The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is a
supraorganization
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comprising each respective National Association of the Deaf of the
member states of the European Union
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. The EUD is a
nonprofit organization
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founded in 1985 and is a Regional Co-operating Member of the
World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), a full member of the European Disability Forum (EDF) and has a participatory status with the
Council of Europe
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(CoE). Ten countries were present at this meeting. During the assembly of October 10, 1994, the delegates of the deaf associations in Europe voted for a change of name: ECRS was thus replaced by the European Union of the Deaf (EUD).
EUD's goals include equality for Deaf people in employment, education, and public as well as private life, and the right to use indigenous sign language.
Currently, the European Union of the Deaf has thirty full members and six affiliate members, with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
History
Presidents:
* 2022–present:
Sofia Isari ()
* 2013–2022:
Markku Jokinen ()
* 2007–2013:
Berglind Stefánsdóttir ()
* 2005–2007:
Helga Stevens ()
* 1990–2005:
Knud Søndergaard ()
* 1989–1989: Jeff Labes ()
* 1985–1989:
Jock Young
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Biography
Jock Young was educated at the London School of Economics. His PhD was an ethnography of drug use in Notting Hill, West L ...
()
Members
Full members:
See also
*
International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People
*
Languages of the European Union
The European Union (EU) has 24 official languages, of which three English, French and Germanwere considered "procedural" languages, but this notion was abandoned by the European Commission (whereas the European Parliament accepts all offic ...
*
World Federation of the Deaf
References
External links
Official EUD website
1985 establishments in Europe
Deafness organizations
International organizations based in Europe
Non-profit organizations based in Europe
Organizations established in 1985
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