Odyssey Global Media is proud to partner with the EBU In Action series, which is co-funded by the European Union.

This podcast focuses on discussion with Bart Simons (EBU's representative in ANEC) and Javier Pita (CEO of NaviLens) about the different ways to make information of consumer products accessible. Furthermore, we also learn about the latest news from DBSV with Reiner Delgado.

Original Publication Date: March 2023

Transcript link: https://www.euroblind.org/sites/default/files/documents/Episode_2_Accessible%20information%20in%20consumers%20products_Transcript.pdf

Odyssey Global Media is proud to partner with the EBU In Action series, which is co-funded by the European Union.

Hosted by Neven Milivojevic who is a former director of advocacy at the Swedish Association of Blind and Partially Sighted, as well as been a local politician in Sweden for many years and also teaching at Uppsala University, and hosting the PARVIS Project podcast within EBU.

Co-hosted by Paweł Masarczyk who is a well-known podcaster from Poland.

On this podcast menu, we have an interview with two people who on the behalf of European Blind Union were involved in the PASCAL project, Frida Kühl and Erwin Denninghaus.

With insights from Nacho Lopez who is the external communications officer of EBU.

Vilmantas Balčikonis, Vice-President of the Lithuanian Association of Blind and Partially Sighted, explains why cooperation with the EU Parliament and other organisations around Europe is important.

He also reflects on LASS’ advocacy work in promoting the rights of people with visual impairment in Lithuania, as well as EBU’s support at a European level.

#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez

Links:

Lithuanian Association of Blind an Partially Sighted People:

lass.lt/the-lithuanian-union-of-the-blind-and-partially-sighted/

Cooperation/partners: European Blind Union: euroblind.org and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation orf.at ORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

"The home can be a canvas and a sanctuary" Khulood Al Sharhan.

Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union

Julius interviews Ask Løvbjerg Abildgaard, President of Dansk Blindesamfund, on the current situation of visually impaired people in Denmark. Ask Løvbjerg Abildgaard explains the main tasks of the organisation, like addressing the decreasing rates of education levels among young blind and partially sighted persons in Denmark.

The President of Dansk Blindesamfund is also very engaged in the matter of disability policy-making. In this sense, he highlights that municipalities must realise that rehabilitation of visually impaired people is a specialised task which needs to be handled by higher administrative levels.”

#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez

Links: blind.dk/

Cooperation/partners: European Blind Union: euroblind.org and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation orf.at ORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union

Interview with Madeleine McNamara - NCBI, National Council for the Blind of Ireland. Julius interviews Madeleine McNamara, Advocacy and Engagement Administrator at NCBI, on the current situation of visually impaired people in Ireland. Madeleine is blind herself, and she tells us more about her emphasis for setting more awareness-raising measures. She is thinks that it is important that people listen to each other to avoid wrong assumptions about the needs of blind and partially sighted persons.

#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez

Links: ncbi.ie

Cooperation/partners: European Blind Union: euroblind.org and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation orf.at ORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union

Julius interviews Katarina Bigović-Kulić, deputy director and Anđela Dragović, member of the Union of the Blind of Montenegro on the current situation of blind and partially sighted people in Montenegro. Katarina and Anđela talk about how they could help the organization with their mutual cooperation and which kind of support they could offer. The result is a lot of progress during the last years.

#ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez

Links: ss-cg.org/

Cooperation/partners: European Blind Union: euroblind.org and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation orf.at ORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.

Odyssey Global Media is pleased to globally broadcast "The Views of Life" series with cooperation partners Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and European Blind Union

Julius interviews Dorota Krać, member of the Polish Association of the Blind (PZN), on the current situation of visually impaired people in Poland. The deep-going interview explains how better education and more empathy in general could help to improve the situation of people with disabilities - especially for access to the labour market. #ViewsOfLife is a cooperative media project by European Blind Union (EBU) and ORF_connect for technical support of production. Through this initiative, journalist Julius Kratky will interview people from different EBU National Members to know more about the situation of blind and partially sighted people across Europe. EBU-Editor: Nacho Lopez

Links: pzn.org.pl

Cooperation/partners: European Blind Union: euroblind.org and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation orf.at ORF_connect is an initiative for video communication.