Mission

To facilitate the implementation around the world of the Digital Accessibility Agenda defined by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

To accomplish its mission, G3ict implements the following set priorities:  

• Raise awareness on effective public policies, private sector initiatives, and standardization references. It reached 2,500+ multi-stakeholders via conferences, outreach activities, and publications as of February 2012;
• Facilitate the sharing of solutions and good practices through a Web-based platform including an electronic newsletter, worldwide databases on country achievements, companies ICT accessibility policies, and case studies, books and white papers from leading authors and institutions on specific areas of technology or public policy of interest to member states;
• Foster harmonization and standardization by facilitating on-going discussions with the participation of ITU, ISO, ETSI, ANSI, TEITAC and other leading Standards Development Organizations via forums and Web-based activities;
• Support policy makers with capacity building programs and benchmarking. Deliverables include an online "ITU-G3ict e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities" and its companion handbook developed as a joint publication of ITU, G3ict, and the Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with The Hans Foundation (released in October 2010), and the first "CRPD Progress Report on ICT Accessibility," developed in collaboration with Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) (released in May 2011).