{"id":19198,"date":"2016-06-06T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eud.eu\/?p=19198"},"modified":"2022-07-26T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:41:17","slug":"meeting-with-marianne-thyssen-commissioner-for-employment-social-affairs-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eud.eu\/meeting-with-marianne-thyssen-commissioner-for-employment-social-affairs-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 25 April 2016, our Executive Director, Mark Wheatley met with Marianne Thyssen who is the&nbsp;European&nbsp;Commissioner&nbsp;for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/164227933?h=54733911e3&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was an opportunity to give Commissioner Thyssen a personal copy of the latest publication from EUD concerning the UNCRPD through a Deaf perspective.&nbsp;The book addresses Article 33: National Implementation and Monitoring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting took place at the Commissioners office, which is&nbsp;in the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium. 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