Access to the physical environment, public transportation, knowledge, information and communication is a precondition for persons with disabilities to fulfil their rights in an inclusive society. The accessibility of urban, rural and remote areas based on universal design increases safety and ease of use not only for persons with disabilities, but also for all other members of society. Access audits are an important means of ensuring accessibility and must cover all stages of the process of planning, design, construction, maintenance and monitoring and evaluation. Access to assistive devices and related support services is also a precondition for persons with disabilities to optimize their level of independence in daily life and live in dignity. Ensuring the availability of assistive devices for those living in lowresource settings involves encouraging research, development, production, distribution and maintenance.
Target 3.A
Increase the accessibility of the physical environment in the national capital that is open to the public
Target 3.B
Enhance the accessibility and usability of public transportation
Target 3.C
Enhance the accessibility and usability of information and communications services
Target 3.D
Halve the proportion of persons with disabilities who need but do not have appropriate assistive devices or products
Indicators for tracking progress
Core indicators
- 3.1. Proportion of accessible government buildings in the national capital
- 3.2. Proportion of accessible international airports
- 3.3. Proportion of daily captioning and sign-language interpretation of public television news programmes
- 3.4. Proportion of accessible and usable public documents and websites that meet internationally recognized accessibility standards
- 3.5. Proportion of persons with disabilities who need assistive devices or products and have them
Supplementary indicators
- 3.6. Availability of a government access audit programme that requires the participation of experts with disabilities
- 3.7. Availability of mandatory technical standards for barrier-free access that govern the approval of all designs for buildings that could be used by members of the public, taking into consideration internationally recognized standards, such as those of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- 3.8. Number of sign language interpreters
- 3.9. Availability of mandatory technical standards for barrier-free access that govern the approval of all ICT-related services, such as websites for the public, taking into consideration internationally recognized standards, such as those of the ISO