European Blind Union
Europe
- represents the interests of all blind and partially sighted people in Europe
- aims to protect and promote the interests of all blind and visually impaired people in Europe
- works in areas such as: access to education, culture, rehabilitation and vocational training, information, aging and older people, employment, technology, rights, mobility and transportation, and gender
Funka
Sweden
- long experience in the area of digital accessibility in education
- SME (= Small and medium-sized enterprise) with a close and unique relationship with the European disability rights movement
- deals with the accessibility of digital interfaces in terms of content, design and technology, ICT, web and documents in all possible formats
- on behalf of the European Commission, Funka has analysed approaches to monitoring website accessibility and provided recommendations on methodologies for the monitoring of compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive
Synthesis
Cyprus
- implements and initiates projects of social impact, with a focus on social inclusion and integration of people with fewer opportunities
- provides online and face to face training and develops
- educational materials relevant to human rights, entrepreneurship, peace education, employability and conflict resolution and others
- has nearly 20 years of experience in European cooperation
- develops methods and tools that combine the artistic and digital approaches
TU Dortmund University
Germany
- department of Technology in Rehabilitation researches the support of the independence and self-determination of people with disabilities through technology
- contributes to numerous nationally and internationally funded interdisciplinary research projects
- members of the Technology in Rehabilitation team have many years of in-depth research experience in the field of accessibility of information and communication technology and digital participation of people with disabilities