Past Projects
Deaf Youth Club Training Week - 2020
Deaf Youth Club training week in Ål, Norway. Participants received training on how to create a Deaf Youth Club and encourage d/Deaf youths to join, They were given training about Social Media. The project was hosted by EUDY.
Let Our Bodies Speak 2019
A project between 4 countries (Czech Republic, Germany, Malta, Slovakia) which aimed to break down the barriers between d/Deaf and hearing youths aged 13-18.
Listen to the Silence 2016 - 2018
A project between 4 countries (Czech Republic, Germany, Malta, Slovakia) which aimed to break down the barriers between d/Deaf and hearing youths aged 18-31.
SignTeach Online 2021 - 2023
SignTeach Online is a European project of which the Communication Center is a partner. This project is funded by the Erasmus + program, which involves 7 partners from 7 EU countries. This project, SignTeach Online, is both developed and intended for sign language teachers.
Because of Covid-19, sign language teachers, like others, had to switch to distance learning in 2020. How was that done? What were the challenges? What worked, what did not work? These are the questions we will answer together by posting good examples, interviews, podcasts and more on the project’s website
Sign Links 2019 - 2022
Sign Links Project partners with 3 other countries and aims train Deaf adults to be Role Models for both the Deaf and the Hearing Worlds. This training will empower Deaf and Hearing people to live happy and productive lives and set standards for others to follow in our countries, the EU and the World.
The Hellenic Federation of the Deaf in the context of the European Programme Erasmus+, 1 KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices KA204 – Strategic Partnerships for adult education, will implement the project “Deaf Adults as Role Models for the Hearing World: Links of the Same Chain” bearing the Acronym title “Sign Links” and code number 2019-1-EL01-KA204-062935. The State Scholarship Foundations (IKY) is the National Agency of the Erasmus+ Programme. The Participating organisations consist of 6 distinct partners based in 3 countries of the European Union: Greece, Bulgaria and Malta. As a result of our project we expect to adequately train Deaf adults to be Role Models for both the Deaf and the Hearing Worlds. This training will empower Deaf and Hearing people to live happy and productive lives and set standards for others to follow in our countries, the EU and the World.
Banoffee 2019 - 2022
The BANOFFEE project partners with 5 different countries and aims to create sign language names for 50 types of birds.
The project has as the objective to create tools for inclusive fruition of environment, facilitating the access to nature and bird knowledge for the Deaf community, it involves five European Countries. The project will contribute in an innovative way to the lexicon of five sign languages, identifying or facilitating the creation of signs for around 50 species of common birds in Europe. In fact, the name of many bird species is often missing in sign languages. It will involve Spanish, French, Italian, Greek and Maltese Sign Language.
Video of these signs will be available on the dictionary section for each of the five languages. The manuals section will be enriched with manuals aimed at improving and assessing inclusivity in nature reserves and to train guides in dealing with Deaf people.
Pancake 2021 - 2023
Friends of the Earth (Malta) is currently coordinating a 3 year ERASMUS+ Project with 5 partners from Malta, Spain, Italy and UK bringing together associations of the deaf and nature organisations with the support of an interactive content sharing online platform.
In Europe there are an estimated 70 million citizens with some form of hearing impairment, but specific materials for the identification of plants is lacking in sign language. Il-Lingwa Tas-Sinjali Maltija or Maltese Sign Language (LSM) is the language of the Maltese Deaf Community and has been an official language of Malta since 2016.
The aim of the Project is to improve the inclusion of the Deaf community in accessing nature, augment knowledge about flora and design inclusive public spaces through 5 innovative actions. These will include the enhancement of five national sign languages by creating a “sign” for plants which are found in the four countries, creating videos to learn the new “signs” and short sign language documentaries, a manual of best architectural practices for inclusion and accessibility in public spaces and the adaptation of the material into online interactive content for dissemination.