Vision: Building a world where technology enables everyone to fully use her/his abilities.
Mission: To promote and facilitate the use of assistive technologies for persons with disabilities to enhance equal opportunities.
Activities:
To enable access to information technology (e-access) for persons with severe disabilities, i.e., those who have complex requirements for adaptation.
To assist different groups in the disability field build capacity by transferring skills and knowledge on the use of assistive technologies;
To offer Open the windows as a regional resource center to disability organizations throughout Southeast Europe (SEE);
Our non governmental, non-profit, organization works at the national level.
We consider ourselves as part of the international Independent Living and Disability Rights Movement.
Our organization is to some degree run, controlled and represented by disabled people.
Accessible IT, trainings, consultancies in the field of IT and disability.
We may be able to refer disabled persons to wheelchair accessible housing or transportation or other services in our city.
Our traineeships or volunteer positions are open to applicants from abroad.
People planning to come to our city are welcome to contact us to find out about accessibility and services in 1000 Skopje. We may be able to help with information.
| Contact person: | Lidija Krstevska Dojcinovska |
| Email: | contact@openthewindows.org |
| Phone: | 00389 2 3068630 |
| Fax: | 00389 2 3068630 |
| Home page: | http://www.openthewindows.org |
| Address: | Bul. Partizanski Odredi 62/1-16 1000 Skopje Macedonia Macedonia |
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