Road Safety and Access to Transport The most important work item was supporting the Liaising Commission in lobbying European institutions on the EU Regulation of Level of Motor Vehicles. RSAT members drafted a position paper dealing with the dangers of silent vehicles, which was used by the Liaising Commission for its lobby work. Access to Information and Technology EBU lobbied for accessible and standardised payment terminals, jointly with the European Disability Forum and Age Platform Europe, while working with financial and technical support from the Dutch Central Bank to devise technical specifications. We worked with the European Central Bank (ECB) on an accessible mobile application allowing identification of Euro banknotes via a smartphone. On the initiative of our national member from Austria, EBU issued a statement regarding the widely used touch sensitive controls at elevators. Blind and Partially Sighted Persons with Additional Disabilities The commission for this working area carried out a survey among EBU member countries. The survey included information regarding the definition of the population of persons with additional disabilities, statistical information, provisions available to these persons, examples of good practice, but also problems and challenges faced by them, and recommendations. Deafblind People The EBU Commission for Deafblind People and its Chairperson were instrumental in reactivating our cooperation with the European Deafblind Union (EDBU) to promote equality and the full participation of deafblind people in society. The Commission prepared the 7th EBU Conference on Deafblindness which was held from 22-24 May 2013 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. For this conference, EBU presented a paper on Impact of “The the UN-CRPD on People with Deafblindness and the Present Reality in Europe”. In addition, a forum for deafblind women was held immediately
Road Safety and Access to Transport The most important work item was supporting the Liaising Commission in lobbying European institutions on the EU Regulation of Level of Motor Vehicles. RSAT members drafted a position paper dealing with the dangers of silent vehicles, which was used by the Liaising Commission for its lobby work. Access to Information and Technology EBU lobbied for accessible and standardised payment terminals, jointly with the European Disability Forum and Age Platform Europe, while working with financial and technical support from the Dutch Central Bank to devise technical specifications. We worked with the European Central Bank (ECB) on an accessible mobile application allowing identification of Euro banknotes via a smartphone. On the initiative of our national member from Austria, EBU issued a statement regarding the widely used touch sensitive controls at elevators. Blind and Partially Sighted Persons with Additional Disabilities The commission for this working area carried out a survey among EBU member countries. The survey included information regarding the definition of the population of persons with additional disabilities, statistical information, provisions available to these persons, examples of good practice, but also problems and challenges faced by them, and recommendations. Deafblind People The EBU Commission for Deafblind People and its Chairperson were instrumental in reactivating our cooperation with the European Deafblind Union (EDBU) to promote equality and the full participation of deafblind people in society. The Commission prepared the 7th EBU Conference on Deafblindness which was held from 22-24 May 2013 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. For this conference, EBU presented a paper on “The Impact of the UN-CRPD on People with Deafblindness and the Present Reality in Europe”. In addition, a forum for deafblind women was held immediately
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