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New EdbU committee executive members:

“Francisco Trigueros from Spain, has elected as the new president of the entity”

In Brussels took place last June 23 th and 24th the Annual General Assembly of EDbU and Forum 9th EDbU General Assembly, 1st Deafblind Elderly Forums, 3rd Deafblind Youth Forum with the slogan “Nothing about Deafblind without Deafblind”

2nd WFDB SHAPES Technical Workshop, 11-13 July 2022

Deafblindness increases exponentially with age: 6% of global population are older persons with deafblindness. At the 2nd WFDB Shapes Technical Workshop in Geneva, WFDB gathers feedback and experiences of individuals within this age group.

Francisco Trigueros, EDbU Representative, said: “We have a transition moment of persons who are not digitally literate, and now we’re in an age where everything is online.”

EDbU Event 2020 -NOTICE

 

                                              

 

Dear members, associates and friends,

 

On the behalf of the European Deafblind Union (EDbU) we are sending you this letter to inform you that the next EDbU event;

HKWC 2018 – OUR RIGHTS, OUR VOICES, WE LEAD THE WAY

Between the 19th and 27th of June, the 5th WFDB General Assembly and the 11th Helen Keller World Conference took place in Benidorm, Spain. During those days, more than 300 Deafblind people, along with their interpreters gathered together, sharing experiences and joining forces in order to help improve the quality of life of Deafblind people around the world.

EUROPEAN DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 2016

CRPD IMPLEMENTATION CANNOT BE BUSINESS AS USUAL

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This year’s European Day of Persons with Disabilities marks the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). This has been the focus of the 2-day conference organised by the European Commission and EDF on 29-30 November 2016.

SANJA TARCZAY, Ph.D., EDbU’s PRESIDENT, RECEIVED AN “AWARD FOR THE PROMOTING RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 2016”

Zagreb, Croatia

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The Croatian Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Welfere recognised Sanja Tarczay, Ph.D.as an exceptional individual with outstanding achievement in protecting the welfare, rights and interests of children who have a strong desire to promote children’s rights, an innovative idea to change the world for children and the passion and the drive to create this change.