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2021
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September
- World Federation of the Deaf – Sign Languages are for Everyone
- Road to Addis: Final Webinar
- 71st WHO Regional Committee for Europe: Side event on the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities
- Future of the EU Disability Card
- EASPD: Technology for Deafblindness
- European Commission Conference on Long-distance Cross-border Passenger Rail Services
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August
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July
- Annual Venice Conference on the Global State of Human Rights
- Inclusive Employment - Side Event to High-Level Political Forum
- Assessment of the implementation of the EU Disability Card
- Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities (SGPwD) Side Event to High-Level Political Forum
- High-Level Political Forum side event: The power of partnerships in securing the rights of people with disability in the context of COVID-19
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June
- Equinet – Webinar series on equality, diversity, and non-discrimination in healthcare: Tackling systemic inequalities for more egalitarian access to healthcare services
- EDF and ANEC webinar – Introduction to standardisation
- Road to Addis: Lead2Connect
- ITU/WHO Workshop on Telehealth for Persons with Disabilities
- High-Level Political Forum Webinar Series: Part 4
- Side Events – 14th Session of the Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- 14th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the UN CRPD
- New European Social Fund+ approved by European Parliament
- Strategic Dialogue on New European Bauhaus Initiative
- European Year of Rail 2021: Toward independent and Spontaneous Rail Travel for All
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May
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April
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March
- The sixty-fifth virtual session of the Commission on the Status of Women
- EUD and WFD joint submission on the outline of the General Comment Article 27
- European Disability Rights Strategy 2021 – 2030: strategic dialogue
- UN ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is now more accessible for the deaf participants
- Statement on Intersectionality
- European Commission published the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights – what’s in it and what are the next steps?
- Meeting with the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
- European Parliament’s plenary session - homologation and distribution of transparent masks
- The first European Accessibility Act peer support meeting
- EMPL-LIBE joint hearing on “Consequences and lessons from the COVID-19 crisis for people living in residential institutions: a social and human rights perspective”
- Follow the European Commission’s weekly read-outs in International Sign
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February
- EUD meets ILGA-Europe
- Contribute to UN CRPD Committee’s General Comment on Employment
- European Pillar of Social Rights is high on the agenda of the Portuguese Presidency
- Every year on 11 February, the European Union celebrates that Single Emergency Number 112 day.
- Agreement reached on the Erasmus + programme
- Provisional agreement reached on the Common Provisions Regulation 2021-2027
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2020
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December
- European Commission’s thematic consultations on the post-2020 European Disability Strategy
- EUD attends the online Strategic Dialogue on ‘Platform work and ways to improve working conditions of people working through platforms’
- European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020
- 13th session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN CRPD
- EUD's statement for the 13th session of COSP (Round Table 1: Disability and business)
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November
- EUD attends the online Strategic Dialogue on the Child Guarantee
- EUD attends the online Strategic Dialogue on Social Economy and Job Creation
- EUD participants a webinar organised by Social Platform on the Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights
- EUD participates in a webinar organised by MEP Katrin Langensiepen on the employment of persons with disabilities
- Preparation for the UN ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2021
- Negotiations on the new Erasmus + Programme continue
- The Spanish Press Agency EFE interviews EUD Executive Director Mark Wheatley on transparent masks
- EU workshop on the evaluation of Regulation 1107/2006
- A webinar on inclusive mobility proves that learning mobility programmes are not sufficiently accessible to learners with disabilities
- European Standard on Accessibility of the Built Environment
- The European Commission published a Roadmap for the post 2020 European Disability Strategy – have your say!
