European Mobility and Transport Conference

Paris, 14-15 October 2002
Proceedings

Table of contents :

Walking to and from home, by Mrs Jill Allen-King (Chairperson of EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs)

Independent mobility : a Government perspective, by Mrs Ann Frye (Head of Mobility and Inclusion Unit, Department for Transport (UK), and Chair of Working Group on Access and Inclusion, European Conference of Ministers of Transport)

Mobility training from the point of view of the consumers, by Kurt Nielsen (Vice-president of the Danish Association of the Blind, and Vice-chair of EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs)

Mobility training from a professional point of view, by Joseph van Rosmalen (Policy Officer on Mobility and Accessibility, Netherlands Federation of the Blind and Partially-Sighted)

Presentation of EBU Survey on the training of guide dogs in Europe, 1998-2001, by Guy Rimbault (Member of EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs and member of the Council of the French Federation of Guide Dog Associations)

The International Federation of Guide Dog Schools for the Blind, by Philip Kimberley (IFGDS)

How to meet the mobility needs of partially-sighted people ?, by Dr Berry den Brinker (Member of EBU Commission on Activities of Partially-Sighted People, and Experimental Psychologist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences)

Adaptations for independent movement of blind people on the street and in transport - The experience of the Czech Republic, by Viktor Dudr (Member of EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs, and Head of the National Centre for Elimination of Architectural Barriers, Czech Blind United)

The operation of the Paris Airports, by Alain Le-Cointe (in charge of PRMs, Aéroports de Paris) : French ; English

Travelling by bus, by Peter Wilkins (Secretary to EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs)

Rail users' viewpoint, by Gunnar Haugsveen (Member of EBU Commission on Mobility and Guide Dogs, and Executive Director of the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially-Sighted)

Speaking Orientation and Navigation Information Systems, by Jan van Soeren (Netherlands Railways)

Resolutions