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The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design at the National Disability Authority is supporting a new Universal Design category in this year’s Irish Architecture Awards, run by the RIAI.

Entries for the RIAI Universal Design Award will be judged in relation to their achievement of excellence in architectural design that responds to the diverse needs of users, and enables people to access and use an environment with ease and comfort, to the greatest extent possible, regardless of their age, size, abilities or disabilities.

The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design is currently developing two complementary documents on customer engagement in the Tourism services

1. A draft Irish Standard “I.S. 373: Universal Design for customer engagement in tourism services” to inform and guide those involved with the design and management of customer communication based services for tourism in Ireland. This standard is being developed in conjunction with the National Standards Authority Ireland (NSAI).

On Saturday 23rd February 2013 a joint seminar was held by the National Disability Authority in conjunction with the European Disability Forum entitled "Accessibility of Public Websites – legislative and practical perspectives".