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The following table presents Danish networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability
The following table presents Danish networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability
=== Vulnerable People ===


=== Citizens and Science ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
'''Hearing impairment'''
 
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
|-
!Twitter
|DDL
|The core of the national work of the Danish National Association of the Deaf is Danish sign language. With Danish sign language, DDL strengthen the deaf community and the individual's sense of opportunity, agency and control over their own everyday lives.
The results of DDL's international efforts lead to respect for the rights of the deaf, solidarity, volunteerism and stronger local and national communities in Danish sign language.
 
* Danish Deaf Association and the National Police have in collaboration developed an app, named “Akuthjælp til døve”, that makes it possible to call the police, fire brigade or ambulance without having to send an SMS or call 112 via an interpreter. The project is funded by Trygfonden. The app is available for both iPhone and Android.
|[https://ddl.dk Website]
|-
|-
|DNNK
|Hoereforeningen
|The Nationale Netværk for Klimatilpasning (National Network for Climate Adaptation) is based on the desire to consolidate existing networks and projects in the field of climate adaptation - initially by merging four networks: CALL Copenhagen, INUNDO, KLIKOVAND and Vand i Byer. The network also simultaneously established a close cooperation with the Coast to Coast Climate Change (C2C CC) project.
|The aim of the Danish Association of the Hard of Hearing is to improve the conditions for children, young people and adults who are hard of hearing and for those who have become deaf, have undergone a cochlear implantation, suffer from Tinnitus, Menière’s syndrome or other sound and hearing disorders. The association has local branches in most of the Danish municipalities. The local branches work on a political and social level.
|https://www.dnnk.dk
|[https://hoereforeningen.dk Website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/DNNKlimatilpasning Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/hoereforeningen/ Facebook]
|
|}
|}
=== Digital Volunteers ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
'''Visual impairment'''
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|not yet established
|Dansk Blindesamfund
|
|Dansk Blindesamfund (Danish Blind Society) is the interest group for people with visual impairments. Together we challenge blindness. Every day it fights to ensure that blind and partially sighted people can participate and contribute on an equal footing with everyone else: That more people get an education. More people into work. That fewer are lonely. More people living active and independent lives. And that more people are healthy and exercise.
|
|[https://www.blind.dk Website]
|
[https://www.facebook.com/danskblindesamfund Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/DKblind X(Twitter)]
|}
|}
=== Civil Society ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
'''Reading impairment'''
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Description
!URL
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|GNDR
|Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) is a voluntary network of civil society organisations, associations and individuals who are committed to working together, and engaging with partners and other stakeholders, to increase community resilience and reduce disaster risk around the world.
|https://www.europeanfiresafetyalliance.org
|[https://www.facebook.com/GNDR.org Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/globalnetworkdr Twitter]
|-
|EUROSAFE
|European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. EuroSafe’s mission is to prevent home and leisure accidents by working in partnership with industry, governments, research institutes and health and safety practitioners to help reduce the greatest risks.
Supported by its members, EuroSafe exists to promote:
Better sharing of resources: To organise the exchange of injury data and successful practices in prevention and to develop partnerships for joint projects.
Better policies: To raise political awareness as to the impact of home and leisure accidents and to mainstream the injury prevention in a coherent manner within European policy agenda’s and programmes.
Focused actions on injury prevention priorities in Europe: To establish purpose driven networks to ensure on-going development, implementation and evaluation of efforts in view of enhancing consumer safety.
|https://www.eurosafe.eu.com/home
|
|
|}
=== Vulnerable People ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|DCDD
|Intentionally left empty
|Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development promotes disability inclusion in international development cooperation.
Right now, people with disabilities around the world face many physical obstacles, communication barriers, inadequate laws and policies as well as negative stereotypes.
|https://www.dcdd.nl
|
|[https://twitter.com/dcdd_nl Twitter]
|}
|}


