Francesc Aragall i Clavé - Experto internacional en accesibilidad y design for all

Francesc Aragall i Clavé

Internacional expert on accessibility and Design for all
President of the Design for all Foundation
General manager of ProAsolutions

Català | Castellano

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1971-1977 Welder, fitter, milling machine tecnician, draughtsman and projectionist for TREMESA (family enterprise).

1978-1983 Ballerin and choreographer.

1983-1991 Adviser in biomechanic subjects in various medical centres, such as:
- Integral Centro Médico y de Salud (Comprehensive Medical and Health Centre).
- Instituto Médico de Desarrollo Infantil (Medical Institute for Child Development).
- Clínica Trauma (Trauma Clinic).

1985-1986 Teacher of Anatomy and Biomechanics applied in dance at the Barcelona Theatre Institute.

1986-1999 Coordinator and teacher of the Ergonomic Module of the Masters course in Intervenció Ambiental Barcelona University (Environmental Intervention).

1988-1993 Head of urban and transport accessibility and technical assistance at the Barcelona City Council.

1989 Advanced Ergonomics Teacher at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

1990-1994 Founder and partner of the company, Ergotècnia.

1991-1992 Teacher of courses on Ergonomics and Training of persons in special work centres at the Foundation Tallers de Catalunya (Catalonia Workshops).

1991-1994 Member of Centre d'Estudis de Salut Laboral.

1992-1994 Founder and member of the Institut Català d’Ergonomia i Salut a l’Empresa.

1994-1998 Gereral Director of CRID (Consorci de Recursos i Documentació per a l'Autonomia Personal). The aim of this organisation is to improve the quality of life, working to achieve that the human environment is accessible for all.
As head of CRID and as an expert with the Barcelona City Council, he has been director of various projects financed by the European Union, such as SITPRE, DG Transport and various HORIZON programs.
As well as being head of accessibility projects and Design for All, he is also adviser and manager of projects for administrations and for private and public companies: urbanism, transport, computer mechanisms, telecommunications, industrial products and urban furniture.
Mr. Aragall also participates in the coordination of de Design for All, of which he represents the Spanish network for the European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD).
Furthermore, he is director of the Design for All Information Exchange Europe (DAIEE) project, which was constituted in January 1998 and signed by 58 European private and public organisations.

1999-2000 Adviser to the European Commission on the adaptation of the CEN regulations in New Technologies.

1998-2003 Presently, he is General Director of the company, ProAsolutions (an accessibility and Design for All consultancy, with its premises in Barcelona) and President of the Design for All Foundation.
He is also lecturer in various masters and doctorate courses at the University of Barcelona and at the University of Lisbon as well as author of the European Concept of Accessibility (2003 edition).