Smart Cities for All at a Glance Newsletter

G3ict’s Smart Cities for All global initiative publishes a monthly newsletter that is a great source for updates about our latest projects, events as well as news from our network organization, the International Association of Accessibility Professionals. If you have not yet signed up for our newsletter and are interested in doing so, please subscribe to our newsletter.

Newsletter archives

October 2022

Topics covered: Inclusive Procurement Launchpad Project in Progress; GIZ Inclusive Digital Governance (INDIGO) Festival 2022 updates; UCLG World Congress updates; M-Enabling Summit updates; AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks is a finalist for World Smart Cities Awards in the category of Living and Inclusion; Country Representative highlight – Ireland and Pakistan.

September 2022

Topics covered: Inclusive Procurement Launchpad Project in Progress; Call for Applications for the G3ict/SC4A Country Representative Program; Data and Acquired Disability; Country Representative highlight – Bangladesh and Mexico.

August 2022

Topics covered: G3ict partners with HBCU Smart Cities Challenge; Improving Data & Public Policy: Why better data on acquired disability matters;  Country Representative highlight – India and Saudi Arabia.

 

July 2022

Topics covered: G3ict and Smart Cities for All Country Representative Program Announces New Members for Ghana, Mongolia, and Uganda; the Global Inclusive Procurement Launchpad Project and Champion Digital Inclusion.

June 2022

Topics covered: Roundtable on Procurement, Accessibility, and a More Inclusive Covid Recovery; G3ict and Smart Cities for All at the World Urban Forum (WUF 11) to Discuss Future Cities 2050; the 15th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP15); Digital Cities Index (DCI) 2022. Country Representative highlight – India and EU Institutions.

May 2022

Topics covered: Istanbul and Quito are the next two cities after Los Angeles to join the Global Inclusive Procurement Launchpad Project; Webinar on Adopting the Smart City Accessible ICT Public Procurement PolicyPanel on Accessible Smart Cities at the European Accessibility Summit 2022. Country Representative highlight – Argentina and Chile.

April 2022

Topics covered: Appointment of Two New Members to the Smart Cities for All Advisory Committee, Call for Applications for the Spring cohort of the G3ict/SC4A Country Representatives Program, WSIS Forum 2022: Towards building inclusive and digitally accessible environments and communities to meet the needs of present and future generations (Session 180), Microsoft Ability Summit 2022, Inclusive Procurement Launchpad Webinar: Europe Edition. Country Representative hightlight – Singapore and Egypt.

March 2022

Topics covered: Inclusive Procurement Launchpad ProjectNew Blog Post Toward Inclusive Workplaces: Moving beyond “the way it has always been done” by Susan Mazrui, Vashkar Bhattacharjee Elected as the Vice-Chair of the Internet Society Accessibility Standing Group, Josefina Ocampo Appointed as Member of the Latin American Commission of the International Union of Architects. Country Representative highlight – Bangladesh and Argentina.

February 2022

Topics covered: Appointment of four new Country Representatives – Lindsay Perry (Australia), Victor Zhuang (Singapore), Thalagodage Janitha Rukmal (Sri Lanka), and Dr Chandra Harrison (New Zealand), The extension of the global network of disability and accessibility leaders to 38 members worldwide. Stakeholder Perspectives on the Inclusive Sidewalks Project, Inclusive Workplaces Community of Practice (CoP) Survey, Procurement for More Inclusive Education. European Inclusive Procurement Discussion Series. A collaboration of the European Disability Forum, G3ict, and Microsoft. #ZeroCon22. Country Representative highlight – Australia and Singapore.

January 2022

Topics covered: Open Sidewalks’ Virtual Team Challenge, Perpectives form AI for Inclusive Sidewalks Project participants, Digital Accessibility Rights Education (DARE) Academy announcement of 20 recepients to Cycle 2 of its Scholarship Fund Program, IAAP Design of thу Public Spaces Course launch. Country Represenative highlight – Côte D’Ivoire and Cameroon.

December 2021

Topics covered: AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks Project, Launch of the Procurement Launchpad Project, Community of Interest of Inclusive Workplaces.

November 2021

Topics covered: Launch of G3ict, World Economic Forum, and Microsoft Inclusive Cities Project, Community of Interest on Inclusive Workplaces, AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks.

