Ulla Bohman is often invited to give presentations at international conferences and to be a partner in international projects. Throughout the years she has had many training assignments abroad.
Here is a list of some of the international work Boarve has carried out:
The International Easy Language Day, in Slovenia May 2024
Member of panel about literature in Easy Language
Zavod Risa, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia May 2024
Easy Language Workshop for staff at the Slovenian organization Zavod Risa.
SELSI-project, Riga, Latvia October 2023
Conference keynote: Accessible Communication is Essential for Inclusion
KLAARA, Leiria, Portugal July 2023
Conference keynote: Cognitive Accessibility – A Question of Rights
Zavod Risa, Ljubljana, Slovenia June 2023
Conference keynote: Easy-to-Read Validation – some ”hands on” experience
Clarity, European Commission, Brussels May 2023
Workshop: Accessible Language to Enhance Democracy
Swedish Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 2022
Presentation: From “Some Culture for the Disabled” to “Inclusion”
– the development of Easy-to-Read Language in Sweden
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, May 2022
Presentation: Why Easy-to-Understand Language?
– pros and cons and what not to do
Media for All – online Conference, Barcelona January 2021
Presentation: Easy-to-Read Facilitates Audio Descriptions
Zavod Risa, Maribor, Slovenia, June 2019
Conference keynote: A Swedish Perspective on Easy-to-Read – From ”handicap aid” to accessibility and inclusion for all!
Workshop: Easy-to-Read
Puzzle Project: Developing easy-to-read formats for people with intellectual disabilities
Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices
October 2015 – September 2017
Member of project group as easy-to-read expert.
Producer of learning material.
Lecturer and trainer – London, England, February 2016 & Panevezys, Lithuania, November, 2016
In charge of dissemination symposium – Heraklion, Greece, June 2017
Workshop in easy-to-read, Athens Greece, March 2017
Training for trainers in easy-to-read language, Athens Greece, March 2017
Stavanger Municipality, Easy Language and Plain Language Project, January 2017
Workshop: How to write easy-to-read information
Conference ”Klare Sprache – Praxis in 30 Jahren”, Hannover, November 2016
Presentation: Easy-to-Read in Sweden
Conference “Leichte Sprache”, at Leipzig University, April 2016
Presentation: Easy-to-Read in Sweden
Nordic Conference for Teachers in Adult Learning, NLK, Malmö September 2016
Presentation: How to make web information accessible for people with reading difficulties.
International Conference Take Part in Stockholm in May 2016
Member of steering committee for the conference.
Presentation: Reaching the unreachable – the necessity of easy-to-read information
10th International PLAIN Conference: Dublin, Irland September 2015
Workshop: Easy-to-Read
Conference Letras para todos, Madrid November 2014
Presentation: What is Easy-to-Read?
Enable International Conference on the Use of New Technologies for Inclusive Learning, York, England, June 2014
Presentation: Not Comprehensible = Not Accessible! – The Importance of Comprehensibility in our Digitized World
Search – International Conference Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Jerusalem, February 2011
Presentation: Comprehension – the need for Easy-to-Read Information on Websites
Knesset Communication Department, Jerusalem, February 2011
Workshop: The need for Easy-to-Read Information
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) World Conference,
Stockholm, August 2011
Presentation: Easy-to-Read Information from Government to Citizen
12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Vienna, Austria July, 2010
Presentation: The need for easy-to-read information on web sites
Awards:
The Zero Project Award 2019 on Independent Living and Political Participation,
on behalf of Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan.
Ulla Bohman authored the study material Mitt val (My choice)
about democracy and the election process in Sweden.