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2018
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April
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March
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February
- ACT! (Accessible Communication Today!) by European Platform and Microsoft
- Coproducing employment initiatives for young persons with disabilities and mental health problems
- The High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on Investing in Social Infrastructure
- A cooperation meeting between the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) took place in Helsinki, Finland
- Flemish Parliament’s hearing addressing the idea of creating a ’Two language education system via Flemish Sign Language and Dutch’.
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January
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2017
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December
- Addressing the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian actions A European perspective
- "Artificial Intelligence for Accessibility - Stories from the Field" by EDF & Google
- A thematic meeting on 'Political parties and participation of persons with disabilities', hosted by EDF, Disability Intergroup, ODIHR and MEP Helga Stevens.
- Ending Forced Sterilisation of Women and Girls with Disabilities
- Reviewing the 2014 - 2020 ESIF Regulations in favour of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations
- 4th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities
- European Day of the Persons with Disabilities
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November
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October
- The situation and rights of women with disabilities
- PETI Workshop on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Monitoring of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
- Concluding observations of the UN CRPD Committee to the European Union should be reflected in a new European Disability Strategy
- Report on the implementation of the EU Disability Strategy
- ENIL Freedom Drive 2017
- The impact of the social dimension and the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) on the Future of the European Union
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September
- Happy European Day of Languages
- Plenary vote results have weakened the proposed European Accessibility Act
- Interview with MEP Morten Løkkegaard
- Day of plenary vote on the EAA
- Update on European Accessibility Act
- EUD had granted special consultative status with the United Nations.
- Board Meeting in Brussels/Ghent, Belgium
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August
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July
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June
- Access City Award 2018 is now launched!
- 2017 Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth
- A public hearing on equal treatment in employment and occupation
- “The inclusion of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the European Union”
- Real rights of persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections
- Workshop on Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction
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May
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April
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March
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February
- Our next General Assembly will be taking place in Valletta, Malta
- Launch of new EUD Gender Equality working group
- Demonstration: Accessibility? Act!
- EESC hearing on the situation of refugees and migrants with disabilities
- European Emergency Number Association (EENA)'s workshop on the European emergency number 112 and the electronic communications code directive
- Board Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland
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January
- European Accessibility Act conference hosted by EDF and Disability Intergroup
- European Pillar of Social Rights conference 2017
- Seminar on "Inclusive education for learners with disabilities"
- Election of the European Parliament president
- Exclusive interview with the candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament, MEP Helga Stevens.
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2016
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December
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November
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October
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September
- Multilingualism and equal rights in the EU: the role of sign languages
- EUD Board and Staff visits Bratislava, Slovakia
- Civil Society Hearing on progress made in the EU on the rights of persons with disabilities
- EUD board meeting in Slovakia
- Debate of the adoption process of the European Accessibility Act by the European Parliament
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August
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July
- European Parliament’s CULT committee vote on opinion threatens future accessibility of TV & e-books
- Proposed Audio-visual media services directive not to contain article on accessibility
- Clear majority of Members of the European Parliament adopts resolution on the implementation of the UNCRPD by the EU
- “Building Social Good” - Facebook conference
- Adoption of the final version of the report on the implementation of the UNCRPD, with special regard to the Concluding Observations for the EU
- "Disability Thematic Network Forum for Inclusion” with the title "Leveraging the European Accessibility Act to promote change"
- ‘The Future of Accessibility – Through the Lens of Technology, Policy and Economics’
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June
- Brexit
- Conference on "The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015"
- Meeting by AGE Platform on elder abuse in health and long-term care.
- Development of a European pillar of social rights and on inclusive growth
- High Level Group disability meeting
- Consolidating the ground for implementation: 10 years after the UNCRPD
- Launch of the 2017 edition of the European Award for Accessible Cities
- Meeting with Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
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May
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April
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March
- #CRPD15
- #BrusselsAttacks
- Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2016
- The Maltese Parliament approved the Bill declaring that the Maltese Sign Language is to be considered an official language of Malta
- European Parliament's report on the Concluding Observations from the UNCRPD Committee
- New chair of the International Disability Alliance (IDA)
- Ongoing negotiations on the Web Accessibility Directive
- Launch of Handbook ‘Different. Just like you. A psychosocial approach promoting the rights of persons with disabilities’
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2015
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December
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2014
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2013
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December
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November
- Update on European Elections campaign
- Citizens Hour
- Christine Linnartz, a Deaf MEP Candidate
- World Toilet Day
- International Day for Tolerance (Video unavailable)
- An update on two MEPs' signing
- European Accessibility Act
- World Science Day
- Congratulations, Danish Deaf Association!
- You are invited to the European Parliament!
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October
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September
- International Week of the Deaf
- International Right To Know Day
- Passing Away of Arthur Verney
- Impressions from Lithuania
- EUD – Lithuanian NAD Seminar in Lithuania
- EUD welcomes the new efsli president
- EUD receives a donation of 4,500 euros
- 10th UNCRPD Session, Geneva
- European Parliament report on 5th September
- EUD reopens its external communication
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2012
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2011
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December
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November
- EUD Accessibility Working Group Meeting
- European Co-operation Meeting
- WD112 Interview
- EUD WD112 Press Release
- WFD/EUD Press Release
- News from the WFD/EUD Conference
- Summary of the WFD/EUD Conference
- WFD & EUD Press Release
- Parlamentarium
- Kósá Mobility Report
- Written Declaration Lobby
- Written Declaration
- Brussels Declaration
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