European Union of the Deaf
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]
European Union of the Deaf
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EUD Members | 31 Full Members
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Leaders | |||||||||||||||
• EUD President: | Dr Markku Jokinen | ||||||||||||||
• Executive Director: | Mark Wheatley | ||||||||||||||
Establishment | |||||||||||||||
• Founded | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
Website eud.eu |
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: John Young (
United Kingdom)
gollark: This seems to neglect any happiness you might get from not being utterly isolated in the meantime.
gollark: Or, well, a fairly high chance.
gollark: I suppose you also have to assume that the child has a 100% chance of helping you with your thing.
gollark: The assumption there is of course very assumptive.
gollark: If we approximate it by saying that having and raising a child consumes 50% of your resources and the other half of said resources can be used on direct contributions to things, and the child will definitely help with whatever your goal is, than the child provides a 50% benefit.
See also
- EUDY - European Union of the Deaf Youth
- WFD - World Federation of the Deaf
- World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section (WFDYS)
- Languages of the European Union
References
- "About us". European Union of the Deaf. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- "Presidents | European Union of the Deaf".
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