European Union of the Deaf
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The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is a supraorganization comprising each respective National Association of the Deaf of the member states of the European Union. The EUD is a nonprofit organization 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 (CoE).[1] 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).
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European Union of the Deaf
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EUD Members | 31 Full Members | ||||||||||||
Leaders | |||||||||||||
• President | Sofia Isari | ||||||||||||
Mark Wheatley | |||||||||||||
Establishment | |||||||||||||
• Founded | 1985 | ||||||||||||
Website eud.eu |
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.[2]
Currently, the European Union of the Deaf has thirty full members and six affiliate members, with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.