Cap4 access caps concertation presentation

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CAP4Access

Collective Awareness Platforms for Improving Accessibility in European Cities & Regions

First CAPS Concertation Meeting

Brussels, 4 February, 2014

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Project focus & target groups

Focus: uAccessibility of the built environment to people with limited

mobility uPeople in wheelchairs, with walking aids, push-chairs etc.

Target groups: uEnd-users, i.e. people requiring enhanced accessibility uGrassroots initiatives supporting people with disabilities;

policy-makers, planners and service providers with responsibility for the built environment; and the general public.

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Project objectives

The project will develop online tools and methods for: uDocumentation, annotation and discussion of locations and

routes within the built environment according to their accessibility;

uVisualising the data in ways which are intuitive and highly attractive for target users;

uRoute planning and navigation for target users; uCreating awareness and preparing effective measures at local

level for eliminating barriers for people with limited mobility.

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Project partners

Zentrum fr Soziale Innovation (ZSI), Vienna

Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia

Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis & Information Systems,

St.Augustin

Sozialhelden e.V., Berlin

University of Heidelberg, GIScience Research Group

MappingForChange, London

Elche City Council, Spain

empirica Bonn (Coordinator)

University College London, Accessibility Research Group

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Project timeline January 2014 January 2015 January 2016 December 2016

Workpackage Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36WP1Conceptual and methodological framework

WP2 User community engagement, use case development, participatory evaluationWP3 Participatory development of CAP4access tools & applicationsWP4 Policy recommendations

WP5 Exploitation and dissemination

WP6 Project management

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Public Relations

Project platform MyAccessible.EU

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Proposals for synergies between CAPS projects

Identify elements in other CAPS projects which are (potentially) related to social inclusion In particularly targeting people with disabilities Accessibility of the built environment in cities and regions Check if joint approaches can increase visibility & impact

Explore harmonised procedures and metrics ... for analysis of CAPS impacts

Identify common challenges related to project planning within FP7/H2020 funding frameworks Need for advance planning vis--vis user-driven development How to enable truly open-ended RTD?

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Impact assessment: Approaches

Degree of participation of the end-user target group Knowledge about target group (universe) required Share of target group participating Intensity of participation (frequency, depth)

Extent of awareness about barriers to accessibility (in the built environment) Awareness among the end-user target group Awareness among the general public Awareness among secondary target groups (polcy-makers, planners)

Impacts re effective social inclusion Direct: Costs & benefits from the viewpoint of end users Indirect: Removal of physical barriers