Filter by
News (23)
RSS
Vienna has won the 2025 Access City Award, for its outstanding efforts to making the city accessible for persons with disabilities.
The Commission has adopted guidance to promote the right of persons with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community.
These cities have demonstrated best practice and highlighted their commitment to ensure accessibility to urban life for persons with disabilities, including for built environment and public spaces, public transport, facilities and services, as well as information and communication technologies.
Today, the Commission has proposed the introduction of a European Disability Card as well as the enhancement of the current European Parking Card for persons with disabilities. Both cards will be recognised all across the EU and make it easier for persons with disabilities to travel across the European Union.
Applications for the Access City Award 2024 competition opened on July 17 2023 and closed on 18 September 2023. They will now be evaluated by the National Juries who will shortlist the top three cities in each country. The shortlist will then be evaluated by the European Jury. This European award recognises cities which have undertaken outstanding work to become more accessible for persons with disabilities.
Applications for the 2024 Access City Award competition will open in July. This award recognises cities which have undertaken outstanding work to become more accessible for persons with disabilities.
According to the Commission’s report, people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU have difficulties in accessing essential services such as energy, transport and digital communication. The report, the first-ever on this issue, sheds light on the structural challenges these groups face in
Are you interested in the rights of persons with disabilities? The European Commission is working on a proposal for a European Disability Card. And we want to hear your views so that we can take them into account in the design of the initiative: answer the public consultation by Friday 5 May.
The European Commission has launched a 12-weeks public consultation to gather views on a European Disability Card. The questionnaire is available in all EU languages and in easy-to-read English.
The report adopted today by the Commission shows a mixed picture in the implementation efforts of the recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed, three years after its adoption by the Council.