Congratulations, I am very pleased that the hard work and leadership of Arif,
and that of Vashkar is being recognised. Keep up the good work.
Regards
Farah Kabir
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From: Vashkar Bhattacharjee <vashkar79@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:11/02/2016 19:07 (GMT+06:00)
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Subject: [accessbangla] YPSA awarded Innovative Practice 2016 by the ZERO
Project
Subject: YPSA awarded Innovative Practice 2016 by the ZERO Project
YPSA awarded Innovative Practice 2016 by the ZERO Project
YPSA (Young Power in Social Action) was selected as one of Innovative
Practices by the Zero Project’s selection committee ofrenowned disability and
accessibility experts. Exemplary in the areas ofinnovation, impact, chances of
long term growth and success, and scalability, Accessible Learning Materials
for studentswith visual impairments is outstanding in providing a practical
solution toimprove accessibility for persons with disabilities. Award
Certificate washanded over to YPSA Team (Mr.VashkarBhattacharjee , Head of
YPSA ICT andResource Centre on Disabilities IRCD ,Country Representative of
GAATES andNational Consultant ( Web Accessibility) at A2i Program of the Prime
Minister’sOffice of Bangladesh and Md.Arifur Rahman, Chief Executive of YPSA)
at the award ceremony of the Zero Project Conference 2016.
The Zero Project Conference 2016 is taking placefrom 10th to 12th February at
the UnitedNations, Vienna, Austria focusing on “InclusiveEducation and
Information and Communication Technology”. 500 leadingexperts, inspiring and
engaged education stakeholders, opinion leaders anddecision makers with and
without disabilities are participating, presenting anddiscussing Innovative
Practices and Policies. YPSA’s Innovation and Productionof accessible DAISY
standard learning materials since 2005 has been selected asan Innovative
Practice of the Zero Project Conference 2016 . YPSA has been produced 1000+
accessible reading materials in DIASY standard including alltext books of the
grade 1 to grade 10 , Number of Higher secondary and Universitylevel text
books, Laws, Awareness materials such as Disaster Management, Climate Change,
TobaccoControl, HIV/AIDS, Inclusive Financing , Health etc.
This DAISY initiative has been awarded by Service Innovation fund of Access to
Information (A2i) Program of the Prime Minister’s Office of the Bangladesh and
technically supported by the WIPO, Accessible Book Consortium, DAISY Consortium
and GAATES . Since inception of promotion of the DAISY standard in Bangladesh
YPSA and DPOs Federation of Sitakund along with the Disability Rights
Fund(DRF) actively run the production,distribution and advocacy campaign .
YPSA has been invited to present this outstanding solution to promote the
rights of persons with disabilities and improve their daily life . The aim of
the conference is both, to advance and help in the implementation of the right
to inclusive education, and also support the most innovative information and
communication technologies and Policies. In the heart of the Conference is,
selected Innovative Practices and Policies. The Zero Project Conference 2016
was constitute an excellent opportunity for all participants to share and
discuss best practices, lessons learnt, ways to scale up and how to innovate in
education. It is, further more,a major networking event that brings together
the most committed policy makers,academics, UN officials, representatives of
DPOs, CSOs, NGOs, foundations,social entrepreneurs, development partners and
other experts from around the globe. Find all current information, including
the full list of awardees, presenters,chairs and experts, on website
http://zeroproject.org/conference-2016.
Yours
Vashkar
Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
YPSA Head Office(At Commercial Capital City):
House # F10(P), Road # 13, Block- B
Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong - 4212, BANGLADESH
Tel: +88-031-2570916(Direct) or 672857/2570915(PABX).
Email: vashkar79@xxxxxxxxxxx
YPSA Dhaka Office(At Capital City):
House # 12/Uma-1 (Ground Floor), Road # 02, Shamoly , Dhaka - 1207, BANGLADESH.
Tel: +88-02-8142351 / 8143983.
Website: www.ypsa.org<http://www.ypsa.org>
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