October 2021

Topics covered: Launch of G3ict-Steelcase Blueprint for Inclusive Workplaces of the Future, Inclusive Urban Sidewalks.

September 2021

Topics covered: AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks, Webinar on inclusive Smart Cities for Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, AODA Accessibility Standard for the Design of Public Spaces Course.

August 2021

Topics covered: G3ict Launches the Digital Accessibility Rights Education (DARE) Academy, Vashkar Bhattacharjee Selected as a D-30 Disability List Honoree, M-Enabling Summit 2021.

July 2021

Topics covered: Meet our 13 New G3ict/Smart Cities for All Country Representatives, Roundtable on Inclusive Workplace of the Future in Russia, World Blindness Summit 2021, AI for Inclusive Urban Sidewalks.

June 2021

Topics covered: Blueprint for Inclusive Workplaces of the Future, Smart Ability Summit 2021, The AODA Accessibility Standard for the Design of Public Spaces Course.

May 2021

Topics covered: Digital Inclusion and ICT Accessibility in Museums Survey Report, Microsoft’s Open Data Campaign Highlights G3ict Partnership with Taskar Center.

March 2021

Topics covered: G3ict work with Smart Universities, Call for New G3ict/SC4A Country Representatives, IAAP Accessible Document Specialist (ADS) Program, Country Representative highlight – India, Libya and Mexico.

 

February 2021

Topics covered: Call for New G3ict/SC4A Country Representatives, Procurement Roundtable in Sweden, Country Representative highlight – Russia and Mexico.

November 2020

Topics covered: G3ict’s Partnership with Five Cities to Identify Top Transportation Barriers, G3ict Partnership in Nigeria to Promote More Inclusive Cities, G20 Smart City Alliance Launches G3ict Model Policy, Country Representative highlight – Afghanistan and Ghana.

October 2020

Topics covered: G3ict’s New Inclusive Smart Cities Advisory Committee Announced, G3ict Releases Second Edition of the DARE Index, Country Representative highlight – Chile and Maldives.

September 2020

Topics covered: G3ict Side Event at U20 Mayors’ Summit, M-Enabling Virtual Leadership Briefing, Country Representative highlight – Syria and South Africa.

August 2020

Topics covered: G3ict pilots Smart University Digital Inclusion Maturity Model, IAAP Launches Accessible Built Environments Initiative, Country Representative highlight – Ecuador, Nepal and Bangladesh.

June 2020

Topics covered: G3ict Releases New Inclusive Courts Checklist, G3ict Partners with G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, Country Representative highlight – Brazil.

May 2020

Topics covered: G3ict Promotes More Inclusive Museums, Smart Cities for All Participates in the UN-Habitat Experts Group Meeting, Country Representative highlight – Mexico and Pakistan.

April 2020

Topics covered: G3ict and Smart Cities for All Collaborate with World Blind Union, G3ict Announces New Country Representatives from Saudi Arabia and Russia, Country Representative highlight – Ecuador and Libya.

February 2020

Topics covered: G3ict Partners with India’s National Institute for Urban Affairs to Promote More Inclusive Cities, SC4A Digital Inclusion Video Series, Country Representative highlight – Brazil and Bangladesh.

January 2020

Topics covered: Smart Cities for All at Bipartisan Tech Policy Conference, G3ict and Smart Cities for All at the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum.

December 2019

Topics covered: New Round of City Assessments on Digital Inclusion Maturity, Digital Inclusion Maturity Model Presented at Smart City Expo World Congress.

October 2019

Topics covered: Smart Cities for All Participates in the first Smart City Expo in Atlanta, Smart Cities for All Team Visits Guadalajara.

May 2019

Topics covered: Launch of the Inclusive Innovation Playbook, First Annual Smart Cities for All Forum at the M-Enabling Summit.

April 2019

Topics covered: Implementation of the Inclusive Innovation for Smarter Cities Project with AT&T, Smart City Digital Inclusion Maturity Model Piloted in Raleigh, North Carolina.

March 2019

Topics covered: Inclusive Innovation for Smarter Cities Project with AT&T, Smart Cities for All at SXSW 2019.

February 2019

Topics covered: Smart City Digital Inclusion Maturity Model Piloted in Chicago, Smart Cities Globally are Transforming to Become More Accessible for All (Interview in BBC Click).