Annual Report 2020 Nothing about us without us Author: Natalia Suárez Editors: Catherine Naughton Contributors: Alejandro Moledo, An Sofie Leenknecht, Gordon Rattray, Haydn Hammersley, Loredana Dicsi, Marie Denninghaus, Marion Steff, Marine Uldry, Mher Hakobyan, Muriel Davia, Raquel Riaza Graphic Design by: Visually Thinking Avenue des Arts 7-8, 1210 Brussels Belgium
[email protected] www.edf-feph.org Twitter: @MyEDF This report was co-funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. The European Union was not involved in the preparation and publication of this report. The European Disability Forum recognises that the opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the position of the European Union. Table of Contents Highlights of our year 5 Who we are 7 Mission and Values 8 Executive Committee Members 10 Board Members 12 Committees and Expert Groups 14 Meet the Team 16 Our members 19 2020 achievements by areas of work 27 Accessibility 28 European Accessibility Act 28 Digital development 28 Transport and the Built environment 29 Children and Youth with disabilities 30 COVID-19 32 Human Rights and non-discrimination 33 International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action 34 Social Policy 36 Women with disabilities 37 Making our voice heard 39 Impact of communication 39 Events 41 Transparency 43 Our partners & close collaborators 43 Financial report 45 4 Annual Report 2020 5 CHAPTER 1 Highlights of our year I am proud to present EDF’s 2020 Annual Report. I would like to dedicate it to all the persons with disabilities who lost their lives, who became ill, or who spent long weeks and months isolated due to COVID-19.