[ICEVI-Europe] EBU Member's Newsletter, January 2021

From: Webmaster of ICEVI-Europe <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Icevi Europe <icevi-europe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:51:28 +0100

Welcome to the EBU members newsletter

This monthly newsletter in English is to inform EBU members and partners of key issues within our community and share good practices and it is also available as a word document [1]. It is produced thanks to the financial support of the European Commission. We hope you enjoy reading it, and we welcome your comments and feedback.

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OUR CAMPAIGNS

LATEST CAMPAIGNING NEWS [2]

All the updates from our ongoing campaigns, including Creative Europe Media, the Marrakesh Treaty, equality in employment and more!

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NEWS FROM EBU MEMBERS

ACCESSIBLE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES IN AUSTRIA UNTIL 2030 [3]

A new law was passed by the Austrian National Council at the end of last year, providing the ground for accessible television and radio broadcasting. Implementing the EU directive on audiovisual media services, the law will force providers of such services to broaden their accessible content. According to the planned time frame, the content of the Austrian national broadcasting company ORF has to be fully accessible by the year 2030.
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HEALTH

INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY ALLIANCE (IDA) SURVEY ON EXPERIENCE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ADAPTING TO COVID-19 [4]

The IDA survey is now available in all languages planned!

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EMPLOYMENT

RNIB AND BLIND AMBITION EMPLOYMENT WEBINARS [5]

RNIB and Blind Ambition invite you to a series of free weekly hour-long webinars to support job seekers with sight loss in lockdown and beyond.

New Year, New Me, New Job: a series of employment advice webinars
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YOUTH

IT’S GAME ON FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PLAYERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW GAMING GROUP. [6]

They have come together to explore how they can enjoy the same video-games as their sighted peers, and press developers to make gaming software more accessible.

Set up by national sight loss charity Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), members of the group are taking part on a weekly online call, sharing their own experiences of gaming and which games they've found most accessible.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

LET’S PLAY! - IBF FOUNDATION LAUNCHES A NEW GRANT PROGRAMME FOR ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING TO START PLAYING BLIND FOOTBALL [7]

The International Blind Football Foundation is pleased to announce a new support scheme to provide equipment for new interested organizations.

"The International Blind Football Foundation Let´s Play! Grant Programme" aims to provide organizations involved in blind football or wishing to start practicing it with the equipment they need to play the sport. IBF Foundation will donate balls, non-official eyemasks and IBSA-approved eyemasks to organizations whose proposals are accepted, at no cost of buying and shipping to them. Projects focusing on youth development (male and female, under 23) and women's blind football are particularly welcome.

APPLY FOR THE HOLMAN PRIZE [8]

The only qualifications for the Holman Prize are that you must be blind (including legally blind and partially sighted) and that you must be 18 years old by October 1, 2021.

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COMING EVENTS

WEBINAR - NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND DISABILITY REPORTING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION [9]

We would like to invite you to join the webinar "Non-financial information and disability reporting in the European Union" promoted by Fundación ONCE [10] in collaboration with Global Reporting Initiative [11] (GRI) in the framework of Disability Hub Europe [12] (DHub). The webinar will take place virtually on February 18th from 11 to 12:30 CET.

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[ICEVI-Europe] EBU Member's Newsletter, January 2021

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