Indicator 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4

Explanatory notes on data sources and collection methods (as reported by governments)

Government buildings:

Armenia (only two government buildings); Bhutan (public buildings in Thimphu are not designed to suit the needs of persons with disabilities); India (source and method unspecified; the figure is an average of proportions as follows: A total of 23 building were 100 per cent accessible, six buildings were "not accessible" and the accessibility for other buildings ranged from 22 per cent to 88 per cent); Indonesia (data refer to six ministries only); Kyrgyzstan (audit not implemented; refer to government and public institutions); Micronesia, Federated States of (based on audits for Incheon Strategy Survey, Feb. 2017, by FSM Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure); Mongolia (based on audits implemented jointly by the National Human Rights Commission, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Rehabilitation and Development, National Center of Mongolian National Wheelchair Association, Mongolian National Association for the Blind, the National Association of Mongolian Deaf People in 2014); Nauru (data refer to 13 government offices; no information about audits; physical accessibility is a major concern); New Caledonia (data refer to three government offices; no information about audits; physical accessibility is a major concern); Republic of Korea (from Complete Enumeration Survey on Installation of Convenience Facilities for Persons with Disabilities in 2013 by Ministry of Health and Welfare; accessibility of a building is measured by the proportion of appropriate installation of convenience facilities, expressed in percentage in relation to the total number of convenience facilities that should be mandatorily installed in the building; appropriate installation means the installation of a convenience facility in full compliance with legal accessibility standards; the total number of government buildings in the national capital is 2,797; consideration was made for (i) external facilities, including accessible pathway to the main entrance and accessible parking space, (ii) for internal facilities, including accessible main door, accessible hallway and accessible elevator, and (iii) sanitary facilities, including accessible bathroom stall, accessible shower room and accessible locker room; guidance facilities are raised block, accessible guidance system and accessible alert and evacuation guidance system); Russian Federation (data refer to 13 ministries and public offices; evaluation of accessibility of high-priority objects and creation of accessibility database for vulnerable groups of population, 2015–2016 by Federal Executive Bodies, Regional Executive bodies and local executive bodies); Samoa (no data provided; National Construction Code is under preparation); Singapore (data refer to 15 government ministry buildings; based on site inspection before issuance of occupancy permits, made against the requirements of the Code on Accessibility in the Built Environment; by Building and Construction Authority); Thailand (data refer to cabinet offices, including 19 ministries, Bangkok metropolitan administration and Royal Thai Police; based on audits for the Memorandum on Accessibility 2013; Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities; National Accessibility Standard is available); Tonga (no audit implemented, but data provided.); Turkey (as a result of audits all 141 buildings were found inaccessible, and 74 received accessibility guidance: accessibility audits carried out in accordance with Regulation on Accessibility Monitoring and Auditing in 2014–2016; by Ankara Provincial Directorate of Ministry of Family and Social Policy); Vanuatu (no information about audits; National Building Code is available).

International airports:

Bhutan (data refer to Paro International airport; consideration is made for wheelchair, airport personal assistance, airfare concession and installation of railing for easy access); Cambodia (data refer to Phnom Penh International Airport, Siem Reap International Airport, and Sihanouk Ville International Airport); Georgia (based on evaluation records of the three international airports—Tbilisi International Airport, Kutaisi International Airport, Batumi International Airport by the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency); India (data refer to 32 airports of which 31 are considered accessible, and one is partially accessible; by Airport Authority of India; used Accessible India Campaign standards); Indonesia (data refer to two airports: Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta and Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpassar); Kyrgyzstan (data refer to four international airports—Manas, Osh, Karakol and Issyk-Kul Tamychi); Macao, China (data refer to Macao International Airport; inspection by Civil Aviation Authority in 1995); Malaysia (data refer to six international airports - Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Pulau Pinang, Senai and Kuala Lumpur International Airport; audits on Kuala Lumpur International Airport made on 20 January 2014 by Ministry of Transport); Micronesia, Federated States of (Incheon Strategy Survey audit made in February 2017 by FSM Department of Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure; data refer to four airports: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap); Mongolia (data refer to Chinggis Khaan International Airport; based on accessibility assessments made in 2016 by the National Human Right Commission, Ministry of Population Development and Social Protection, National Rehabilitation and Development Center); Nauru (data refer to Nauru International Airport, the only airport in the country; consideration is made of physical accessibility); New Caledonia (data refer to La Tontouta International Airport; consideration is made of physical accessibility); Philippines (data refer to 10 international airports:-Laoag, Puerto Prinsesa, Ilo-ilo, Kalibo, Davao, General Santos, Zamboanga, Manila, Mactan, and Clark; accessibility audits made with five minimum requirements in 2013–2014 by Department of Transportation); Republic of Korea (data refer to proportion of appropriately installed mobility convenience facilities in percentage for nine international airports and six domestic airports in the country; Survey on the Transportation Convenience of Mobility Disadvantaged Persons, 2015; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Transport Safety and Welfare Division; used same accessibility approach as for government buildings); Russian Federation (data refer to (i) share of airports ready for use in July 2016, where persons with disabilities are served fully according to accessibility standards, (ii) share of objects where persons with sight disability can get audio and visual information in Braille script, of total number of objects where persons with disabilities are served and (iii) share of objects with which persons with hearing disabilities can access information through alternative means of information, such as signs, text phones and other graphic information, and total number of objects with which persons with disabilities are served; Ministry of Transport; Russia has 74 International Airports in total. All airports are subject to the programme of increase of accessibility for passengers with disabilities); Singapore (data refer to two international airports—Singapore Changi Airport, Seletar Airport; survey conducted in 2012 for compliance with Code of Accessibility in the Built Environment, for Terminals 1, 2 and 3, in 2015 for Terminal 4; based on Universal Design Mark; by Building and Construction Authority); Thailand (data refer to nine international airports—Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Mae Fah Luang, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Krabi, Surat Thani and Udon Thani; by Department of Civil Aviation and Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited; based on National Accessibility Standards); Timor-Leste (data refer to Nicolau Lobato International Airport; source and method unspecified); Tonga (Fua'amotu International Airport has ramps installed for wheelchairs but does not have elevators); Turkey (in accordance with Regulation on Accessibility Monitoring and Auditing put into effect in 2013, Accessibility Monitoring and Audit Commissions have been established in all provinces; audits started in 2014 and accessibility status of 5 of 37 international airports completed; four of them—Elazığ, Erzurum, İzmir and Trabzon provinces—were accessible: audits under provision of Regulation on Accessibility Monitoring and Auditing, 2014–2015; Provincial Units of Ministry of Family and Social Policy); Vanuatu (data refer to three airports—(i) Bauer field and Port Vila at Pekoa Airport, (ii) Santo and White Grass and (iii) Tanna; no information about audits and methods).

