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RED-SOCIAL

Solidarity Network of the Blind and Visual Deficient Persons from Latin America

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This project’s objective is the development of a telemathics network for the blind and visual deficient persons from Latin America that supplies services for improving its access levels to the Information Society and its use.

The fundamental elements of this telemathics network will be:

  • An interactive platform based on web for service assistance, through telemathics way, to the blind and visual deficient persons and its organizations.
  • A resort center network that will facilitate the access to the Information Society’s services and to the assistance technology (especially, to tiflotechnology).
  • Orientation and training materials, good practice guide and training actions, improvement of use and job promotion directed in accordance with the local work market necessities.
  • An application and device set adapted to the population’s objective necessities.

Partners

European

  • Fundación ONCE para la Solidaridad con las personas Ciegas de Latinoamerica (FOAL) (ES)
  • UMIST (GB)
  • Instituto Austríaco de Sistemas de Información para el Apoyo de Estudiantes Ciegos, Deficientes Visuales, i3s3, de la Universidad de Linz (AU)
  • Unión Italiana de Ciegos (IT)
  • ACAPO (PT)
  • Organización Iberoamericana de la Seguridad Social (ES)
  • Fundosa Teleservicios (ES)
  • Universia España (ES)

Latin American

  • Oficina de la Secretaría General de la OEA en Guatemala (GT)
  • ULAC (Ar)
  • ANCI (CU)
  • Centro de EE y Rehabilitación para Niños Ciegos "Ntra Señora del Carmen" (PE)
  • Instituto Nacional para Ciegos (CO)
  • Universidad de La Salle (MX)
  • Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (MX)

Contact Person

Ricardo Garcia

Web Site

http://foal.once.org

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