Accessibility Guides

Practical methodological tools for ensuring the accessibility and inclusiveness of social infrastructure facilities. The project's results have gained wide recognition and are already being applied in practice — in particular, the Lviv City Council uses the developed materials to bring around 800 municipal facilities into compliance with accessibility standards.

Funding

Scale

Nationwide

Project goals:

Develop practical methodological tools for assessing and ensuring the accessibility of various types of social infrastructure.
Disseminate inclusive design standards among authorities, municipalities and civil society.
Promote the systemic implementation of barrier-free standards at the municipal level.

About the project:

Systemic implementation of accessibility standards in Ukraine. Within the projects, three accessibility guides and a checklist for verifying facilities' compliance with barrier-free standards were developed.

Guide 1 covers schools, preschools, hospitals, administrative service centers and museums. Guide 2 — railway stations, libraries and public spaces. Guide 3 — supermarkets, shops and pharmacies.

The methodological materials were presented to civil society, authorities and municipalities and gained wide recognition: they were presented at the 7th International Forum "Creative Ukraine", endorsed by the "Superheroes" Center and disseminated by the NGO "League of the Strong" across its partner network.

Thanks to ToP's advocacy efforts, cooperation with municipal authorities was established. The Lviv City Council is implementing a programme to bring around 800 municipal facilities into compliance with accessibility standards using the developed checklist and guides — the organization's experts take part in inspection groups.