Projektart: Gefördertes Projekt
Förderung des Abschlusses von Zielvereinbarungen

The BKB Bundeskompetenzzentrum Barrierefreiheit e. V. was presented to the public on July 2, 2009. Its task is to support disability associations in their initiative for more accessibility. On behalf of the associations, the competence center will, among other things, coordinate target agreement negotiations, develop materials, and design training courses for associations and companies. The project's sponsor, the BKB Bundeskompetenzzentrum Barrierefreiheit e. V. (BKB), was founded for the purpose of implementing the Federal Supreme Court Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons Act (Federal Supreme Court Act), in particular to achieve comprehensive accessibility for all people with disabilities. Accessibility includes all types of disabilities. The environment (designed by people) is barrier-free when people with disabilities can participate in social life in the same way as people without disabilities. The target group of the Federal Competence Center includes people with disabilities and their associations, as well as representatives for people with disabilities, advisory boards for people with disabilities, representatives for people with severe disabilities and staff representatives, decision-makers in companies, in particular also representatives of employers and interested parties from politics and administration. In the Federal Competence Center, the target groups are supported in developing concrete solutions for barrier-free environmental design and in recording these in target agreements and programs as well as by means of other instruments specified by the legislator. They are provided with a contact point that offers them technical, organizational and legal assistance. The professional input is provided by existing projects and expert institutions. The competence center coordinates and carries out public relations, awareness-raising and qualification tasks. The following objectives are pursued in detail: - Establishing the basis for creating accessibility - Developing working materials - Conducting training courses and awareness-raising workshops - Achieving target agreements and programs - Public relations. The BKB commissions suitable institutions to carry out corresponding projects. The overarching goal of all projects is to examine the current state of environmental design and to derive minimum accessibility requirements from it, to evaluate the experience gained to date with target agreements and to define conditions for successful negotiations, and also and especially to qualify people with disabilities so that they can stand up to companies as equal negotiating partners. The Competence Center supports associations of people with disabilities in concluding target agreements with the business community. The legal and organizational know-how of the BKB is used for this purpose. Depending on the individual case, the support provided to the associations can range from the initial considerations of the association for the disabled, to the initiation of talks with the business community, to the initiation and support of negotiations for a target agreement or a program to achieve accessibility. In doing so, the Competence Center organizes and coordinates the use of external experts and networks organizations. In addition to disability associations, the Federal Competence Center is also a (contact) partner for companies and business associations to motivate them to conclude target agreements. In doing so, the Federal Competence Center supports the associations in also communicating the economic advantage of gaining new clientele. In addition, the Federal Competence Center delegates specialist questions and concerns of disability associations, disability representatives and advisory councils, representatives of severely disabled persons and staff, interested parties from politics and administration, etc. to external expert institutions, which are available to provide advice and answer questions. Furthermore, the Federal Competence Center will develop strategies for concluding target agreement negotiations for the future. In 2009, the FOCA funded the following projects: - Accessible Nature - Accessible Museums - Accessible Regional Transportation - Accessible Textbooks - Historic Preservation and Accessibility - Update DB Program - Update Hotel and Restaurant Industry - Internet Service Provider - Publication Traffic Area Design - Seminar Series Traffic Area Design - Telekom - Acquiring Negotiation Skills - Target Agreements in Practice The following projects were on the program in fiscal year 2010: - Accessible medical practices - Accessible vending machines - Accessible events - Accessible design of digital reference works - Accessible movie theaters - Accessible tourism at campgrounds - E-vehicles - Expert discussion on monument protection - Gender equity in the implementation of the Federal Supreme Court Act - Comprehensive publication on the legal and technical foundations of accessibility - Hospital care for patients with multiple disabilities - Criteria catalog on accessibility for people with cognitive impairments - Guide to barrier-free modernization in existing housing - Navigation module - Training for hearing-impaired people on target agreements - Training on the design of visible information (DIN32975) - Seminar on traffic area design (Part 2) - Negotiation skills (Part 2) - Target agreements in air traffic - Target agreements with the Rhineland-Palatinate Sports Association - Target agreements with Deutsche Post AG The following projects were launched in fiscal 2011: - Barrier-free advice centers - Barrier-free encyclopedias - Part 2 - Barrier-free city guides - Accompanying BMVBS research project interface sidewalk/street (Part 1) - Overall publication on the legal and technical principles of barrier-free accessibility (Part 2) - Concept for an expert opinion in the building permit procedure for special buildings - Guide for barrier-free modernization in existing housing (Part 2) - Pilot training course on "Easy read" - Making visualized information accessible in school textbooks - Target agreement on barrier-free tourism at campsites in Germany - Target agreements with providers of online tourist booking systems The following projects were carried out in fiscal 2012: - Barrier-free barrier systems - Barrier-free cab traffic - Barrier-free events (Part 2) - Accompanying BMVBS research project "Interface sidewalk/street" (Part 2) - "changing places" or "toilets for all" - "Design for all" in the range of information provided by German libraries (Part 2) - Creation of an education and training module for certified nature and landscape guides (ZNL) - Support programs for the creation of accessibility - Overall publication on the legal and technical basis of accessibility (part 3) - Integration of disability-specific aspects into the curricula of training occupations for service personnel in the catering and retail sectors - Disaster protection for hearing-impaired people - Making visualized information accessible in school textbooks (Part 2) - Development of a target agreement "Barrier-free savings banks in Baden-Württemberg" - Symposium "Legal instruments for the enforceability of accessibility" - Sensitization of the medical profession for a barrier-free everyday practice - Seminar on DIN 32975 "Contrast standard" - Seminar "Negotiation skills" (Part 3) - 2. Auflage der Textsammlung zum Behindertengleichstellungsrecht Note: The office of the BKB Bundeskompetenzzentrum Barrierefreiheit was dissolved on 31.03.2016. The association no longer carries out any professional work.