This document outlines a project between Ivan Vazov District Public Library, the Union of the Deaf in Bulgaria, and other organizations to improve access to electronic resources for hearing impaired individuals. The project aims to establish a new service providing equal opportunities for hearing impaired people to use public services, initiate their active integration into the community through accessible e-services, and raise awareness of their needs and importance of inclusion. The organizations will work together to facilitate hearing impaired access to electronic resources and services at Ivan Vazov District Public Library.

2. Ivan Vazov District Public Library
Humanitarian Initiatives for European Development of Bulgaria
Association – Plovdiv
Union of the Deaf in Bulgaria – District Organization – Plovdiv
Glob@l Libraries - Bulgaria

3. Supporting Social Inclusion and Communication by
Facilitating the Access of Hearing Impaired People to
the Electronic Resources and Services of Ivan Vazov
District Public Library - Plovdiv

4. General Objectives:
Establishing and offering the community a new service which provides
equal opportunities for using public services to hearing impaired people
Initiating the active integration of the Plovdiv community through the
provision of accessible electronic services by Ivan Vazov DPL
Focusing the attention of the civil society onto the needs and problems of
hearing impaired people and the necessity for their integration into the
community
Provision of accessible information and communication to hearing impaired
people in the use of the e-services of Ivan Vazov DPL

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10. THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION!
Ekaterina Polyakova
Ivan Vazov DPL
Mariana Nikolova
Humanitarian Initiatives for
European Development of
Bulgaria Association
Plovdiv - Sofia - 4 December 2013