GAATES‘ mission is to promote the understanding and implementation of accessibility of the sustainable built, social and virtual environments, including architectural, infrastructural design, transportation systems, habitat, and electronic information and communication technologies so that everyone, including people with disabilities and older persons are able to fully participate and contribute to society.
GAATES is dedicated to promoting the Guiding Principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in December 2006.
Using the guiding articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, GAATES is pleased to work with organizations in the private, public, government and NGO/DPO sectors with respect to :
In order to make an inclusive society a reality, it is necessary to identify and remove barriers to access.