Support-EAM is an IST funded project (specific support action IST-2-004754-SSA) under the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission. It started on the 1st October 2004 for 22 months and ended on 31st July 2006.
The objective of Support-EAM (Supporting the creation of a e-Accessibility Quality Mark) was to propose a strategy for creating a Web Accessibility Quality Mark for Web services, as part of the Action Plan eEurope 2005: An information society for all.
It clearly refers to the Council Resolution on "eAccessibility" - improving the access of people with disabilities to the Knowledge Based Society (doc. 5165/03), inviting the Commission and the member states "to consider the provision of an "eAccessibility mark" for goods and services which comply with relevant standards for eAccessibility".
In particular, harmonisation of Web Accessibility evaluation methodologies has been the basis of the project.
Seven partners were involved in Support-EAM from seven different countries in Europe:
