Draft ECOWAS ICT Accessibility Policy (2018) v1 post Burkina Faso and Gambia Workshops (g) Be accessible by wheelchair11; and (h) Have Braille readers and Braille printers attached to them, where possible. 7.7.4 Implementation All public access facilities funded in whole or in part by government must be accessible. ECOWAS Member States will take steps to ensure the accessibility of public access services and facilities as set out in this policy including by reviewing license conditions, and regulations governing the rollout of public access, reviewing the use of Universal Service and Access Funds, and reviewing public procurement policies, in the case that such facilities and services are put in place by public entities or government departments. ECOWAS Member States should identify the needs of the PwD and create a database of existing Public Access points in order to map the needed adjustments. Through it public access policy ECOWAS Member States should ensure that any new public access point is both physically and digitally accessible. 8. MONITORING AND EVALUATION Participatory monitoring and evaluation that involves all stakeholders, in particular those representing PwD, will be carried out to identify the efficiency and effectiveness of the interventions for PWD’s. It shall entail developing and establishing the following mechanisms; (a) Developing verifiable monitoring indicators for every activity; (b) Establishing evaluation structures (c) Producing and disseminating reports on regular basis; (d) Reviewing the policy every five (5) years 9. FINANCING OF ICT ACCESSIBILITY ICT Accessibility should be funded through public and private sources. ECOWAS Member States should encourage the private sector participants in the ICT sector such as operators and device manufacturers to mainstream ICT accessibility in the delivery of their products and service; and to furthermore fund the development of 11 25

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents