Deaf Leader: training a new generation of Deaf leaders
Deaf organisations are often led by people who got there through determination and lived experience, not leadership training. Deaf Leader trains a new generation of Deaf leaders in Czechia and Slovakia — how to lead a team, negotiate with authorities, plan a budget and prepare a successor.
The core of the project are two five-day international trainings in International Sign, one in Czechia and one in Slovakia. Trained leaders then run national courses in their own country. Innosign organises the Slovak part and contributes its experience with leadership and organisational development in the Deaf community.
Project aim:
The project aims to strengthen the inclusion and professional growth of Deaf people as leaders and trainers. We will build a training system that raises the competences of 18 future leaders (9 from each country). In parallel, we will set a methodological standard for accessible teaching (online and in person) that defines how Deaf and hearing people interact in 3 scenarios.
Key facts:
- Programme: Erasmus+ KA2, adult education – small-scale partnership (KA210-ADU)
- Project number: 2026-1-CZ01-KA210-ADU-000469374
- Project period: 1 September 2026 – 31 March 2028
- Grant: EUR 60,000 (of which EUR 25,606 for Innosign)
- Coordinator: ASNEP (Czechia)
- Partner: Innosign (Slovakia)
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Dům zahraniční spolupráce (DZS), the Czech Erasmus+ National Agency. Neither the European Union nor DZS can be held responsible for them.
