Benefits of EN 301 549 for each group of People with Special Needs

The legislation on the accessibility of the information and communication technologies (ICT) is not new and consequently there have been a number of international and national initiatives, however they are very focus in the Web. We are in the threshold of a more comprehensive approach in the ICT domain. The European Standard EN 301 549 specifies the accessibility requirements for public procurement of ICT products and services in Europe. This study focuses on the analysis of the benefits / impact, for each group of People with Special Needs (PSN), the parameters of the European Norms (EN) for ICT products and services, which support the new legislation in the domain of public acquisition for the countries of the European Union (EU), the EU Public Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU. Questions related to methodologies, techniques and tools to evaluate the parameters of these EN will be studied in the future, as well as the models for the certification of ICT products and services, with the purpose of presenting solutions. In the future, a framework will be also designed and developed with specific functionalities and being capable of assist and facilitate the evaluation of EN parameters, and consequently the certification of the ICT products and services.