Obstacles Will Be Removed With 'ERDEM'

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services prepared the Accessibility Assessment Module (ERDEM), which can be used by all institutions, for the elderly, pregnant women, and strollers to use their living spaces without disabilities. "Destination: Turkey Accessible"

study the execution of all the institutions according to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's specified standards in this area physical, provision of digital and mental transformation and for the creation of accessibility culture 2020 "Accessibility" Year of the Ministries Following the declaration as 'Accessible Turkey' continues to work with the target. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services, issued a circular to make all cities fully accessible to disabled citizens and to increase their participation in social life, calling on all institutions and organizations from open spaces to buildings.

"It aims to increase awareness"

On the other hand, the Ministry implemented the Accessibility Assessment Module (ERDEM) in order to increase the studies on accessibility and to carry out the applications in accordance with the standards. With ERDEM, the Ministry aims to increase awareness about accessibility, to easily identify the necessary regulations for accessibility, and to encourage obtaining an 'accessibility certificate'.

"Module Consists of 281 Questions"

The module includes the basic accessibility questions found in Accessibility Monitoring and Auditing Forms. There are a total of 10 questions in the module, which consists of 281 sections. These questions are answered as 'yes' or 'no'. The system creates an "Accessibility Report" after answering the questions about all areas from the garden to the office.

Occurrence of Additional Costs Will Be Prevented

Thanks to the form that institutions or individuals fill out for their own buildings, what needs to be done to make the buildings accessible can be determined correctly. While the accessibility report regarding the structure produced by the module provides opportunity for the institution / organization / persons to plan accessibility modifications; the occurrence of additional costs afterwards is also prevented.

"Our First Priority is the Participation of the Disabled in Social Life"

Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services, said that accessibility is their first priority for disabled and elderly people to participate in social life. Emphasizing that they attach great importance to enabling disabled citizens to have a more comfortable life and raising awareness with the services provided, Selçuk said, “We aim to make all areas of life accessible to our disabled people, especially our public institutions, with the works we do and will do in 2020. Accessibility is a must for people with disabilities; It is a requirement for a significant portion of the population when we add the elderly. It means a comfortable life for everyone. Because accessibility is for everyone, ”he said.

virtue https://erdem.ailevecalisma.gov.tr/ or on the website of the General Directorate of Disabled and Elderly Services (https://ailevecalisma.gov.tr/eyhgm), can be accessed by clicking on the "Accessibility Assessment Module".