Hearing impairment
=== Religious Communities ===
 
{| class="smwtable-clean"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|DDL
|EJC
|Danish Deaf Association and the National Police have in collaboration developed an app that makes it possible to call the police, fire brigade or ambulance without having to send an SMS or call 112 via an interpreter. The project is funded by Trygfonden. One can use the app for both iPhone and Android (https://ddl.dk/for-medlemmer/akuthjaelp-til-doeve/).
|Jødiske Samfund i Danmark (Jewish Community in Denmark) is an officially recognized religious community with approximately 1,800 members. There is an estimated number of 6-7,000 Jews in Denmark of which most are living in Copenhagen and the immediate surroundings.
|https://ddl.dk
|[https://mosaiske.dk Website]
|
[https://www.facebook.com/detjodiskesamfund Facebook]
|
[https://twitter.com/Joedisksamfund X(Twitter)]
|-
|-
|Hoereforeningen
|Folkekirken
|The aim of the Danish Association of the Hard of Hearing is to improve the conditions for children, young people and adults who are hard of hearing and for those who have become deaf, have undergone a cochlear implantation, suffer from Tinnitus, Menière’s syndrome or other sound and hearing disorders. The association has local branches in most of the Danish municipalities. The local branches work on a political and social level.
|The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark, also called folkekirken, plays a very important role in Denmark's history and identity. 75 percent of the population are members of the church, and it is deeply rooted in Danish society and culture.
|https://hoereforeningen.dk
|[https://www.lutheranchurch.dk Website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/hoereforeningen/ Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/folkekirkendk Facebook]
|
[https://twitter.com/folkekirkendk X(Twitter)]
|}
|}


Visual impairment
=== The old and the young ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
|-
!Twitter
|Ældre Sagen
|Ældre Sagen creates space for good lives - regardless of age. The work of the national association is based on its members and their commitment in the association's local branches and committees. Ældre Sagen has 215 local branches spread across the country. Volunteers 20,000 active volunteers, making unpaid efforts as visitor friends, exercise friends, PC supporters, elderly policy activists, etc.
|[https://www.aeldresagen.dk Website]
[https://www.facebook.com/aeldresagen Facebook]
[https://twitter.com/aeldresagen X(Twitter)]
|-
|-
|EBU
|Redbarnet
|European Blind Union is a non-governmental, non-profit-making organization, and is a regional union of the World Blind Union. It is registered in France under the laws of the French Republic. EBU is the united voice of millions of blind and partially sighted Europeans. EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life.
|Redbarnet is Denmark's largest children's rights organisation. We are a member of the world's largest independent children's rights organisation, Save the Children. Red Barnet works in Denmark and more than 120 other countries, where we fight for children's rights. We work to save, protect and empower children in Denmark and around the world.
|www.euroblind.org
|[https://redbarnet.dk Website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanBlindUnionEBU Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/redbarnet/ Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/euroblind Twitter]
[https://twitter.com/redbarnetdk X(Twitter)]
|}
|}
 
=== Citizens and Science ===
Reading impairment
{| class="smwtable-clean"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|ASHA
|DNNK
|The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 218,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) identify, assess, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders.  
|The Nationale Netværk for Klimatilpasning (National Network for Climate Adaptation) is based on the desire to consolidate existing networks and projects in the field of climate adaptation - initially by merging four networks: CALL Copenhagen, INUNDO, KLIKOVAND and Vand i Byer. The network also simultaneously established a close cooperation with the Coast to Coast Climate Change (Citizens to Citizens CC) project.
|https://www.asha.org/
|[https://www.dnnk.dk Website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/asha.org Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/DNNKlimatilpasning Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/ashaweb Twitter]
|-
|Byplanlab
|The Danish Town Planning Institute Byplanlab is a private, independent institution that aims to showcase urban and regional planning in Denmark. The Institute addresses town planners, students, public authorities and interested citizens who wish to know more about town planning. Through courses, conferences and projects, the tools and objectives of planning are disseminated and tested in an interdisciplinary environment.
|[https://www.byplanlab.dk/en Website]
[https://www.facebook.com/DanskByplanlaboratorium/ Facebook]
|}
|}


=== Religious Communities ===
=== Humanitarian Aid ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|EJC
|Røde Kors
| Jødiske Samfund i Danmark
|Danish Red Cross has 120 local branches in Denmark conducting first aid, social and psychosocial activities throughout the country with the support of 32.0000 volunteers. Danish Red Cross also operates a number of asylum centres for refugees in Denmark.
|https://mosaiske.dk
|[https://www.rodekors.dk website]
|[https://www.facebook.com/detjodiskesamfund Facebook]
[https://www.facebook.com/roedekors Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/Joedisksamfund Twitter]
[https://twitter.com/danskrodekors X(Twitter)]
|}
|}


