If you are:

Ministry of Labor/Social Affairs

• Hold public consultations with persons with disabilities and disabled persons organizations on developing accessibility policies and regulations.

• Request all sectors to work on the integration of persons with disabilities in the labor force (e.g. encourage applications of persons with disabilities and create tele-working where possible).

• Selecting and promoting assistive technology tools for persons with disabilities.

• Supporting employers and programs offering accommodations with assistive technologies in the workplace.

In coordination with other sectors of government:

• Accessible e-government websites as per W3C-WAI standards.

• Accessible electronic documents across all areas of government.

• Require any public procurement of ICTs to purchase accessible ICT.

• Benchmarking, measuring and reporting progress on actions taken is an essential tool for policy makers to assess the effectiveness of country policies and programs.