Innovation in universal design will strengthen accessibility in society

The projects receive funding in a new effort on innovations in universal design, which is about developing and testing solutions that strengthen accessibility in businesses, environments and services in cities and communities. This means that they should be useful to all people, regardless of disability, gender, age or background.

The investment is made within the framework of a governmental assignment in accessibility design. In the projects, public organizations, companies, civil society and academia collaborate.

The projects receive funding with a total of SEK 13.5 million.

Some of the projects support by Vinnova are:

Stadsparken Banslätt

The project is to create a city park in Tullinge in Botkyrka municipality that everyone can use, regardless of age, gender or disability through a process that includes the wishes and needs of citizens early.
Coordinator: Botkyrka municipality

Universal design of workplaces

The goal of the project is a universal design for manual work that makes workplaces available for people with functional variation cost-effectively. Installation workplaces for the manufacture of modular housing must be adapted for people with different forms of functional variation.
Coordinator: RISE

Easy to find right in the hospital

To develop an easy-to-use pilot version for directions in the Stockholm region's hospital, which can be used by all visitors and staff. The background is the view that it is difficult to find the right in the hospitals, which among other things has led to patients arriving late for health care visits.
Coordinator: Locum AB

Procurement support based on universal design

Should develop tools that facilitate the inclusion of universal design in public procurement. Public procurement is crucial for designing a large part of the products and services that citizens encounter.
Coordinator: CERTEC (Lund University)

The city should work for everyone

The project will examine what universal design means for the urban development process and, based on the result, construct a thought support as well as a scientific article.
Coordinator: City of Gothenburg, Real Estate Office

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