
Update on European Commission’s new proposal on coordination of social security systems in EMPL’s Public Hearing on 12/04/17.
On 12 April 2017, the EUD attended the public hearing at the European Parliament organised

European Accessibility Act conference hosted by EDF and Disability Intergroup
On 8th of November, EUD took part in a conference about the „European Accessibility Act“,

Civil Society Hearing on progress made in the EU on the rights of persons with disabilities
On 16th of September 2016, EUD participated in a civil society hearing co-hosted by the

European Parliament’s CULT committee vote on opinion threatens future accessibility of TV & e-books
Currently, the European Accessibility Act (EAA), is being discussed in the European Parliament and the

Proposed Audio-visual media services directive not to contain article on accessibility
End of May 2016, the European Commission proposed a directive aimed at revising the audio-visual

Clear majority of Members of the European Parliament adopts resolution on the implementation of the UNCRPD by the EU
On 7 July 2016, the European Parliament adopted a very important resolution based on a

Conference on “The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015”
On 16.06.2016, EUD took part in a conference on “The situation of fundamental rights in

Development of a European pillar of social rights and on inclusive growth
On 08.06.2016, EUD took part in a very interesting meeting with the European Commission on

High Level Group disability meeting
On 09.06.2016, EUD participated in the High Level Group disability meeting 2016 The task of

Consolidating the ground for implementation: 10 years after the UNCRPD
On the 10th of June, EUD was present at the European Commission work forum on

Launch of the 2017 edition of the European Award for Accessible Cities
The European Commission is today launching the competition for the 2017 Access City Award –

Meeting with Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
On 25 April 2016, our Executive Director, Mark Wheatley met with Marianne Thyssen who is