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Report on the Czech Blind United Delegation Visit to France on 7 November 2025

On 7 November 2025, a delegation of 18 people from SONS (Czech Blind United), the leading organisation supporting blind and partially sighted people in the Czech Republic, visited Paris for an in-depth exchange with our French national member (CFPSAA) and the EBU Office. The visit was designed to foster mutual learning and cooperation around accessibility, employment, education, and digital inclusion for the blind and visually impaired community.

Bring down the barriers: EBU launches its “In-Work Support” brochure

Conceived as an awareness-raising tool, EBU launched its “In-Work Support” brochure last month.


News from EBU members

National Congress of the Italian Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted – The future where the individual is at the centre

The National Congress of the Italian Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted was held – during month of October 2025 - in Palermo, Sicily region, the Island in the southern part of Italy, and was dedicated to the following important subject: “The future where the individual is at the centre”.

Royal visit to The Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted

Crown Prince Haakon visited the associations activity and rehabilitation center on November 12, as part of the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted’s 125th anniversary.


Culture

Merci Louis: French associations commemorate the bicentenary of the braille code

On 13th November, four French organisations of people with visual impairment organised a full-day conference filled with interesting roundtables at the French National Library.


Announcements

Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award 2026: Call for Nominations

ABC is now accepting nominations for the 2026 International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, celebrating outstanding achievements by a publisher and an initiative or project promoting accessibility in digital publishing.


Coming events

Coming up in the EBU agenda.

Internal events of interest.