European Union of the Deaf
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European Union of the Deaf
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EUD Members | 31 Full Members | ||||||||||||||
Leaders | |||||||||||||||
Dr Markku Jokinen | |||||||||||||||
Mark Wheatley | |||||||||||||||
Establishment | |||||||||||||||
• Founded | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
Website eud.eu |
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]
History
List of presidents[2]
- 2013 – present: Dr Markku Jokinen ( Finland)
- 2007–2013: Berglind Stefánsdóttir ( Iceland)
- 2005–2007: Helga Stevens ( Belgium)
- 1990–2005: Knud Søndergaard ( Denmark)
- 1989–1989: Jeff Labes ( France)
- 1985–1989: Jock Young ( United Kingdom)
Members
Full members[3]
See also
References
- ^ "About us". European Union of the Deaf. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ "Presidents | European Union of the Deaf".
- ^ "Members". European Union of the Deaf. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
External links
- eud.eu, official EUD website