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Describe the main features of the policy/measure:

Main aims:
Promoting participation in the media by people with disabilities

Target groups:
Political representatives of the Lander and the Federal Government; Equal Opportunities Commissioners of the Lander; people with and without disabilities; multipliers in the art and education sectors

Expected results:
Gradually and continuously improving access to the services of broadcaster Deutsche Welle for people with disabilities

Website of the policy/measure, if available:

https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Service/Gesetzesvorhaben/viertes-gesetz…

What are the results achieved so far through the implementation of the policy/measure?:

Accessibility provision created in the bill to amend the Deutsche Welle Act (section 7a)

several written opinions on the ministry draft were submitted in 2019 in the course of the legislative process and are available here: https://www.bmwi.de/Navigation/DE/Service/Stellungnahmen/4-TMGAendG/stel...

Financial resources allocated to the policy/measure in USD:

Financed from federal funds

Partner(s) engaged in the implementation of the measure:

Has the implementation of the policy/measure been evaluated?:

NO

Languages

Creating an accessibility provision in the Deutsche Welle Act implementing the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive, 2018

Goal(s) of UNESCO's 2005 Convention

Area(s) of Monitoring

Cultural Domain(s)

Creating an accessibility provision in the Deutsche Welle Act implementing the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive, 2018

Goal(s) of UNESCO's 2005 Convention

Area(s) of Monitoring

Cultural Domain(s)

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