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EDF Toolkit: How to lobby EU institutions at national level

EDF’s mission, as defined in the statutes, is to “ensure disabled people full access to fundamental and human...

Accessible Website Toolkit - Digital Accessibility Training session #7

As part of the VIVID-T project, the Accessible Website Toolkit will help you know how to create accessible content on...

Accessible Video Toolkit - Digital Accessibility Training session #5

As part of the VIVID-T project, the Accessible Video Toolkit will help you to create videos considering accessibility aspects. You can find...

EDF toolkit DPOs involvement Global Disability Summit

This toolkit is designed for EDF members and DPOs from larger Europe. Its objectives are to advocate for DPOs meaningful involvement in both the Global Disability Summit and the European Regional Disability Summit on international cooperation, to influence the commitments that will come out of these processes and to use the Summits for national, European and international advocacy on the implementation of CRPD and SDGs.

Accessible Online Meeting Toolkit - Digital Accessibility Training session #4

As part of the VIVID-T project, the accessible Online Meeting Toolkit will help you to improve the accessibility of online events that you are organising. The toolkit focuses on Zoom and gives you a set of recommendations and tips ensuring that your events are inclusive for all.

Accessible Social Media Toolkit - Digital Accessibility Training session #3

As part of the VIVID-T project, the accessible Social Media Toolkit will help you to improve the accessibility of the content that you are posting and use the accessibility features built directly into social platforms. The toolkit focuses on Twitter and gives you a set of recommendations and tips ensuring that your posts are reaching the largest audience, including people with disabilities.

Accessible PowerPoint Toolkit - Digital Accessibility Training session #2

As part of the VIVID-T Project, the Toolkit on Accessible PowerPoint will guide you to improve the accessibility of your Powerpoint presentation. Accessible PowerPoint means that your entire audience is going to be able to fully engage with it and learn from the content you are creating. In the toolkit, you can find a set of recommendations that suggest how you can be more accessible and achieve this particular goal.

Accessible Word Toolkit - Digital Accessibility Training session #1

On the 15th April 2021 has been delivered the first training session on Digital Accessibility as part of...

European Accessibility Act Toolkit for transposition

The European Accessibility Act (EAA), is an EU law that will set new EU-wide minimum accessibility requirements for...

How to make your elections campaign accessible for persons with disabilities and the general public

Over 100 million persons with disabilities live in the European Union. However, most election campaigns do not take...

Advocating against the draft additional protocol to the Oviedo Convention

The draft additional protocol is a legal document that is being discussed by the Council of Europe on...

Toolkit on the inclusion of refugees with disabilities

This toolkit aims to inform our community of members and partners, in particular organisations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) in Europe, about the perspectives of migrants, including refugees, with disabilities, and how to include them in your work. It includes:

Accessible Online Meetings

Here is a suggested checklist for organizers running on accessible online meetings. It was put together by our...

European Electronic Communication Code (EECC) Toolkit for transposition

The recast European Electronic Communications Code or the EECC was adopted and entered into force in December 2018....

Guidance Note on the Role of European organisations of persons with disabilities in International Cooperation

The objective of the guidance note is to document for the first time the experience of European DPOs...

Accessibility of Audiovisual Media

The Audiovisual Media Services Directive or AVMSD (referred to as the Directive throughout this text) was adopted on...

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This is a guide for organisations of persons with disabilities on how to engage with the United Nations...

10 Web Accessibility Rules

What is web accessibility? According to the World Wide Web consortium (W3C) “web accessibility means that people with disabilities can...

Accessible Meetings

A successful conference with active participation, good debate, with audiences from different backgrounds and perspectives, will depend on...