Fondazione LIA
Budget
€849,692
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.5 FTE
EU Grants
€168,174
Mission & Goals
Fondazione LIA is a non-profit organization that promotes the culture of accessibility in the publishing field. Its goal is to allow print impaired readers to choose how, when and, above all, what to read, thus fostering social integration and active participation in the world of culture, school and work. Fondazione LIA carries out research and development activities in the field of digital accessibility, organizes awareness-raising events, offers training courses and consulting activities and is part of an international network of organizations dealing with accessibility of contents. Fondazione LIA works with the aim of promoting the creation of an accessible digital publishing ecosystem. Accessible publications are better quality products for everyone and suitable for different reading needs. Guaranteeing all people the opportunity to read a document, regardless of the type and context, means recognizing their right to culture and information, study and work, in full autonomy.
EU Legislative Interests
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/1564 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 September 2017 on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print- disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/882 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (Text with EEA relevance)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
W3C World Wide Web Consortium Daisy Consortium EDRLab European Digital Reading Laboratory
Organisation Members
W3C World Wide Web Consortium Daisy Consortium EDRLab European Digital Reading Laboratory https://www.fondazionelia.org/en/who-we-are/members/ https://www.fondazionelia.org/en/who-we-are/partners/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.