Draft ECOWAS ICT Accessibility Policy (2018) v1 post Burkina Faso and Gambia Workshops accessible, and if so, to what extent. This will promote awareness of web accessibility and well as support the enforcement of this policy. The ECOWAS will support capacity building and training programs for civil society organizations involved in promoting accessibility and the rights of PwD and involve those organizations to the greatest possible extent in all aspects of the implementation of this policy including regular consultative activities and annual reviews of progress accomplished. In order to achieve the effective implementation of this policy, Member States, through their ICT Ministries, Ministries responsible for Information Technology, and/or Ministries responsible for e-government, are responsible for: (a) Leading by example and maintaining minimum technical requirements for web accessibility on all government websites, (b) Consolidating transition plans of all public sector websites in order to guide the implementation of this policy across all agencies; (c) Evaluating and promoting across all agencies technical solutions and web templates that are most effective to ensure the accessibility of websites, toward achieving greater efficiency; (d) Monitoring and publishing the progress made by public sector web sites as measured by accessibility tests; and (e) Promoting the training and employment of PwD for web accessibility related projects and activities (f) Promoting awareness of web accessibility (g) Develop penalties for failure to comply with the accessibility standard 7.5 Broadcasting Accessibility 7.5.1 Context Broadcasting includes television / video programming and radio and the devices and equipment that support the provision of these services. Television is mentioned explicitly in article 30(1) (b) of the UNCRPD which states that “parties recognize the right of Persons with Disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that Persons with Disabilities: a) enjoy access to cultural materials in accessible formats; and b) enjoy access to television programmes, films, theatre and other cultural activities, in accessible formats.” The implication of Article 30 is that metrics for television accessibility need to cover not only awareness of access service provision, but also use and benefit. Finally, article 9(2)(b) stipulates that States Parties to the Convention must “ensure that private entities that offer facilities and services which are open to or provided to the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for Persons with Disabilities” – this covers private sector 17