"Sign languages are an important part of Europe’s multilingual diversity. An estimated 1 person in 1,000 uses a national sign language as their first language - i.e. about 500,000 people EU-wide. Others may use sign language as a second or third language, for example the family and friends of deaf and hearing-impaired people. Depending on the perception, deafness is considered as a disability or as an enrichment with an own culture. Unfortunately, different studies of partner organizations shows that there are still few people who know that there is one DEAF CULTURE which refers to a group of people who have common beliefs and practices, who have a set of knowledge, experiences, beliefs, specific language, customs and traditions that are transmitted through sign language. The vast majority of people continue to see deafness just as a deficiency. More, there are still few members of Deaf Community who are truly aware of their own cultural identity. To ensure the inclusion of deaf people in European society it's necessary raising the level of awareness for the entire society on this issue, on the hand, and awareness of their own cultural identity by deaf people and active involving in promoting it, on the other hand. The direct beneficiaries of the project were Deaf persons, students and adults, aged between 16 and 90 years, who also participated in the project activities and events. They are members of Deaf Community from different countries, who identify themselves as members of the Deaf Community with a distinct language and culture. Over 500 direct beneficiaries were involved in project activities in the realization of intellectual products, transnational and national learning activities, multiplication events etc. of which about 400, Deaf beneficiaries. The longer term benefits is increasing of the the chances of social inclusion for Deaf people by forming and developing the cultural identity for Deaf Community members and making the hearing community be aware of the existence of Deaf Community cultural identity. Our aim was not only to promote the culture of Deaf Community and the Sign Language but also to help the process of developing the Deaf Culture by encouraging its members to create and perform in specific artistic moments, to became active citizens in promoting their own culture, which was also successfully achieved by implementing the project. The project objectives where: - Promoting Deaf Community Culture in order to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of Deaf Culture and Sign Language by creating and dissemination of a Virtual Cultural Center of the Deaf which contains different cultural products of the Deaf Community and informative multimedia educational materials about Deaf Culture. - Forming and developing the cultural identity for Deaf Community members by offering accessible information in Sign Language regarding own community culture and encouraging active involvement in creation of new products of entertainment and life long learning for deaf audiences like Sign Language Songs, Sign Language Comedy Shows, other relevant leisure and educational multimedia materials. The main results and impact envisaged are: - Educational and entertainment resources for Deaf people: Multimedia Open Educational Resources about Deaf Culture available in four versions (using partners countries Sign Languages) and videos with specific cultural manifestation of Deaf Community; - ""International Virtual Cultural Centre of the Deaf"" website that will include all our project results any many other resources in the topic, resources created by partner organizations but by other organizations, too. It will be a ""virtual cultural treasure"" about Deaf Culture where any interested person/organization will find open educational and entertainment resources, links to other sites, platforms etc. - Develop the cultural identity and active citizenship skills for Deaf Community members; - Developing the Deaf Community culture by encouraging its members to create and perform in specific artistic moments; - Developing a positive attitude, specific for an inclusive society, towards Deaf Community among the hearing people . These results were achieved by the project activities: local/national and transnational trainings, realization and distribution of intellectual outputs, dissemination activities, multiplier events, etc. Deaf people were involved in all project activities (including project management activities). Each organization engages Deaf people as employees, which results from the essence of the issue of Deaf Culture - where these people can provide the most information on this subject. In this way, we implement the principle of social inclusion of people with special needs. Ensuring equal access to services in IVCCD project required the provision of a sign language interpreter at every stage of project implementation."