About DbI

50 year logo of DbI. Against a round black background with light effects, the top of the design features two hands in the shape of a chalice in gold, positioned beneath a globe. Below this, the number 50 is written in large white letters, and beneath that, ‘Years DbI’ is written in gold.

DbI is an inclusive international network association that

  • promotes awareness of deafblindness as a unique disability;
  • facilitates the exchange and learning from each other among service organisations, people with lived experience, practitioners, leaders, researchers, and any other person with and without deafblindness in the field;
  • and influences for inclusion, full participation, and access to appropriate services for persons with deafblindness around the world.

DbI is also an international association registered in the Netherlands and recognized as a Public Benefit Organization (ANBI).

According to the newest Annual Report, DbI has 1,872 individual members and 73 organisational members worldwide.

DbI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is a member of the WHO Disability Health Equity Network and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC), and is very active in the International Communication Rights Alliance (ICRA). DbI works closely with the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB) on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding.

The management structure comprises an active Board, which sets the direction for DbI, and its standing committees: the Management Committee ManCom, which is responsible for implementing decisions and day-to-day business, the Communications Committee ComCom which handles communications, the Fundraising Committee FundCom, which is responsible for securing sufficient financial resources, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee DEICom, which deals with precisely these issues.The current composition of the Board and the standing committees is published on our website.

DbI is a network of networks and has currently 18 official thematically or geographically specialized DbI Networks.

DbI Website: https://www.deafblindinternational.org/

DbI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dbiint

DbI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deafblindinternational/?hl=en

DbI YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeafblindInternational-dbi

DbI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dbiconnect?trk=public_post_follow-view-profile

DbI Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dbiconnect.bsky.social