The Minister of Transport Started an Internet Portal Version for Visually Impaired Today
04.06.2006
The Minister of Transport started today an Internet portal version for visually impaired, in the presence of the director-executive of the Agency for impaired people Minco Koralski, the chairman of the National culture club “Luis Brail” Spas Karafezov. The event attended also representatives of many non-governmental organizations. “We will endeavor to give full information about the services, which the Ministry of Transport companies are offering, as well about the rights the people with disabilities have”, Minister Mutafchiev said. “I'm deeply convinced that our model will be followed from other administrations, so that in the near future we will be able to say that no barrier can stop the information”, the minister challenges. “I would like to express my gratitude to the ministry about the fact that it is the first time the Bulgarian administration has a new vision about the problems the people with disabilities have. This is the first ministry, which begins a new broad program directed to the people with disabilities and I would like to wish them success; I must also confess that we will “steal” the good idea and the site of the Agency for visually impaired will be the next with version for visually impaired. We will widen our cooperation” declared Minco Koralski. “I would like to express my great gratitude regarding this gesture of the Ministry of Transport. You give an infectious example about the way, the good practices of the EU and the advanced countries should be applied in the state administration”, said Spas Karafezov. Following the European directives, to ensure an equal access to the information for all social groups and full information on legislation, projects, strategies and services which the state administration offers, the Ministry of Transport developed a new version of the internet portal – for visually impaired. This is the first internet page of a kind in the state administration, wholly discussed with its users – National Culture Club “Luis Brail” and its members, with the special support of Ivan Dobrovolov. It facilitates the access of all people to the services granted by the Ministry of Transport in the context of the coming EU membership of Bulgaria and also helps for the better socializing of the visually impaired people. The advantages of the new page are: In addition to the new version, in the main portal there are some novelties. Entirely new rubric, displaying the development of the projects, which the Ministry of Transport is caring out, financed through European programs like ISPA, PHARE etc., announcement of the news by RSS aggregator. For Additional Information: Yasen Zarev, Press Centre, Ministry of Transport Phone: 940 94 85 E-Mail: yzarev@mt.government.bg |