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REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA Ministry of Social Affairs,
Solidarity and Tunisians Abroad
Enabling access to ICT for disabled people
e-Disabled Project
Tarek Ben Youssef Project Leader
September 2008
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e-Disabled presentation

• Project Context
• Project Objectives
• Partners and Speakers

Project background

• Project components
• Education and training
• Access to remote services
  teleservices

• Perspectives for the future

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• Project context

• The development of the new information and
  communication technologies (ICTs) that are
  invading the audiovisual landscape and
  penetrating in different degrees every field
  (services, industry, university, research)
• A gap is growing, for people with special needs
  and particularly for disabled people, due to
  obstacles that hinder access to ICT.

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• ???? Project Objectives

• Enable access to ICTs for people with
  disabilities in order to
• facilitate access to education, training and
  culture,
• facilitate access to remote services,
• contribute to the creation of employment
  opportunities.

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Projects Partners
Financing and monitoring
B.M. M.T.C.
Budget USD 1.3 M
Execution And follow-up
MASSTE
Project Manager/ Contractor
Technical assistance and follow-up

• Others
• Ministries
• NGOs

Partners
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Project background
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The disability situation in Tunisia

• According to a census from 2003-2004, the
  disabled population comes to about 152,000.
  (sources MASSTE and INS)

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Disability situation in Tunisia
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Disability prevalence rate by region
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Disability situation in Tunisia (contd.)

• Disabled people (age 10 to 29) illiteracy rate by
  disability type

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National Prevention Strategy

• Based essentially on strengthening disability
  prevention and early detection, notably through
• Development of a perinatality national program,
• Work against disability-inducing illnesses,
• Review of the pre-nuptial tests content and
  generalization of its use
• Organization of media campaigns about the
  importance of this issue.

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Disabled people case management

• Improve life conditions for disabled people
  through free transportation and environment
  conversion
• Aid programs for disabled people not able to work
  
• Assist in the economic inclusion of disabled
  people that are able to work

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Disabled people case management (contd.)

• Strengthen the 24 regional rehabilitation units
  capacity for intervention.
• Integrate disabled pupils in education
  institutions of 11.000.
• Upgrade 269 specialized education, training and
  readaptation centers that depend on associations
  that host more that 15.000 disabled pupils.

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Distribution of special education centers by
locality (delegation)
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Project e-disabled
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• Project Components

Two components

• Education and training

• Access to remote services teleservices

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COMPONENT -1- EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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Presentation

• Development of digital applications of the
  Ministry of Education and Trainings official
  programs from pre-school level to basic school
  6th year.
• Creation of 24 special education pilot centers
  (one center per gouvernorat), in order to allow
  disabled people to access learning, knowledge and
  culture and leisure activities in accordance with
  the educational standards in force, through
  adequate use of the ICTs.
• Applications widely available in all special
  education centers and inclusive schools.

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• Objectives

• Give disabled people access to higher training
  levels, which will facilitate their economic
  insertion.
• Equal opportunities to access education and
  training through the use of ICRs (e-learning.)

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Adapted Programs

• Content of the Ministry of Education and
  Trainings official digital programs made
  available to pupils with
• Impairments mainly in upper limbs, hands, with
  difficulties in fine touch  (Ex myopathy)
• Mental impairment, light or medium
• Hearing impairment,
• Visual impairment.

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Adapted Tools

• Touch screen
• Adapted keyboard
• Ball mouse
• Specific software (Super-Nova for poor-sighted
  or blind people.)

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Presentation of a special education center

• 8 touch screen PCs
• Large-font keyboards with finger-guide and ball
  mouse
• Local network
• 8 ergonomic tables with crank handle to adjust
  their height.
• 8 ergonomic chairs
• Education applications for 7 levels (from
  pre-school to basic school 6th year).
• Average cost per center
• Materials USD 15,000
• Software price USD 220,000

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Targeted population

• Nearly 3,000 disabled pupils have used this
  software during school year 2007 2008.
• 10,000 disabled children will be reached by the
  program in 2008 2009
• Generalization to the whole targeted population
  is expected by the end of 2009.

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Virtual schools and perspectives of future

• Already developed educational programs will be
  used in virtual schools in Tunisia.
• Development of applications for levels from 7th
  basic years to baccalaureat.

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COMPONENT 2 Orientation and service
outlets Tele-services    
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Presentation

• Tele-service offices that will enable
  handicaped people to remotely access different
  services such as
• Socio-economic and cultural information
•  Communication Administration .
• These offices are equipped with
• Computer equipment adapted for any disability
  type
• A tele-service office users follow-up software.

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Presentation of a tele-service center

• One touch-screen PC and two ordinary PCs
• One Braille screen and specific software
• A laser printer and a Braille printer with
  soundproofing case
• A Scanner and a fax
• A local network
• All the necessary equipment for connection to the
  Internet
• Average cost per centre USD 360,000.

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Future Development

• Tele-services offices available in all
  gouvernorats  (2008)
• Standardization of sites, in particular those
  related to public services the
  e-accessibility  being executed by the Ministry
  of Communication Technologies will allow the
  standardization of public sites Ijtimaia,
  Handicap and SICAD (Remote Administrative
  Information and Communication System) (planned
  for 2008).

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Thank You !