1st European Deafblind Holiday, Czech Republic, 1997
Locality and date: Paprsek (Jeseniky mountains) and Prague, July 27 - August 06, 1997
Organizers: Jan Jakes and Vera Husakova; LORM - Society for the Deafblind
Price: 270 USD per person per 10 days
- 17 deafblind participants from 7 countries: Belgium, Czech republic, France, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
2nd European Deafblind Holiday, France, 1998
Locality and date: La Rochelle, September 19 - 26, 1998
Organizers: Florence Chevallier and Jean-Francois Guérineau; Association "Loisirs/Vacances pour Sourds-Aveugles"
Price: 2300 FRF (345 Euro) per person per 7 days
- 18 deafblind participants from 6 countries: Czech Republic, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland
*** Note: No holiday took place in 1999
3rd European Deafblind Holiday, Belgium, 2000
Locality and date: Lampernisse, August 27 - September 02, 2000
Organizers: Peter Vanhoutte and Koen Amerlynck; EURO 2000
Price: 300 Euro per person per 6 days
- 16 deafblind participants from 9 countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland
4th European Deafblind Holiday, Switzerland, 2001
Locality and date: Monthey (Suisse romande), August 19 - 28, 2001
Organizers: Julia Roessler, Françoise Gay-Truffer, and others; Centre les Marmettes
Price: 500 Euro per person per 9 days
- 16 deafblind participants from 5 countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland
5th European Deafblind Holiday, Croatia, 2002
Locality and date: Bol (island of Brac), June 22 - 29, 2002
Organizers: Elizabeta Tarczay, Davorka Dragojevic, Maja Levar, and Lidija Milosevic; Dodir
Price: 350 euro per person per 7 days
- 24 deafblind participants from 8 countries: Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland
(13 deafblind persons from abroad and 11 deafblind persons from Croatia)
6th European Deafblind Holiday, Poland, 2003
Locality and date: Warsaw and Ustronie Morskie, August 16 - 23, 2003
Organizers: Jozef Mendrun, Elzbieta Oleksiak;
Price: 280 Euro per person per 7 days
- 40 deafblind participants from 10 countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland
(20 from abroad, 20 from Poland)
7th European Deafblind Holiday, Sweden, 2004
Locality and date: Mullsjö, July 05 - 11, 2004
Organizer: Mia Nyström, The Association of the Swedish Deafblind
Price: 340 Euro per person per 6 days
- 26 deafblind participants from 11 countries: Belgium, Czech Republic (together with an interpreter-guide from Canada), Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
The holiday took place together with the meeting of Young Sweden Deafblind Group.
8th European Deafblind Holiday, Bulgaria, 2005
Locality and date: Varna, July 03 - 10, 2005
Organizer: Dimitar Parapanov; National Association of the Deafblind in Bulgaria
Price: 290 Euro per person per 7 days
- Deafblind participants from 11 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic (with an interpreter-guide from Canada), Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
9th European Deafblind Holiday, Czech Republic, 2006
Locality and date: Roznov pod Radhostem, August 12 - 19, 2006
Organizer: Jan Jakes, VIA Deafblind Association
Price: 300 Euro per person per 7 days
- 38 deafblind participants from 13 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
10th European Deafblind Holiday, Norway, 2007
Locality and date: Sogne Conference Centre, Sogne, August 6 - 12, 2007
Organizer: Geir Jensen, Norwegian Association of the Deafblind
Price: 350 Euro per person per 6 days
- 35 deafblind participants from 11 countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
The follow-up European Deafblind Holidays for the years 2009 and later are not yet specified.
Meanwhile no organization has officially asked to host the 12th and the other following European Deafblind Holiday in 2009 and later. These dates are still free for all organizers who would like to host European Deafblind Holiday in their country.
National deafblind organizations through Europe are invited to host annual European deafblind cultural exchange in their country. Please contact the holiday consultant and co-ordinator Jan Jakes on jajakes@volny.cz.
The overview made out and updated by Jan Jakeš, September 15, 2007
(2008-09-11)