Podcasts about world road congress

This podcast explores how the United Nations delivers inclusive social developmentDaniela Bas, the Director at the Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) at the United Nations explains what the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mean for disability-inclusive transport around the world. The discussion explores how sport is important to the UN’s SDGs. Universal Design features heavily in Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Daniela explains what universal design is and how, for example, it applies to natural and man-made disasters. The conversation explores the future role of education across the world in supporting universal design. At the recent World Road Congress, held in Abu Dhabi, the foresight session "Road Transport and Disability" was awarded the best session of the Congress, and was the first ever session in the history of the World Road Congress devoted to disability. Daniela Bas, chaired the session said: "Building accessible roads is a matter of justice and common sense, while investing in the future. Inclusion is not only a legal obligation, it is also an economic and social imperative for which we must work together" and added "Nowadays, transport is the vital link to access education, employment, health care and even social and community commitments".

This podcast explores how the United Nations delivers inclusive social developmentDaniela Bas, the Director at the Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) at the United Nations explains what the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mean for disability-inclusive transport around the world. The discussion explores how sport is important to the UN’s SDGs. Universal Design features heavily in Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Daniela explains what universal design is and how, for example, it applies to natural and man-made disasters. The conversation explores the future role of education across the world in supporting universal design. At the recent World Road Congress, held in Abu Dhabi, the foresight session "Road Transport and Disability" was awarded the best session of the Congress, and was the first ever session in the history of the World Road Congress devoted to disability. Daniela Bas, chaired the session said: "Building accessible roads is a matter of justice and common sense, while investing in the future. Inclusion is not only a legal obligation, it is also an economic and social imperative for which we must work together" and added "Nowadays, transport is the vital link to access education, employment, health care and even social and community commitments".

This podcast explores how the United Nations delivers inclusive social development Daniela Bas, the Director at the Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) at the United Nations explains what the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mean for disability-inclusive transport around the world. The discussion explores how sport is important to the UN’s SDGs. Universal Design features heavily in Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Daniela explains what universal design is and how, for example, it applies to natural and man-made disasters. The conversation explores the future role of education across the world in supporting universal design. At the recent World Road Congress, held in Abu Dhabi, the foresight session "Road Transport and Disability" was awarded the best session of the Congress, and was the first ever session in the history of the World Road Congress devoted to disability. Daniela Bas, chaired the session said: "Building accessible roads is a matter of justice and common sense, while investing in the future. Inclusion is not only a legal obligation, it is also an economic and social imperative for which we must work together" and added "Nowadays, transport is the vital link to access education, employment, health care and even social and community commitments".

This podcast further explores the issues of improving transport for people with disabilities. The guest on this episode is Ann Frye, an international specialist on the mobility needs of people with disabilities and older people. Ann works as an expert advisor on both international and UK projects on accessibility.This explores a brief history of accessible transport in the UK, looks at how the UK compare more generally to other European countries in terms of accessibility. The episode also covers issues of ageing, dementia and epilepsy and concludes with a look at the World Road Congress session on Disability-Inclusive Road Transport that will take place in October 2019.

This podcast further explores the issues of improving transport for people with disabilities. The guest on this episode is Ann Frye, an international specialist on the mobility needs of people with disabilities and older people. Ann works as an expert advisor on both international and UK projects on accessibility. This explores a brief history of accessible transport in the UK, looks at how the UK compare more generally to other European countries in terms of accessibility. The episode also covers issues of ageing, dementia and epilepsy and concludes with a look at the World Road Congress session on Disability-Inclusive Road Transport that will take place in October 2019.

This podcast further explores the issues of improving transport for people with disabilities. The guest on this episode is Ann Frye, an international specialist on the mobility needs of people with disabilities and older people. Ann works as an expert advisor on both international and UK projects on accessibility.This explores a brief history of accessible transport in the UK, looks at how the UK compare more generally to other European countries in terms of accessibility. The episode also covers issues of ageing, dementia and epilepsy and concludes with a look at the World Road Congress session on Disability-Inclusive Road Transport that will take place in October 2019.

