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The 29th EBU Access Cast is now available!
16.03.2021
The latest edition of our regular podcast on accessible technology is now online.
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For the coming 10 years: The European Commission releases its Disability Rights Strategy
04.03.2021
The adoption of the EU Disability Rights Strategy comes after a process of extensive consultations with disabled persons’ organisations throughout 2020, and the European Blind Union is content...
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“Promoting effective communication for Individuals with a Vision Impairment and Multiple Disabilities – PrECIVIM”
28.01.2021
The Erasmus+ project entitled “Promoting effective communication for Individuals with a Vision Impairment and Multiple Disabilities – PrECIVIM”, has integrated its actions. It is a project which...
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WBU Statement on World Braille Day
04.01.2021
January 4th 2021 is World Braille Day. In 2018, the UN General Assembly officially designated the world braille day as a day...
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Read the latest EBU Press Release - Creative Europe (2021-2027) - Cultivating inclusion through EU funding
16.12.2020
On 14 December, a political agreement was finally reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the new Creative Europe programme (2021‑2027), pending the final approval of the...
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The 27th EBU Access Cast is now online!
14.12.2020
The last EBU Access cast of 2020 is now available!
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International Day of persons with disabilities – 3 December 2020
02.12.2020
The theme of this year’s day is ‘Building back better, toward a disability inclusive, accessible and sustainable post Covid-19 world’
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Results of the 2020 Onkyo World Braille Essay Contest
05.11.2020
EBU is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Onkyo World Braille Essay Contest.
The European strand of the Contest was once again run by EBU.
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White Cane Day 2020 - EBU fully supports the WBU statement
15.10.2020
On the occasion of White Cane Day 2020, and as our community, and society as a whole, struggles to come to terms with the pandemic, EBU endorses and approves the World Blind Union statement.
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New EBU Position paper on MEDIA funding to European film industry: Promote Equal Access to Culture for Persons with Visual Impairments in the EU
09.09.2020
EBU appreciates that the European Union has supported the production and distribution of fiction and documentary projects for cinema and for television with around 2.6 billion € since 1991 through...