CDN Legacy Project — Barbados' First Accessible-Technology Hub and IT Accessibility Training

Announced 21 October 2025, the CDN Legacy Project is a two-stage initiative of the Caribbean Disability Network (CDN), supported financially and technically by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), which has for several years sponsored CDN's annual Caribbean Disability Conference. It is the first Barbados-based, digital-accessibility-specific capacity-building programme identified in CDB's disability-inclusion portfolio, which otherwise centres on education policy and infrastructure assessments.
The first stage trains local web specialists and IT technicians in digital accessibility skills; the second establishes a physical accessible-technology hub at the Barbados Council for the Disabled, intended to give persons with disabilities hands-on access to assistive hardware and software and a base for ongoing accessibility testing and training in the country.
As a project announced in October 2025, no participant numbers, completion data or independent evaluation are yet public; CDB's own announcement discloses no specific funding figure or numerical target. It is included here as an early-stage, credibly sourced initiative worth tracking — precisely the kind of small-state capacity gap this catalogue exists to surface — and should be re-scored once outcomes are reported.

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