Philippine Web Accessibility Group - Manila, Philippines

After accepting the mandate of establishing the web accessibility adhoc group from the government and fresh from the "Webmasters Interface Workshop" held at Cebu City in May of 2006, a team of web designers formed a group and held its first informal meeting at the conference hall of the National Council on Disability Affairs in August 11, 2006. The group agreed to adopt the name Philippine Web Accessibility Group or PWAG.As a government supervised group through the Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Council on Disability Affairs (DSWD-NCDA) and the National Computer Center-Commission on Information and Communications Technology (NCC-CICT), PWAG is also tasked to oversee and implement relevant programs on accessible ICT in the Philippines.