The OSSATE Project Team at the Hellenic Ministry of Tourism, together with EWORX S.A., organised the second OSSATE International Workshop held in Athens on 8 and 9 September 2005.
The event was attended by over 120 delegates from 13 countries, representing 86 organisations drawn from the tourism sector, consumer groups, research organisations and public authorities.
The workshop was opened by the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Mr. A. Liaskos and Mrs. E. Bernidaki-Aldous, Member of the Greek Parliament with special responsibility for issues concerning people with disabilities. Other distinguished speakers included Mr. G. Drakopoulos, Executive Director of the Hellenic Association of Tourist Enterprises (SETE), and Mr. S. Stavrianopoulos, President of the National Centre for the Rehabilitation of Disabled People.
During the meeting, more than 20 presentations were given by specialists and business leaders from Europe, Israel and the USA. The OSSATE team presented their findings from a survey of accessible tourism information schemes in Europe, and participants discussed how accessibility information can be used to promote tourist destinations and to help customers find and choose the type of facilities they want.
The workshop ended with a guided tour of the Acropolis of Athens and Acropolis Museum, which have been made accessible for wheelchair users by means of a lift which ascends the west wall of this World Heritage site.
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List of Delegates
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Speech by Mrs. Eleftheria Bernidaki-Aldous, Member of the Hellenic Parliament. Chair of the Special Standing Committee on Issues Concerning People with Disabilities, Greece
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Overview of the OSSATE Project Objectives and Approach
Spyros Michailidis, EWORX S.A. Greece
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Incentives for Entrepreneurs: Operational Programme ‘Competitiveness'
Mr. Miltiades Kalamaras, Advisor, Hellenic Ministry of Tourism
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Results of the OSSATE Accessible Tourism Information Scheme Survey
Mieke Broeders and Steven Vos, Toegankelijkheidsbureau v.z.w., Belgium
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‘Disabled Sailing Holidays'. Mr. Antonis Mangos, Manager/Owner
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Highlighting Accessibility: A Professional View from the Travel and Tourism Information Industry
Ms. Rania Deimezi, Traveldailynews.com, Greece
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Case Study: Leading ALL the World to Britain
Bill Ishmael, VisitBritain, UK
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Case Study: ‘Tourism for All' Information Services in Sweden
Anna-Maria Lidmar, Turism för alla, Sweden
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Case Study: Economic Advantages of Accessible Tourism in Germany
Peter Neumann, Neumann Consult, Germany
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Case Study: Developing the European Tourism Destination Portal
Hannes Werthner, ec3 - Electronic Commerce Competence Centre, Austria
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Market Analysis and Commercialisation of the OSSATE e-Service
Dimitrios Buhalis and Victoria Eichhorn, University of Surrey, School of Management, UK
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A ‘European Network for Accessible Tourism'
Ivor Ambrose, EWORX S.A., Greece
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Workshop A. OSSATE Market Analysis and Commercialisation
Contributor: Mr. Kostas Zografopoulos, Kostas Z Foundation and Open Doors Organization, USA
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Workshop B. Gathering Accessibility Information from Destinations
Contributor: M. Robert Gérard, C.A.R.-N., Belgium
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Ms. Despina Aslanidou and Ms. Katerina Kastrinaki, Very Special Arts, Greece
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Workshop C. Information Management and Service Design
Contributor: Ms. Judy Bendel, Access Unlimited, Israel and
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Workshop D. Accessible Tourism Information: European Networking and Coordination
Contributor: Ms. Monica Løland, Accessibility for All Association, Denmark
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Contributor: Ms. Andriani Mousadakou, (The ASK-IT project), CERTH/HIT, Greece
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