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Job opportunities - EBU is looking for a PARVIS Project Coordinator and a Communications Officer!
13.01.2021
In the framework of its new awareness-raising European project PARVIS, due to start in early 2021, the European Blind Union is looking for two collaborators: a Project Coordinator and a...
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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’
See International Day of persons with disabilities – 3 December 2020
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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.
See White Cane Day 2020 - EBU fully supports the WBU 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...
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Corona virus crisis: EBU joins the global call for an accessible and inclusive response.
31.03.2020
As the international community finds itself in a situation of instability and turmoil, the European Blind Union (EBU) calls upon governments and authorities across the continent to design all...
See Corona virus crisis: EBU joins the global call for an accessible and inclusive response.
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Important news - postponement of the joint WBU and ICEVI general assemblies
25.03.2020
The World Blind Union (WBU), the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), and the Organización Nacional de (ONCE) announce the postponement of the joint WBU...
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