The Icelandic Association of the Visually Impaired (BIAVI), in collaboration with the Organization of Disabled in Iceland (ODI), has prepared and published detailed guidelines on the installation of tactile paving and attention areas indoors to create good accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals.

The tactile paving, as discussed in the guidelines, are an important element in improving accessibility for disabled people in society. Accessibility for all means that disabled individuals can live as independently as possible without barriers.

Accessibility is in fact one of the pillars of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the ratification of which is currently being discussed in the Icelandic Parliament. Article 9 of the convention states, for example, that member states shall "take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications".

The guidelines prepared by the BIAVI and ODI are based on ISO 23599:2019 regarding tactile paving and attention areas, and ÍSTN CEN/TR 17621:2021 concerning accessibility and usability of the built environment, as stated there.

The guidelines can be found here.