European Blind Union

WHAT'S NEW

  • EBU Youth Seminar (Bratislava, Slovakia, 7-8 November 2009)
    New material on line.

  • EBU launches the 2010 International Onkyo Braille Contest
    Read the press release in: English, French, German, Spanish

  • EBU wins the Golden Stars Award of the EU for its project "A Citizens' Europe for All, Disabled People on the Move", successfully conducted in 2009.
    Read the press release.

  • EBU has been particularly active over the last few weeks making sure blind and partially sighted people's needs are addressed adequately in EU policies and strategies. The following position paper has been produced by the EBU Commission for Liaising with the EU:
    EBU response to the EC Consultation on the EU Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (December 2009)

  • International Onkyo Braille Essay Contest 2009
    Read the Winning Essays
    Read the Highly Commended Essays

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    OUR WORK UNDER PROGRESS 2009

    With financial support of the European Commission under the Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS), EBU continued in 2009 the implementation of its 2008-2010 work programme: "Partnership for the social inclusion of people with a visual impairment". The programme focused on five key areas: the UN Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities, Employment, Access to Technology, Education and Copyright, Youth Capacity Building Seminar, and Communication.

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