Webinars on assistive products standardization, May 27+28, 2025
News and updates
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ISO TC 173 22nd plenary meeting is taking place in Ottawa on April 25-26, 2024.
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ISO/TC 173 web site is now updated, with all the specific Subcommittes and Working Groups including short descriptions, see Projects, and informative public material in the Library section. The next ISO/TC 173 Plenary meeting week will take place in Berlin 24-28 Oct 2022.
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We are happy to announce the Assistive Products Standardization Seminar - Robotic technology and Assistive products will take place in Tokyo on September 13, 2019, in relation to ISO/TC 173 Plenary and several Working Groups that are meeting during the week. For more information and for registration details please see the event page
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Now it is time to register for the Assistive Products International Seminar organized by ISO Technical Committee 173 Assistive Products and hosted by Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS on Thursday 10th May 2018 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
For reservations to the seminar please contact the following person:
Luiza Kiguta: email: [email protected], Tel. 0722856345.
THEME: “ACCESS TO GOOD QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS”
Access to good quality and affordable assistive products has been mandated by the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for ten years but still only 10% of people in need of assistive products have access to them. One of the elements of adjusting this situation is efficient production, procurement and provision of assistive products and consequently, the role of standards and standardization. The seminar focuses on standard implementation and standardization development for assistive products and related services, especially in low and middle-income countries. The seminar is open to the public as well as for all attending ISO TC 173 and related standardization working groups meeting during the week.
Related links
WHO - Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE)
WHO - Global Research, Innovation, and Education in Assistive Technology, includes presentations from the GREAT Summit in Geneva August 3-4, 2017
International Society of Wheelchair Professionals http://wheelchairnet.org/