We, the associations of the deafblind in the Nordic countries, have today, 3. September 1999, agreed to found the European Deafblind Union, EDBU.
The aim of the union is to develop cooperation between the associations of deafblind in all European countries, and at the same time to improve the quality of life for the deafblind.
Membership of the union is restricted to those associations of deafblind whose decisions are made by deafblind people themselves.
An interim committee for the new organization was also elected. Ove Bejsnap from Denmark was chosen as its chairman, and the following were elected as members of the committee; Kristjana Gardarsdottir (Iceland), Jane Eriksen (Sweden), Geir Jensen (Norway) and Seppo Jurvanen (Finland).
The first committee meeting of EDBU was held on the following day. Here it was decided, amongst other things, that the EDBU will hold its first congress in 2002."
(2010-11-08)