Accessibility for Future 2025, Antonini: "An integrated accessibility system is a concrete tool for inclusion."

With the Report the Barrier system, developed by Insiel on behalf of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, citizens can easily and effectively report architectural obstacles within the municipality. This digital tool is designed to improve the inclusiveness of urban spaces and the quality of life for all.

This was stated today by Diego Antonini, Sole Director of Insiel, speaking at Accessibility for Future 2025, an international event dedicated to innovation, accessibility, and inclusion, running until September 20 at Udine Esposizioni in Martignacco. The event featured the conference "The Path to an Increasingly Accessible Friuli Venezia Giulia: Tools, Actions, Experiences." Seven years after the approval of Regional Law 10/18, today, the event took stock of what has already been achieved, illustrating the actions undertaken, the experiences gained, and the tools made available to technicians and citizens to make Friuli Venezia Giulia an increasingly accessible region.

Regional Councilor for Infrastructure and Territory Cristina Amirante and Regional Councilor for Heritage Sebastiano Callari also spoke with a video message, as did Mario Brancati, President of CRAD.

The Report the Barrier system is part of the broader FVG Accessibile project, the integrated digital platform that also includes the FVG Accessibile web portal and the EagleFVG mapping system. The goal is to provide citizens, technicians, and administrations with practical tools for eliminating architectural barriers and promoting inclusive design.

"We are proud to contribute to a path of real inclusion," added Antonini, "through IT solutions designed to meet the needs of the local community. Inclusion is built with accessible and shared services that enable everyone's participation."

From 2020 to August 2025, 112 municipalities have adopted a PEBA, or 55% of the total, for approximately 184 grant decrees, 161 of which support PEBA preparation costs, for a total allocation of €1,700,000. To date, 55 municipal applications have been submitted for projects already identified in the PEBA, benefiting from a total grant of €4,784,866.50.

"In 2019," Antonini recalled, "Insiel managed just over 4 petabytes of data. Today, six years later, the information assets have exceeded 10 petabytes. The data we collect is constantly growing: it grows every day and represents a constantly evolving strategic resource. Our goal is to give value to this data, transforming it into useful tools for public decisions and citizen services. Every report we receive will in turn become valuable data, capable of enriching the regional information system."

The event highlighted the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region's ongoing efforts to improve accessibility, aiming to make urban public spaces and environments increasingly accessible to all. To this end, by strengthening its collaboration with Criba Friuli Venezia Giulia, the University of Trieste, the University of Udine, Insiel, and InfoFactory, the Region has promoted and supported a variety of integrated initiatives to foster a broad-based design culture that is increasingly inclusive and informed by the principles of universal design, as the primary framework for building and urban planning.

The Friuli Venezia Giulia region's in-house ICT company, with Matteo Celant of Insiel's Digital Public Administration division, presented its integrated accessibility system with the Accessible FVG Portal , a website designed for citizens, professionals, and public administrations that automatically adapts to all types of devices, including smartphones and tablets. The portal's purpose is to collect and share the activities carried out by municipalities in the region (such as PEBAs and other initiatives), offer useful tools for planning and training professionals, provide references to regulations (regional, national, and otherwise), and publish news, events, and updates.

Alongside the Portal, there is also the Segnala la barriere system, which allows citizens to report architectural obstacles, actively contributing to improving the inclusiveness of urban spaces, and EagleFVG, the regional web GIS that allows for quick and intuitive map visualization of architectural barriers present in the area.

"This digital platform," Antonini concluded, "represents a replicable model, combining technology, civic participation, and public policies in a shared information system, useful for designing a more accessible region for all." The meeting is organized by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Central Directorate for Infrastructure and Territory) with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Accessibility Reference Center (CRIBA) and the Regional Council of Associations of People with Disabilities and their Families.