
EUD follows the 3 Roundtables of the 16th Session of the United Nations Conference of the State Parties to the CRPD (COSP)
COSP EUD followed all three roundtables of the 16th session of the United Nations Conference

European Accessibility Summit 2023
On June 8th, the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) followed the European Accessibility Summit

Loneliness in the European Union: Policies at work
On 6th June 2023, EUD Policy Manager, Mr Alexandre Bloxs, attended the Loneliness in the

The 5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities 2023
On 23rd May 2023, EUD attended the “5th European Parliament of People with Disabilities” (EPPD)

Signing up for Democracy: Empowering Deaf Europeans in the EU Elections
We are excited to announce that the European elections are just one year away, scheduled

EUD Executive Director meets with MEP Anne-Sophie Pelletier to discuss accessibility for deaf people at the EU institutions
Even though the European Union (EU) has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights

On 11th April 2023, EUD attended an event hosted by the European Disability Forum (EDF) on the revision of the Audio-visual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).
The AVMS was revised in 2018, but the question under discussion in this event was

Disability Rights, Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence must be inclusive of the deaf perspective
On March 31st, EUD joined the conference “Disability Rights, Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence” organised by

EUD attends the open meeting on the “Web Accessibility Initiative Communities of Practice” (WAI-Coop)
On 7th of March, EUD attended the open meeting on “Web Accessibility Initiative Communities of

Web Accessibility Action Plan
In januari 2023 publiceerde de Europese Commissie haar Actieplan webtoegankelijkheid 2022-2025 (het Plan)

De speciale VN-rapporteur voor de rechten van gehandicapten, de heer Gerard Quinn, publiceert zijn verslag over zijn bezoek aan de Europese Unie
Vorige maand, in februari 2023, heeft de speciale rapporteur van de Verenigde Naties voor de rechten van gehandicapten, de heer Gerard

EUD geeft feedback op de oproep van de EU-Commissie tot het indienen van bewijsmateriaal over de EU-gehandicaptenkaart
Among the initiatives of the new Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2021