Epub inclusive publishing Capacity building training in Mongolia 2018.

The Innovation Development Center of the Blind, a not-for profit organization serving print-disabled persons, located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
 based on cooperation and financial support from WIPO, which is a specialized agency of the United Nations with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, have conducted
 4 days training for Epub inclusive publishing training for the benifit of print disabled benificiaries in Mongolia 
within the context of Accessible Books Consortium ("ABC") activities,
 which is a multi-stakeholder partnership comprising WIPO, 
organizations that serve people with print disabilities, and organizations representing publishers and authors.
In accordance to agreement between WIPO and IDC, IDC will continuesly work on the next batch of activities after Epub inclusive publishing training has been conducted.

Following organizations have contributed to conduct the inclusive publishing training in Mongolia for the organizations, individuals and publishers to create accessible epub books for people with print disabilities:

WIPO ABC (World Intelectual Property Organization, Accessible book Consortium)
IDC (Innovation Development Center for the Blind)
DAISY Consortium
Ulaanbaatar Public library, Mongolia


For the Epub inclusive publishing training, Mr. Prashant Ranjan Verma (accessible technology specialist from DAISY Consortium) was invited and worked for four days as an instructor to create accessible epub books for print disabled people, and there were 22 trainees participated from eleven different organizations. Also at the first day of training, Mrs. Myagmardorj (Copyright expert from Mongolian Intelectual  Property organization) had given presentation about Marrakesh treaty and Mongolian laws and regulations regarding Copyrighted intelectual properties.

Training participants

D/D	Name of Participant	Gender	Age	Participant's organization	Participant's Job title/Position
1	Tuvshintogtokh Vandan	Male	30	Ulaanbaatar public library	Director of public affairs
2	Tugsjargal Z	Female	51	Ulaanbaatar public library	Book researcher and reference marker
3	Delghermurun	Female	42	Ulaanbaatar public library	Book researcher and reference marker
4	Oyunbayar P	Female	46	Ulaanbaatar Public Library	Librarian for the reading hall for people with visual impairment
5	Uuganbayar Erdenebat	Male	31	Innovation development center for the blind	Information processing specialist
6	Khaidaw Tumur	male	40	The state university of arts and cultures	Department director
7	Eregzedmaa E	Female	25	The State University of Arts and Culture	Librarian
8	Uuriintuya B	Female	27	The special school for children with visual impairment No.116	Librarian
9	Sarantugs D	Female	46	The special school for children with visual impairment No.116	The sociology teacher
10	Nandin-Erdene Dalaikhuu	Male	Male	24	Government implementing agency, general authority for the development of people with disabilities	Information technology specialist
11	Gerelmaa Tserendorj	Female	34	Government implementing agency, general authority for the development of people with disabilities	Specialist for inclusive development service with cooperation
12	Undarmaa	Female	36	The national university of Mongolia	Librarian
13	Zolboo	Female	27	The national university of Mongolia	Librarian
14	Naranjargal P	Female	34	The National University of Mongolia	Librarian
15	Enchimeg B	Female	45	The central library of Dornod province	Librarian
16	Tsolmon B	Female	43	Mongolian national university of education	Librarian
17	Zolzaya Tumurbaatar	Female	38	MNFB Sukhbaatar branch	President of MNFB Sukhbaatar branch
18	Zolzaya BadmaaVanchig	Female	29	Mongolian national university of education	Teacher of education for students with special needs
19	Giihnaran P	Female	34	The national library of Mongolia	Expert for creating electronic library resource for printed materials
20	Delgerdalai G	male	31	Mongolian national federation of the blind	Daisy book editor and Producer
21	Ochirdagva T	Male	25	Mongolian national federation of the blind	Assistive technology teacher at Vocational training center for the people with visual impairment
22	Hongor Uuriintuya	Male	23	Information Technology Center	Daisy producer

In four days of Epub Inclusive publishing training, participants learned to utilize following tools and software to create accessible book for print disabled people.

• Dolphin Easy Converter Express
• DAISY Pipeline
• DAISY Pipeline 2
• EasyReader
• ChattyInfty
• Infty Reader
• VitalSource Bookshelf
• Tobi
• Save as DAISY MS Office Add-in

additional file

The following is the Powerpoint presentation about creating Accessible epub book in Mongolian Language submitted by trainee Participant from IDC:

• Creating Accessible Epub book

During the training, numerous local news agencies and websites have come to the training to publicize about the progress of our training throughout Mongolia. Following are the list of articals about the training.

• Mongolian National broadcaster
• Ikon.mn News Website
• Mongolian Press Agency
• Arslan.mn News Website