Developing new training methods for mediators to improve inclusion in the workplace for visually impaired workers. Breaking down barriers between training and placement programmes and employers to improve access to employment for the visually impaired on a long-term basis. The final project conference was held in Paris on 24-25 September 2010.
Timeframe: 2008 - 2010.

With the financial support of the Education and Culture DG of the European Commission, the EBU led a two-year project looking into how languages can be taught most effectively to visually impaired adults. The project involved three other partners from countries of the EBU network: the Pancyprian Organisation of the Blind, the Czech Blind United, and the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union.

Timeframe 2008 - 2010

Organising a Conference in Dublin in May 2009 to investigate European citizenship from the perspective of the blind and partially sighted. A political declaration towards an inclusive Europe was published as a result of the Conference.
Timeframe: 2008 - 2009.

Recording the demand for innovative concepts and approaches to reduce barriers in vocational education and training for visually impaired people.
Timeframe: 2006 - 2008.

Lambda is a three-year research project started on 1 September 2002 with the financial support of the European Union Information Society Technologies program, with the objective of creating an integrated system for writing and reading mathematical texts for the use of blind students. The project consortium, with 14 partners including EBU, wants to be mindful of the various aspects of the problem (related to Information Technology, mathematics and education), as well as of the needs of users in each country.
Timeframe: 2002.