The aim was to complement the existing educational landscape with accessible adult education programmes for deaf people. Special attention was given to the key areas of politics, everyday life, health and history. Thanks to the joint commitment of the participating partner organisations, the political and general education as well as the personal development of deaf people should be promoted and strengthened across national borders. The overall aim of the programme was to achieve sustainable self-efficacy for the target group and to impart European values and political, cultural and historical background knowledge. Current events should be viewed and categorised in a well-founded way and discussed in a meaningful way with people from the peer group and the hearing majority society. Our aim is to promote social participation by enabling members of the Deaf community to acquire knowledge and information on current and relevant issues. The aim is to counteract the lack of information, to work towards the common goal of an inclusive society and to promote the international exchange of information, knowledge and experience.
This project addresses the difficult access to education, training and further training opportunities for people with hearing impairments in the European educational landscape, especially in the field of adult education. The special educational needs of deaf people are largely underrepresented in the hearing majority society and there is a lack of accessible educational programmes beyond school education. The courses offered so far have not been adapted to the needs and wishes of the deaf community in terms of didactics and there is rarely a barrier-free exchange at eye level. This not only restricts access to relevant general and advanced knowledge, but also denies hearing impaired people the valuable opportunity to learn and exchange knowledge within their peer group. In addition, due to the mostly isolated commitment of individual countries at European level, there is no qualitatively comparable level of knowledge on which a consistent and equal development in the educational sector of all member states can be expected and achieved.