibility for all.

The project ACCESS (Accessibility Civic Consciousness Employment Social Support) is aimed at expanding the opportunities of social integration and employment for PWDs through raising public awareness and forming a positive public opinion on the issues of disability; improving the coordination and the building capacity of state and non-state actors in the promotion of implementation of legislation towards PWD; promoting accessibility to social infrastructure; creating a system of social support and the employment of PWDs.

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