The European Blind Union never stops advocating for the rights of visually impaired people in Europe!
Through the beautiful waves of inclusion, "EBU in Action" brings you the latest news about our organisation and interesting discussions about the most recent updates in the blindness and partial sight communities across the continent.
Is there any subject or topic that you would like to discuss with us? Please, send us an e-mail to: nacho.lopez@euroblind.org.
For more information about EBU in Action, visit our website. (https://www.euroblind.org/publications-and-resources/ebu-podcasts#_action)
Episode 16: A treasure to cherish: braille as UNESCO heritage?
In March 2026, France and Germany submitted a nomination to have braille recognised as intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. Coming from the celebration of its bicentenary last year, this recognition would really help with raising awareness of braille's role in helping blind and partially sighted people lead more independent lives.
We discuss the subject in more depth with Lily Martinet (from the Ministry of Culture of France) and Reiner Delgado (from EBU's braille Working Group). At the same time, we talk with Susan LaVenture (from ICEVI) and Santosh Kumar (from World Blind Union) about the Global Braille Literacy Campaign driven by both ICEVI and WBU.
An English transcript is available (pdf).
17 Jun 2026
Episode 15: Inclusive melodies: teaching music to visually impaired people
With Boris Moine, guitar teacher at INJA (National Institute of Young People in France).
Music is not just an artistic discipline. It's a universal language to be shared with everybody, including people with visual impairment. You will also learn more about the latest updates at EBU, as well as discover the activities of the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted.
An English transcript is available (pdf).
* Note: This episode has been edited by "FERRY.FM".
17 Mar 2026
Episode 14: Press Start to play: Levelling up Gaming through Accessibility
The videogame industry has grown massively during the last decades. Bearing in mind all the developments in this domain, we ask ourselves: how can blind and partially sighted people enjoy Gaming on an equal basis with others?
We explore this subject with Svenja Ottawa, a blind gamer and streamer from Germany, and Philip Bennefall, owner of Blastbay Studios.
At the same time, we also bring you the latest advocacy updates around EBU (for more information, you can visit our website and read the Position Papers published in 2026 so far), as well as an interesting interview with Markus Wolf, President of the Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted.
Episode's transcript available on our website.
11 Dec 2025
Episode 13: Persons with disabilities in humanitarian responses
Crisis scenarios such as conflicts or natural disasters require humanitarian responses which bear in mind everybody's needs, including those of people with disabilities. Of course, optimising these demands good coordination between all the stakeholders involved.
In this episode, we talk to Larysa Baida (National Assembly of Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine), Diana Stentoft (Danish Association of the Blind) and Talal Waheed (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) to explore this subject more deeply.
Transcript available on our website.
23 Sept 2025
Episode 12: the European Accessibility Act - a new legal state of play
28th June 2025 marked the deadline for implementing the European Accessibility Act (EAA), a EU Directive aimed at establishing a series of accessibility requirements for products and services such as computers, smartphones, banking apps or e-commerce platforms.
Daniel Casas (European Disability Forum), Susanna Laurin (International Association of Accessibility Professionals) and Svajūnė Sirvydytė (Ministry of Social Security and Labour of Lithuania) talk with us to let us know more about this new legal state of play.
We also talk with the Vice-President of the Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Vilmantas Balčikonis, and discover more about the latest updates in our Lithuanian Member.
Transcript available on our website.
2 Jul 2025
Episode 11: Merci Louis: 200 years of braille
Reiner Delgado and Tkáčik Michal discuss the braille code's bicentenary and EBU's commitment to its promotion, featuring interviews with Lachwana Caboche and Fernando Pinto.
18 Mar 2025
Episode 10: A toast to inclusion at the European Parliament
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 Left/GUE-NGL), who we had the pleasure of talking to.
The meeting gathered other MEPs and their assistants, giving them the chance to liaise with representatives of EBU National Members and discuss the priorities for visually impaired people in their countries.
Francesca Sbianchi, Chair of EBU's Advocacy Committee, and Antoine Fobe, EBU's Head of Advocacy and Campaigning, were also present at the event and shared with us their impressions on our organisation's future advocacy work.
Segment's transcript: https://tinyurl.com/sdkebyxd
17 Dec 2024
Episode 9: Looking for more inclusion: the 2024-2029 legislative term
EBU President Tytti Matsinen and Executive Director Lars Bosselmann discuss the European Blind Union's priorities for the next five years, including increased inclusion and advocacy efforts.
25 Sept 2024
Episode 8: Running towards inclusion: the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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 testimonials of those who made this fantastic event possible, such as Italian blind judoman DongDong Camanni and the Head of the Paralympic Games Integration Ludivine Munos.
Furthermore, you will listen to the interesting perspectives of Laetitia Bernard, a blind journalist from Radio France, and Pádraig Healy, the National Sports Development Manager at Vision Sports Ireland, who were also present at the event.
29 May 2024
Episode 7: Cast your vote: the 2024 EU elections
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 Stockhaus, a blind politician from Sweden, and Armin Rabitsch, the Democracy and Election Expert of Election-Watch.EU, reflect on the current state of this subject for blind and partially sighted people across the European Union.
Furthermore, Luana Schena, from one of our Swiss members, the Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (SBV FSA), gives us a better insight into the latest updates around SBV FSA.
20 Mar 2024
Episode 6: Engagement, Balance, Unity: EBU's 12th General Assembly
In this segment, we cover the main highlights of our 12th General Assembly that took place in February 2024, including a recap on the situation of blind and partially sighted people in Ukraine, a keynote conference on artificial intelligence and the results of EBU's Board Elections.
6 Dec 2023
Episode 5: The EU Disability Card Proposal: ambitious enough?
We learn more about the EU Disability Card Proposal from the European Commission with Antoine Fobe, our Head of Advocacy and Campaigning, and with Claire Damilano, Senior Legal Manager at the European Civil Action Service (ECAS).
We also speak to Dorota Krać, from the Polish Association of the Blind.
27 Sept 2023
Episode 4: Social Media - difficulties and opportunities for disability organisations
Natalia Suárez (EDF) and Ville Lamminen (from our Finnish Member) share with us the challenges and opportunities of Social Media for disability organisations.
We also speak to Madeleine McNamara, from Vision Ireland.
28 Jun 2023
Episode 3: Artificial Intelligence: a new challenge on the horizon
We have a fruitful discussion with Jude Stern (IAPB) and Kave Noori (EDF) about the challenges and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for persons with disabilities.
We also talk to Anđela Dragović about the situation of visually impaired people in Montenegro.
22 Mar 2023
Episode 2: How can we access consumer products’ information?
We discuss with Bart Simons and Javier Pita about the different ways to make information of consumer products accessible. We also talk with Reiner Delgado, from DBSV.
For more information about this subject, watch our video about Braille: https://bit.ly/3nklnR7 (https://bit.ly/3nklnR7)
20 Dec 2022
Episode 1: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: challenges and opportunities
In this first episode, we will learn more about Connected and Autonomous vehicles with Erwin Denninghaus and Friederike L. Kühl, two experts involved in the PAsCAL project.
We will also talk with Francesca Sbianchi, from our Italian member UICI to learn more about the current issues for visually impaired people in Italy.
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