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October
- POLITICO interviews EUD Executive Director Mark Wheatley on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on deaf persons
- EUD follows the online workshop ‘Rolling out accessibility’
- Side event on Disability at the World Data Forum
- PETI Committee’s workshop on the post 2020 European Disability Strategy
- Strategic dialogue on the Action Plan implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights
- EUD participates in the online Strategic Dialogue on the 2021 European Semester cycle
- Meeting of the High-Level Group on Disability
- EUD participates in roundtable organised by Equinet on the Future of Equality Legislation in Europe
- EUD follows a webinar on “Empowering services” at the 18th European Week of the Regions and Cities
- Forum on the Rights of the Child
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September
- EUD follows a EDF webinar on the transposition of the European Accessibility Act
- Training on reporting to the UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee)
- EUD participates in a report of the European Parliament on work and employment of persons with disabilities
- Mark Wheatley participates in the webinar: How can we ensure Independent Living for all? – Catering for people with diverse impairments
- Webinar on disability-based discrimination in employment by the European Commission: #EUvsDiscrimination
- VIVID-T webinar: Challenges in inclusive volunteering under COVID-19
- EUD follows a EDF online discussion on the Web Accessibility Directive
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August
- EUD & the European Disability Rights Agenda 2020 – 2030
- Webinar on strengthening social protection in the EU by the International Labour Organisation and the UN Human Rights Regional Office
- EUD attends a webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on the rights of women and girls with disabilities
- EUD participates in a live chat with EU Commissioner on Jobs and Social Rights on how social policy can support a sustainable and fair recovery in the EU
- EDF webinar on human rights violations of persons with disabilities during COVID-19
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July
- Webinar on disability inclusive practices in international cooperation as part of the VIVID Project
- EUD participates for the first time in the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
- The Petitions Committee of the European Parliament takes a step closer to allow for the tabling petitions in national sign languages
- Report on EUD consultative virtual regional meetings with the National Associations of the Deaf in Europe in the context of COVID-19 pandemic
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June
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May
- EDF webinar on Disability Assessment: Rights and Inclusion
- Online meeting of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament on the impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities
- The Report of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region highlights the importance of accessibility in national sign languages for democratic participation and inclusion while delivering the SDGs
- Regional Forum for Sustainable Development and the Civil Society Forum
- Inclusive Mobility Alliance meeting
- Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee
- EDF toolkit on inclusion of refugees and migrants with disabilities
- Conference closing the first phase of the Preparatory Action for a Child Guarantee
- The Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament established its Bureau
- European Parliament Resolution on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
- International Disability Alliance’s Facebook live on the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic: disability issues in Europe
- EDF webinar on Passengers’ Rights under EU law
- EDF webinar on poverty and social exclusion of persons with disabilities
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March
- Regarding the lack of accessibility of information and communication in International Sign of the EU’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
- An update on the Common Provisions Regulation 2021-2027
- Adoption of the Resolution on the EU disability strategy post 2020 by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament
- The webinar on the transposition of the revised Audio-Visual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)
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February
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2019
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December
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November
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October
- Public Hearing on Shaping the EU Agenda for Disability Rights 2020-2030
- Reminder to fill in the evaluation of the European Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020: lack of responses & extension of the deadline!
