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RE-ESTABLISH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL LOCATIONS (REDIEL) from Latvia.

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Who are the people with limited mobility

  • People with buggies

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  • In wheelchairs

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  • People with health issues having temporary mobility (e.g. cast leg)

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Major challenges for people with limited mobility

  • Inability to get out of the house (many apartment blocks have no elevators and no equipment to go down for people with limited movement)
  • Inability to access specific environmental places due to lack of infrastructure
  • Lack of full set of infrastructure
  • Lack of transportation

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What Latvia is offering to people with limited mobility

Zirgu Island Nature Trail

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List of available locations and their specifics

-Beaches;

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http://www.videspieejamiba.lv/lat/universalais_dizains/?page=1 -

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Sources of information for accessibility of environmental locations for people with limited mobility

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  • https://mapeirons.eu/?pn=1

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http://www.difftravel.org/travel-directory/

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Sources of information for accessibility of environmental locations for people with limited mobility

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  • https://www.redzigaismu.lv/

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  • https://www.lvmgeo.lv/kartes

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Major challenges

  • No a priority in the goverment

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  • Not enough experts

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  • Unvisibilities of people with limited disabilities

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Proposals for improvement of accessibility of environmental locations.

  • Grow visibility of this issue in our area, and organizations;

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  • Make a working group from a people from disabilities;

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  • Experience exchange;

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-Find/take a part/write a project from government or from EU;

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-Attract comercial companies for donations, marketing.