EBU in action
Episodes
Episode 13: Persons with disabilities in humanitarian responses
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crisis scenarios such as conflicts or natural disasters require humanitarian responses which bear in mind everybody's needs, including those of people...
Episode 12: the European Accessibility Act - a new legal state of play
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
28th June 2025 marked the deadline for implementing the European Accessibility Act (EAA), a EU Directive aimed at establishing a series of accessibili...
Episode 11: Merci Louis: 200 years of braille
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1825, a French genius named Louis invented one of the most revolutionary tools for the blindness and partial sight communities: the braille code. ...
Episode 10: A toast to inclusion at the European Parliament
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On February 18th 2025, the European Blind Union hosted a cocktail event at the European Parliament under the kind sponsorship of MEP Li Andersson (The...
Episode 9: Looking for more inclusion: the 2024-2029 legislative term
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a year marked by the 2024 EU Elections, the European Blind Union has gone through many internal changes so our organisation can optimise its advoca...
Episode 8: Running towards inclusion: the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games were a great party for the promotion of sports among our communities. In this segment, you will listen to the testimon...
Episode 7: Cast your vote: the 2024 EU elections
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Casting your vote or running for office as a visually impaired person is possible today, but it's not an experience free from challenges. Fredrik Sto...
Episode 6: Engagement, Balance, Unity: EBU's 12th General Assembly
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The beginning of 2024 was marked by the organisation of our 12th General Assembly on the year of our 40th Anniversary. This episode covers the main ...
Episode 5: The EU Disability Card Proposal: ambitious enough?
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As part of its Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal for a European...
Episode 4: Social Media - difficulties and opportunities for disability organisations
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Although social media platforms bring some accessibility challenges with themselves, disability organisations can also benefit of their outreach to pr...
Episode 3: Artificial Intelligence: a new challenge on the horizon
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence has a lot of potential when it comes to offering solutions to persons with disabilities, but there are also many challenges to...
Episode 2: How can we access consumer products’ information?
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss with Bart Simons and Javier Pita about the different ways to make information about consumer products accessible, such as using braille lab...
Episode 1: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: challenges and opportunities
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, Erwin Denninghaus and Friederike L. Kühl, two experts involved in the PAsCAL project, talk about the potential benefits of Con...