Principles of Accessible Procurement
Accessible procurement of goods and services can help to meet the access needs of the wider population, including people with disabilities
In collaboration with the National Standards Authority Ireland (NSAI), our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design has been working with organisations on implementation of Standard I.S. EN 17161:2019 – Design for All.
This toolkit has guidance for planning communications, training staff, informing suppliers and procuring communication products and services. It provides design guidance on written, spoken and signed and digital communication.
Read about the obligations of public sector bodies in relation to web accessibility and our role in monitoring the implementation of these obligations.
Article 9 of the United Nationals Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) obliges State Parties
‘…to take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas to enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life.’
Through our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design we bring attention to and work to provide solutions, to barriers facing persons with disabilities presented by an inaccessible built environment, inaccessible public services and transport, inaccessible information and communication, as well as attitudes and assumptions.
Increased accessibility brings benefits for users, producers, service providers and society at large.
Accessibility is inclusive. By focussing on the needs and abilities of all users in all situations, it aims to include more of the users more of the time.
Accessible procurement of goods and services can help to meet the access needs of the wider population, including people with disabilities
Our accessibility toolkit will help you to make your services, buildings, information, and websites more accessible to customers with disabilities
Read the NDA’s accessibility statement here
We estimated the number of potential users of Changing Places Toilets in Ireland.
Read our guidance on the design of the physical environment in primary and post-primary school buildings and grounds.
This guide offers best practice advice on how to carry out an access audit.