Publications and resources
Latest news
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The 8th EBU Access Cast is now online
21.02.2019
This time Mario, Jakob, Bart and Tanja prepared lots of goodies for you from the news section, and we achieved our own personal record in amount of demos prepared for our podcast.
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04 January designated World Braille Day
04.01.2019
Apart from interesting food and cars whose name are difficult to pronounce, France is, amongst people who are blind, widely acknowledged for having a citizen who almost 200 years ago invented the...
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2019 EBU “VISION FOR EQUALITY” AWARD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
27.11.2018
The Award is granted to European organisations, institutions, policy makers, enterprises or individuals in recognition of their commitment and ongoing endeavour in the defence and promotion of the...
See 2019 EBU “VISION FOR EQUALITY” AWARD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
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the AVA – Accessible Voting Awareness-Raising report on the Accessibility of Elections for Blind and Partially Sighted Voters in Europe
19.11.2018
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) mandates all countries in Europe to “guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights and the opportunity...
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EBU Resolution on Tibet
08.11.2018
European Blind Union resolution on the ultimate closure of the Tibet School for the Blind as reported in June 2018.
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The new EBU document 'Good practices on blind and partially-sighted persons’ employment in Europe' is now available.
30.10.2018
We know that economic levels, legislation and awareness of visual impairment are very different within EBU’s member countries, but we are convinced that good practice which is demonstrated in one...
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EBU Annual Report 2017
13.06.2018
The report details EBU activities, campaigns and achievements for 2017, another busy year for us.
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EBU launches a new video as part of its commitment to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
12.02.2018
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
“The roads that lead to the top: a video on blind and partially sighted women’s... -
New EBU report on Braille Teaching and Literacy
05.02.2018
Over 2016 and 2017, an EBU expert group looked into the importance of Braille literacy and current barriers (technical, financial, psychological, etc.) to its development, in particular for young...
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European Union votes to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty
01.02.2018
EBU is delighted by the European Union's vote in favour of the procedure enabling ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. 597 members of the European Parliament out of 627 voted in favour on...