Introduction
The WAI International Program Office (IPO)

The IPO enables partnering and coordination among the many stake-holders in Web accessibility: industry, disability organizations, government, and research organizations, and is sponsored by:

• the US National Science Foundation
• the Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research;
• the European Commission's TIDE Program,
• The Government of Canada,
• and W3C industry Members including IBM/Lotus Development Corporation, Microsoft Corporation and NCR.

Disability and research organizations on several continents also actively participate in the WAI.