International activities

FDBA Memberships

The Finnish Deafblind Association is a member of:

– The European Deafblind Union, EDBU
8th EBU Deafblind Conference and 4rd EDBU General Assembly will be held in Finland in June, 2017.
– The World Federation of the Deafblind, WFDB

Mr. Riku Virtanen is the European representative in WFDB Executive Committee 2014-2018.

– Deafblind International, DbI

– The Commission of the Deafblind in the European Blind Union, EBU

– Deafblinds’ Nordic Co-operation Committee (Presidents), DBNSK

– The International Sports Federation of the Deafblind, ISFDB

– The Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues (NVC), department of Staff Training Center for Deafblind Service (formely NUD)

– Disabled People’s International (DPI), the national committee of Finland