Over 1 billion people globally experience disability: I in 7 people. So, the question of how we ensure that transport is accessibility and inclusive around the world is vital to explore. This podcast features an interview with Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo – Global Disability Advisor at the World Bank Group. Charlotte's TED Talk has received over 10,000 views.The discussion explores what exclusion looks like in the context of transport for people with disabilities and what sort of challenges are out there. As Charlotte leads the Global Disability agenda at the World Bank, she explains what the World Bank doing to ensure that the transport projects it supports capture the demands and needs of disabled people; and gives a view as to what the World Bank worries about when programming its road transport projects.Technology and innovation are changing the complexion of transport for everyone, the discussion explores how advances in technology can help people with disabilities to travel. Charlotte explains how well she thinks that people with hidden disabilities are supported in developed and developing countries.The Department for International Development and the Department for Transport in the UK are organising a session on disability inclusive road transport at the World Road Congress in Abu Dhabi in October this year, Charlotte explains what messages she hopes this session can deliver.Charlotte said in the interview: ‘Diversity is part of our human experience and it’s also about understanding that the onset of disability happens at many stages of our lives: people are born with disabilities, people acquire disabilities later in life, and then there is disability that comes with the onset of ageing. So it’s a part of our life span and for us not to plan for that seems very limiting from a planning point of view’.

Over 1 billion people globally experience disability: I in 7 people. So, the question of how we ensure that transport is accessibility and inclusive around the world is vital to explore. This podcast features an interview with Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo – Global Disability Advisor at the World Bank Group. Charlotte's TED Talk has received over 10,000 views.The discussion explores what exclusion looks like in the context of transport for people with disabilities and what sort of challenges are out there. As Charlotte leads the Global Disability agenda at the World Bank, she explains what the World Bank doing to ensure that the transport projects it supports capture the demands and needs of disabled people; and gives a view as to what the World Bank worries about when programming its road transport projects.Technology and innovation are changing the complexion of transport for everyone, the discussion explores how advances in technology can help people with disabilities to travel. Charlotte explains how well she thinks that people with hidden disabilities are supported in developed and developing countries.The Department for International Development and the Department for Transport in the UK are organising a session on disability inclusive road transport at the World Road Congress in Abu Dhabi in October this year, Charlotte explains what messages she hopes this session can deliver.Charlotte said in the interview: ‘Diversity is part of our human experience and it’s also about understanding that the onset of disability happens at many stages of our lives: people are born with disabilities, people acquire disabilities later in life, and then there is disability that comes with the onset of ageing. So it’s a part of our life span and for us not to plan for that seems very limiting from a planning point of view’.

Over 1 billion people globally experience disability: I in 7 people. So, the question of how we ensure that transport is accessibility and inclusive around the world is vital to explore. This podcast features an interview with Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo – Global Disability Advisor at the World Bank Group. Charlotte's TED Talk has received over 10,000 views. The discussion explores what exclusion looks like in the context of transport for people with disabilities and what sort of challenges are out there. As Charlotte leads the Global Disability agenda at the World Bank, she explains what the World Bank doing to ensure that the transport projects it supports capture the demands and needs of disabled people; and gives a view as to what the World Bank worries about when programming its road transport projects. Technology and innovation are changing the complexion of transport for everyone, the discussion explores how advances in technology can help people with disabilities to travel. Charlotte explains how well she thinks that people with hidden disabilities are supported in developed and developing countries. The Department for International Development and the Department for Transport in the UK are organising a session on disability inclusive road transport at the World Road Congress in Abu Dhabi in October this year, Charlotte explains what messages she hopes this session can deliver. Charlotte said in the interview: ‘Diversity is part of our human experience and it’s also about understanding that the onset of disability happens at many stages of our lives: people are born with disabilities, people acquire disabilities later in life, and then there is disability that comes with the onset of ageing. So it’s a part of our life span and for us not to plan for that seems very limiting from a planning point of view’.