Last month the Congress of the Latin American Union of the Blind (ULAC) took place in Lim, Peru. The event, organized by WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and ULAC, was …
Finalists for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing Announced
The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) of the World Property Organisation (WIPO) has released the finalists for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. In the publisher category, the …
WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium reaches one million titles with RNIB partnership
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK has partnered with the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC). This partnership will expand the ABC Global Book Service to offer …
WIPO celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Accessible Books Consortium
The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) marks 10 years of delivering books in accessible formats, such as braille, audio, e-text, large print, to people who are blind or otherwise print disabled worldwide. The …
Joint statement of EFJ, EVA, EWC, IAF, IFJ, IFRRO, IPA and STM ahead of WIPO’s SCCR, 45th Session, April 2024
The undersigned international organisations, WIPO observers representing authors, publishers and their collective management organisations, would like to thank you for your continued support at international level to encourage WIPO Member …
ABC Accessible Books Consortium new partnership with Dolphin Computer Access: ABC Catalogue to go fully mobile
WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is delighted to announce a new partnership with Dolphin Computer Access, a UK-based software company dedicated to empowering people with vision impairments and other print …
CLIP: the new online platform that supports creators
The Music Rights Awareness Foundation (MRAF) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) have introduced CLIP (Creators Learn Intellectual Property), a new online learning resource about intellectual property (IP) that …
IAF at WIPO’s 44th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Right
Last week, IAF joined the 44th Session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva. After a lively discussion on broadcasting, the Committee moved on to …
ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing: winners announced!
The winners of the 2023 ABC International Excellence Award were announced at a ceremony at the Sharjah Publishers Conference on 29 October by WIPO Deputy Director General Sylvie Forbin. The Swedish …
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