International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action
At EDF, an energetic team is working on international cooperation and humanitarian action.
EDF has an active role to play to ensure persons with disabilities and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) are included in EU international cooperation and humanitarian response.
To achieve this result, we collaborate with a range of partners on various projects, advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities around the world.
Our ongoing projects
Accessible Spaces For All: Improving Accessibility of Tourism for Persons with Disabilities in Central Europe
About the project The objective of the CE-Spaces4All project (also known as the Accessible Spaces for All project)...
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Empower Ukraine
Empower Ukraine is a project working towards the better inclusion of at-risk internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, veterans, older people, single-headed households, adults and children in institutions, and members of host communities with and without disabilities in specifically six oblasts (regions) in Ukraine.
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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Humanitarian Action
New report finds serious gaps in Disability-Inclusive EU Aid
Our new report shows that the European Union EU is falling far short of its obligations and commitment...
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International cooperation
Put education at the heart of the African Union and the European Union partnership
The European Disability Forum (EDF) has signed an open letter with several civil society organisations calling on African...
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International cooperation
EDF and the Global Disability Summit 2025: That’s a wrap (for now)!
From April 2–3, Berlin became the global center for disability rights as the third Global Disability Summit (GDS)...
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An-Sofie Leenknecht
Human Rights Coordinator
Contact: ansofie.leenknecht@edf-feph.org
Phillipa Tucker
Eastern and Central Europe Coordinator
Project: Empower Ukraine
Contact: phillipa.tucker@edf-feph.org
Mariya Yasenovska
Humanitarian Action Policy Officer
Project: Empower Ukraine
Contact: Mariya.Yasenovska@edf-feph.org