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Ukraine war: OPD led disability inclusive response and recovery (Phase 2)

This project - funded by CBM - worked to ensure persons with disabilities and their representative organisations (OPDs) were included in the response and recovery of the Ukrainian crisis

European research on Digital Skills, Accommodation and Technological Assistance for Employment (DATA)

About the research EDF conducted a European research supported by Google.org on Digital Skills, Accommodation and Technological Assistance...

Disability Rights in the European Elections (DREE)

The Disability Rights in the European Elections (DREE) project aims to increase political participation of persons with disabilities, as voters, political activists and candidates in European elections.

Strengthening resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters (CovidResilience, RESOPP)

CovidResilience project aims to contribute to strengthened resilience of older persons and persons with disabilities in the Western...

The Ascend Project: Capacity building of disabled people’s associations in Central and Eastern Europe

Logos of the partners, EDF and Citi Foundation. News Ascend Phase 2 Activities in Hungary (November 2023) Digitalisation,...

ACCESSIBILITECH project

ACCESSIBILITECH is a EU funded initiative that seeks to provide solutions to problems such as those experienced during the pandemic and that likely to arise again

WAI-CooP project

The Web Accessibility Initiative Communities of Practice (WAI-CooP) is a project to support the implementation of the EU web accessibility directive and international standards for digital accessibility.

The 25 Percent

We are the unheard, the unrepresented — young people. But our voices have so much more power than we know. Together, we can change the world, starting with sharing our ideas at the Conference on the Future of Europe.

D-WISE

The aim of this project is to enhance the understanding of social inclusive companies in Europe employing a significant percentage of persons with disabilities.

EUni4all-Network

Within the ERASMUS+ program, a group of European entities and universities are leading this project, that intend to continue advancing in the construction and visibility of universities that work for inclusion.

WHO Europe - Inclusive and accessible public health messages about COVID-19

About the project The purpose of the project was to make key WHO public health messages more accessible...

Inclusive Mobility Alliance 2.0 (IMA)

Inclusive Mobility Alliance is a project financed by the Erasmus+ Programme. The alliance makes the link between the disability, education and youth movements to watch over the mobility programmes to make them inclusive for all people

Disability Hub Europe (DHub)

A new European initiative led by Fundación ONCE and co-funded by the European Social Fund, aimed at building a reference space to work on the binomial Disability and Sustainability.

CRPD trainings in partnership with the Academy of European Law

EDF cooperates with the Academy of European Law (ERA) in the organisation of trainings on legal and policy practitioners on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD).

Promoting Disability Inclusive International Cooperation

EDF is leading a project, titled “Promoting disability-inclusive international cooperation: Ensuring that EU policies and funding contribute to the strengthening of the disability movement and the promotion of the CRPD worldwide”.

Mapping disability inclusiveness of European member states’ development and humanitarian aid

As part of EDF’s international cooperation strategy, EDF would like to assess the extent to which European Member States’ development aid official development aid is inclusive of and accessible to persons with disabilities.

VIVID:T Project

In a nutshell, VIVID:T project’s main aim is to create a global community of practice working towards disability inclusion in humanitarian action and volunteering.

DARE - Disability Advocacy Research in Europe

This project aims to train a new generation of researchers in the field of disability rights by embedding them in the top universities in this field, led by the University of Ireland Galway.

AMiD - Access to Services for Migrants with Disabilities

AMiD project aims to support efficient management of the reception and integration of asylum seekers and migrants with disabilities in the European Union (EU).

Innovation to Inclusion (i2i)

Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) aims to address key challenges persons with disabilities experience in accessing economic opportunities and waged employment in low and middle-income countries.

Building Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals: Empowering Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (India)

The overall objective of the project is for women and men with disabilities to engage in, shape and monitor SDGs implementation in India.

Inclusion in European’s Union Development Cooperation

In September 2015, a new sustainable development agenda has been adopted by world leaders to end poverty, protect...

Bridging the Gap II – Inclusive Policies and Services for Equal Rights of persons with Disabilities

This initiative supported the implementation of the UN CRPD and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through capacity building and empowerment of government institutions, NGOs, and DPOs.