- EUD encourages National Associations of the Deaf to advocate for the nomination of deaf candidates for the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities elections
- Evaluation of the European Disability Strategy - Online Survey
- High Level Meeting on Disability
- Third Civil Society Seminar on “Strengthening the involvement of civil society in the European Semester”
- End-users workshop
- Digitalisation, SDGs and the future of work: addressing tomorrow's skills and jobs challenges
- Hearing of the Commissioner-designate Helena Dalli
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September
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July
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June
- 12th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations
- Webinar explaining the recently adopted European Accessibility Act
- EUD at the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the UN CRPD
- Towards the 1st European Standard on Accessibility of the Built Environment
- EUD at the Annual General Assembly of the European Disability Forum
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May
- Annual convention for inclusive growth 2019 and the side event organised by EUD, EDF, Inclusion Europe and EAPN
- EUD’s 33rd General Assembly in Bucharest, Romania
- EUD & ANSR Seminar in Bucharest, Romania
- EUD workshop in Bucharest, Romania
- EU Disability High Level Group meeting
- 2019 Work Forum on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the EU and its Member States
- Training by the European Academy of Law (ERA) on Disability and Non-Discrimination in the European Union, in Trier, Germany
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April
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March
- Country experience on disability data collection
- Ageing and Disability event jointly organised by the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) and the European Co-operation in Anthroposophical Curative Education (ECCE)
- ‘Flanders & Catalonia: comparisons and differences with regard to the status of Sign Language’
- Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Region
- Do not take my spot! – The EU Disability Parking Card
- Disability Intergroup: Political Participation Seminar
- The meeting of the European Platform of Deafness, Hard of Hearing and Deafblindness
- European Accessibility Act: final steps on the European level – first steps on the national level
- EUD's first board meeting of 2019 in Nicosia, Cyprus
- Webinar on Key messages to be delivered at HLPF 2019 on behalf of the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities
- Strategic Dialogue on the European Semester and Country Reports
- Strategic Dialogue Meeting on Integration of migrants in the EU
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February
- Towards a more inclusive European Semester
- Huawei's DigitALL 2019 Chinese New Year Reception
- Strategic Dialogue Meeting on the Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2019
- Sustainable Europe by 2030
- Revised Audiovisual Media Service Directive is formally adopted – period of transposition into national laws has started!
- European Emergency Number 112 Day
- EU action towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for SDGs
- European Parliament adopted an encouraging position on the European Social Fund+ (ESF+) post 2020
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2018
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December
- EUD Board meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria
- European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2018
- European Pillar of Social Rights and European Semester: tools for delivering Social Europe – a reflection with civil society
- Making the Digital Single Market accessible for persons with disabilities
- Access to sign language and sign language environments is a necessity for deaf seniors living in retirement homes!
- Making the European Disability Card a Reality
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November
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October
- The meeting of European Platform of Deafness, Hard of Hearing and Deafblindness (the Platform) took place in Brussels on 24th October.
- 1st Deaf Women European Forum in Valencia, Spain
- Public hearing on the Justice, Rights and Values (JRV) Fund at the European Economic Social Committee
- Public hearing on European Regional Development and Cohesion Policy at the European Economic Social Committee (EESC)
- EUD's General Assembly in Vienna, Austria
- EUD & ÖGLB Joint Seminar in Vienna, Austria
- EUD Workshop in Vienna, Austria
- 60th anniversary of World Federation of the Deaf in Rome, Italy
- 80 years anniversary of Lithuanian Deaf Association
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September
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July
- European Union of the Deaf Youth held their annual General Assembly in Constanta, Romania
- Next steps toward an EU action plan to implement the 2030 Agenda
- Persons with disabilities as a human capital: their contribution to the economy and society
- Sustainable Development Goals vs European Pillar of Social Rights? Making two frameworks work together
- Political agreement on new EU telecommunication rules with better provisions for consumers with disabilities
- Political agreement on the Audiovisual Media Service Directive revision with stronger provisions on accessibility of media services for deaf consumers
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June
- Designs project in Berlin, Germany
- EUD Board meeting in Prague, the Czech Republic
- ‘Alone We Can Do So Little, Together We Can Do So Much’ by European Deafblind Union
- Work Forum on the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Strategic Dialogue on EU semester
- ‘Developing Deaf Interpreting’ conference in Hamburg, Germany.
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May
- EDF's Annual General Assembly in Vilnius, Lithuania
- The Impact of Media on Sport, Disability & Human Rights
- Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2018
- Presentation of the report "Assistive technologies for people with disabilities"
- Joint statement on the need for end-to-end emergency service accessibility in the European Accessibility Act
- Disability Data and the Sustainable Development Goals
- The Social Pillar and European Semester as tools for delivering social Europe - a reflection with civil society
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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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February
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2015
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December
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November
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October
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September
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August
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July
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June
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2014
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December
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November
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October
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September
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August
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July
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June
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May
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April
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March
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February
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January
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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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July
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June
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May
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April
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March
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February
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2012
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December
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November
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February
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January
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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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