| Linking Name: | the European Union |
| Membership Type: | EUD Members |
| Leader Title1: | President |
| Leader Name1: | Sofia Isari |
| Leader Title2: | Executive Director |
| Leader Name2: | Frankie Picron |
| Established Event1: | Founded |
| Established Date1: | 1985 |
| Official 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] 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.[2]
Currently, the European Union of the Deaf has thirty full members and six affiliate members, with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Presidents:[3]
Full members:[5]
| Association | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| Austrian Federation of the Deaf | ||
| Deaf Flanders | ||
| Croatian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | ||
| Cyprus Deaf Federation | ||
| Czech Republic Union of Deaf and Hard of Hearing | ||
| Danish Deaf Association | ||
| Estonian Association of the Deaf | ||
| National Federation of France for the Deaf | ||
| German Federation of the Deaf | ||
| Hellenic Federation of the Deaf | ||
| Hungarian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | ||
| Icelandic Association of the Deaf | ||
| Irish Deaf Society | ||
| Italian National Agency for the protection and assistance of the Deaf | ||
| Latvian Association of the Deaf | ||
| Lithuanian Deaf Association | ||
| Luxembourgian Association of the Deaf and hard of hearing | ||
| Maltese Deaf People's Association | ||
| Deaf Association of the Netherlands | ||
| Norwegian Association of the Deaf | ||
| Slovak Association of the Deaf | ||
| Slovenian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | ||
| British Deaf Association |