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The Nordic region should be open and accessible to everyone
PDF Accessibility Days, 12-13 November 2015, Copenhagen
The Nordic Region
Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden
GreenlandFaroe Islands
Åland
The Nordic Region
Vision: Together we are stronger
26 million inhabitants
High scores international
rankings
12th
economy in the world
The Nordic Co-operation
The Nordic Co-operation
One of the oldest and most comprehensive regional collaborations in the world
Nordic Council 1952– Inter-parliamentary forum
Nordic Council of Ministers 1971- Inter-governmental body
Secretariat in Copenhagen
Instagram #nordicswan #dennordiskesvane
Nordic Council of Ministers 1971
Nordic Council of Ministers 1971
• Prime Ministers
• Ministers for Co-operation
• Country holding the presidency (rotates annually)
• Secretary General: Dagfinn Høybråten
Open access publication policy
www.norden.org/openaccess
It is highly recommended thatpublications fulfil accessibilitycriteria for people with visualimpairment or readingdisabilities.
Accessible publications – what did we do?
• Consulting experts
• Attending conferences
• Analyzing and prioritizing our content
• Consulting service providers
NCM Word template / author tool
axesPDF
• Exciting pilot project
• Fits well with our Microsoft Word template
• Cutting edge tool
• Easy to use
• Launch 01-2016
Consequenses of fulfiling accessibility criteria
Increased costsConversion
Software
Working hours
The future
Strategic approach
Working committee on accessiblity
• Integration of accessiblity accross the organization
• Intiatives planned for 2016
• Ambition to be a good example when it comes to genderequality and accessibility
• Nordic Council of Ministers should work better to everyone
Thank you!Niels Stern | Head of Unit, Publications@nielsstern | ns@norden.org
Photo credits
P. 2: Nikolaj Bock (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
P. 3: Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
P. 5: Helgi Þorsteinsson/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
P. 8: Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
P. 10: Kim Wendt (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
P. 17: Johannes Jansson/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
P. 19: Johannes Jansson/norden.org (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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