What problem are you solving?:
– Polish National Strategy for Social Integration says, that there is the social exclusion of disabled people. The digital exclusion reduces their level of activity in the society and the functioning of the democracy. There is more than 5 mln cripples.
– No comprehensive web portal for the cripples, which is informative and plays a role of a platform where the views on culture, art, education are exchanged. There should also be available social consultations on legislation for people with disabilities and policies pursued by the Polish Gov.
– Resolutions are consulted with NGOs, which represent the interests of a limited group or selected concepts, so there are excluded people, which can not understand the decisions that affect them and can not take part in discussions.
– No monitoring of tenders announced by the public administration, to which everyone has the insight and everyone – including people with disabilities – can report irregularities to take adequate measures.
Describe your idea:
Multimedia portal will make cripples able to actively participate in social life and be a genuine window on the world for excluded people because of their disability:
– updated daily
– communication tools
– active participation in the development of portal
– information on culture, arts, education, published by people from various regions
– information on planned changes in legislation and opportunities of consulting to develop a position which will be communicated to the legislative authority
– monitoring the administration’s activities or retain the principle of transparency, respect the civil rights and are consistent with the democratic right – each user of the portal will be able to report irregularities in order to take action
Open Source tools used only.
We want to make all of our work as the OS project.
The portal will be designed for use by disableds, incl. visually impaired (materials read by the lectors too).
What country will this operate in?: Poland
Who are you?:
Bridging the Barrier Association Open Doors is a new non-governmental organization, which does not result in gainful activity. It was created in order to promote the social integration of disabled people while preserving and respecting their rights. We counteract the social exclusion of disabled people and we are planning projects for people with disabilities, such as film workshops targeted to deaf and partially hearing, digitization of theatrical performances with translation into sign language.
At this time we have gathered a group of volunteers in various regions of the country who are willing to work as soon as the portal starts to work. Our volunteers are mostly people who feel themselves excluded and denied their right to participate in the society because of their disability. The aim of the portal is to change this situation.