=== Elderly People ===
=== Digital Volunteers ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="smwtable-clean"
|+
|+
!Network
!Network
!Description
!Description
!URL
!More information
!Facebook
!Twitter
|-
|-
|AGE
|Intentionally left empty
|AGE Platform Europe is a European network of non-profit organisations of and for people aged 50+, which aims to voice and promote the interests of the 200 million citizens aged 50+ in the European Union and to raise awareness on the issues that concern them most.
AGE's work focuses on a wide range of policy areas that impact on older and retired people. These include issues of anti-discrimination, employment of older workers and active ageing, social protection, pension reforms, social inclusion, health, elder abuse, intergenerational solidarity, research, accessibility of public transport and of the build environment, and digital technologies (ICT). AGE seeks to give a voice to older and retired people in the EU policy debates, through the active participation of their representative organisations at EU, national, regional and local levels, and provides a European platform for the exchange of experience and best practices. AGE furthermore inform older people on their rights as EU citizen or resident and on EU policy making processes and recent EU policy development.
Through its involvement in several EU projects, AGE also seeks to promote older people's participation in the development of projects and devices intended for them ('user involvement').
|https://eurojewcong.org
|[https://www.facebook.com/ageplatformeurope/ Facebook]
|[https://twitter.com/AGE_PlatformEU Twitter]
|}
|}
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 29 November 2023

The following table presents Danish networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability

Vulnerable People

Hearing impairment

Network Description More information
DDL The core of the national work of the Danish National Association of the Deaf is Danish sign language. With Danish sign language, DDL strengthen the deaf community and the individual's sense of opportunity, agency and control over their own everyday lives.

The results of DDL's international efforts lead to respect for the rights of the deaf, solidarity, volunteerism and stronger local and national communities in Danish sign language.

  • Danish Deaf Association and the National Police have in collaboration developed an app, named “Akuthjælp til døve”, that makes it possible to call the police, fire brigade or ambulance without having to send an SMS or call 112 via an interpreter. The project is funded by Trygfonden. The app is available for both iPhone and Android.
 Website
Hoereforeningen The aim of the Danish Association of the Hard of Hearing is to improve the conditions for children, young people and adults who are hard of hearing and for those who have become deaf, have undergone a cochlear implantation, suffer from Tinnitus, Menière’s syndrome or other sound and hearing disorders. The association has local branches in most of the Danish municipalities. The local branches work on a political and social level. Website

Facebook

Visual impairment

Network Description More information
Dansk Blindesamfund Dansk Blindesamfund (Danish Blind Society) is the interest group for people with visual impairments. Together we challenge blindness. Every day it fights to ensure that blind and partially sighted people can participate and contribute on an equal footing with everyone else: That more people get an education. More people into work. That fewer are lonely. More people living active and independent lives. And that more people are healthy and exercise. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Reading impairment

Network Description More information
Intentionally left empty

Religious Communities

Network Description More information
EJC Jødiske Samfund i Danmark (Jewish Community in Denmark) is an officially recognized religious community with approximately 1,800 members. There is an estimated number of 6-7,000 Jews in Denmark of which most are living in Copenhagen and the immediate surroundings. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Folkekirken The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark, also called folkekirken, plays a very important role in Denmark's history and identity. 75 percent of the population are members of the church, and it is deeply rooted in Danish society and culture. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

The old and the young

Network Description More information
Ældre Sagen Ældre Sagen creates space for good lives - regardless of age. The work of the national association is based on its members and their commitment in the association's local branches and committees. Ældre Sagen has 215 local branches spread across the country. Volunteers 20,000 active volunteers, making unpaid efforts as visitor friends, exercise friends, PC supporters, elderly policy activists, etc. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Redbarnet Redbarnet is Denmark's largest children's rights organisation. We are a member of the world's largest independent children's rights organisation, Save the Children. Red Barnet works in Denmark and more than 120 other countries, where we fight for children's rights. We work to save, protect and empower children in Denmark and around the world. Website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Citizens and Science

Network Description More information
DNNK The Nationale Netværk for Klimatilpasning (National Network for Climate Adaptation) is based on the desire to consolidate existing networks and projects in the field of climate adaptation - initially by merging four networks: CALL Copenhagen, INUNDO, KLIKOVAND and Vand i Byer. The network also simultaneously established a close cooperation with the Coast to Coast Climate Change (Citizens to Citizens CC) project. Website

Facebook

Byplanlab The Danish Town Planning Institute Byplanlab is a private, independent institution that aims to showcase urban and regional planning in Denmark. The Institute addresses town planners, students, public authorities and interested citizens who wish to know more about town planning. Through courses, conferences and projects, the tools and objectives of planning are disseminated and tested in an interdisciplinary environment. Website

Facebook

Humanitarian Aid

Network Description More information
Røde Kors Danish Red Cross has 120 local branches in Denmark conducting first aid, social and psychosocial activities throughout the country with the support of 32.0000 volunteers. Danish Red Cross also operates a number of asylum centres for refugees in Denmark. website

Facebook X(Twitter)

Digital Volunteers

Network Description More information
Intentionally left empty

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