TV news programmes:

China (data refer to China Central Television (CCTV) 13; annual statistics of China Disabled Persons' Federation, in March every year; Information Center of China Disabled Persons' Federation); India (data refer to DD News for Independence Day on 15 August and Republic Day on 26 Jan.; the Duration of Programmes with Sign Language Interpretation along with captioning reaches two and half hours; Doordarshan Ministry of Information and Broadcasting); Indonesia (data refer to TVR1, TV NEWS programme; sometimes at special events, such as debate for candidate of general election, TV stations provide interpreter sign language); Kyrgyzstan (source and method unspecified); Macao, China (data refer to two TV channels—Teledifusão de Macau Canais Chinese channel and Teledifusão de Macau Canal Macau channel; audits to TV news programmes made in Dec. 2016; Teledifusão de Macau, S. A.); Mongolia (data refer to MNB "time " information programme); Nauru (data refer to Naur Television); New Caledonia (data refer to eight channels for which all new programmes benefit from daily captioning, sign language 1.5 hours a day); Republic of Korea (data refer to duration of accessibility services in daily news programmes for KBS1 TV and KBS2 TV as of Dec. 2016; administrative data of KBS); Russian Federation (based on accessibility of information for persons with disabilities, including News channels of Central Television; Ministry of Communications); Singapore (data were not provided; however, Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore works with Mediacorp to provide subtitles for the English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil news bulletin on its free-to-air TV channels—Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria and Vasantham, respectively; there is live captioning during national events such as National Day celebrations, national day rally outlining the directions for Singapore by the prime minister); Thailand (data were not provided; report on sign language interpretation, closed captioning and audio description is in progress; Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission); Turkey (data were not provided; audits being made in accordance with Additional Clause 1 titled, Access of Persons with Disabilities to Broadcasting Services of Regulation on Methods and Principles of Broadcasting Services, 2014–2015; Radio and Television Supreme Council).

Public documents and websites:

China (based on 2014 Accessibility Evaluation on Government websites in Nov. 2014; China Software Evaluation Center; Standards: Technical Requirement on Accessible Website Design); India (Website Quality Evaluation Projects Phase 1 & II; 2015–2017; e-Governance Division, MeITY, STQC and NIC; Guideline for Indian Government Websites); Indonesia (data refer only to websites of the Ministry of Social affairs and National Telecommunication Agency which are accessible for persons with visual, hearing and speech impairments); Malaysia (data refer to public documents and websites together; source and method unspecified); New Caledonia (source unspecified); Philippines (development of standards is ongoing); Republic of Korea (Web Accessibility Survey, 2016; Ministry of Interior, Information Resource Policy Division; two groups of experts made assessments on 10 core web pages from each website; the accessibility of websites is not measured by a dichotomous notion, “accessible” or “non-accessible”; it is measured by the degree to which the website meets each of 22 evaluation indices based on Korean Web Contents Accessibility Guideline 2.1, with the maximum score of 100); Russian Federation (official websites of the Federal Executive Bodies as well as local governments are accessible for persons with sight disabilities; these institutions are free to choose design of their websites, however the switch button for persons with sight disabilities should be made in easy-to-read contrast font; Ministry of Communications); Thailand (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Thai Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2010 are available as standards; Ministry of Digital Economy and Society); Tonga (accessibility measures will be established soon).