Development of a deaf awareness training for non-deaf adults working in the public sector, companies and non-for-profit organisations in Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Portugal

<< Objectives >>The objectives we would like to achieve by implementing this project are:- To promote transnational exchanges and share knowledge on deaf awareness-raising among the deaf trainersfromEmpoway, Fondatsiya Zaslushai Se (Listen Up Foundation), Associação Portuguesa de Surdos, and LIS 360°;- To develop innovative deaf awareness-raising workshop materials and videos;- To ensure that non-deaf people get a real understanding of deaf people's realities.<< Implementation >>1. Transnational meeting in Lisboa, Portugal: development of deaf awareness materials and videos.2. Transnational meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria: conduction of a test workshop to hearing people and adaptation of the workshopmaterials based on their feedback as well as development of 5 videos in International Sign on topics related to deafawareness-raising.3. Final phase: organisation of test workshops in each country (Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal and Italy).<< Results >>The results we expect to achieve are:- Creation of a sustainable network of adult education organisations from Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal and Italy that areactive in the field of deaf awareness raising;- The partner organisations are providing a high-quality deaf awareness workshops in their respective countries and at theEuropean level;- The deaf awareness-raising videos in International Sign are shared and used by other (deaf) trainers in their workshops.