Acting4DHH II
About Acting4DHH II
How do we enhance understanding and solidarity among Deaf and Hearing citizens? What does everyday communication and collaboration among them look like?Â
The Acting4DHH II project brings together 4 European Deaf communities (Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Greece) who join forces to raise awareness and advocate for more inclusion and accessibility through citizen social science!Â
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Scaling up a successful approach piloted in Thessaloniki, Greece
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Web2Learn’s engagement with the Deaf community of Thessaloniki dates back to May 2023, with its first citizen science workshops that have been continued since February 2024.
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In this context, Acting4DHH was first implemented in Thessaloniki by Web2Learn, in collaboration with the Association of the Deaf of Northern Greece (EKVE), from June 2024 to January 2025.Â
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Through this kick-start grant, funded by the IMPETUS Accelerator 2024 call, Deaf and Hearing citizens came to together in a series of face-to-face workshops that led to the creation of a video series depicting instances of everyday communication and collaboration among them. You can access the Acting4DHH videos and story here.
Acting4DHH II
Powered by the positive impact of the Acting4DHH project at local level, Web2Learn designed its scaling up at national and European level, by opening up the project’s objectives, target groups and vision to 4 Deaf communities (PL, SK, GR, UA)!Â
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Outline of the project’s activitiesÂ
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Acting4DHH II includes a series of activities that aim to socially empower and amplify DHH voices across Europe will be implemented.
Project activities include:
   a) collaborative workshops;
   b) digital storytelling;
   c) cross-cultural exchange.
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Beyond these activities, Acting4DHH II will also enhance awareness on accessibility by generating valuable insights into inclusive CSS methodologies.
Funded by the Horizon Europe IMPETUS Accelerator 2025 programme, under the “Sustaining Grants” category.
Partners
Expert
Evaggelia Kyritsi
Evangelia Kyritsi is a member of the Department of Philology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). She holds a PhD in Clinical Linguistics from the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading (2003-2007). For her PhD thesis on phonological awareness in deaf/hard of hearing children, she received grants from the Economic and Social Research Council and the University of Reading, UK.
Team
Stefania Oikonou
