The first national DeafSkills championship was held in Minsk, Belarus. So far, only two professions – technology of fashion and web design, but what amazing results. Look at these young deaf people – they have opened fantastic prospects. And thousands of people at the grand opening greeted young professionals in sign language. 

Today we wish Happy Birthday to the most important person in the movement DeafSkills – our President Stanislav Ivanov (Станислав Иванов). We are very much proud of our leader. Have a great day, Stan! 

This is a very important event in the life of deaf professionals. March 26, 2018 in the city of Orsha, on the grounds of the tailors factory of the deaf, passed the qualifying DeafSkills championship. The winners will take part in the national DeafSkills championship, which will be held in May in the framework of the national WorldSkills championship. Congratulations to the members of the Belarusian Association and the Personal Representative of Belarus to the DS, member of the Managing Board Svetlana Haneyeva (Светлана Ганеева).

President DeafSkills Stanislav Ivanov and the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia Artem Asatryan signed a memorandum on the accession of the Republic of Armenia to the DeafSkills movement.

Negotiations were held with the Ministry of Sport of Armenia on holding the First World Youth Games of the Deaf in 2019. 

What is that – DeafSkills?

That is professional skills competitions for the Deaf. There are common Abilympics contests that have already existed and in which disabled people of all categories have been participated. But, nevertheless, such an international movement as Abilympics involves too little Deaf. In Russia, Deaf participate in Abilympics contests more intensively than Deaf of other countries in their ones. Many Deaf abroad haven’t even heard about Abilympics.

Mr Colin Allen, President of the WFD, and Mr Stanislav Ivanov, President of Deaf Skills Association (DSIA), represented their organisations to sign a Letter of Support in Kazan, Russia Federation, on 28 April 2017.

Stanislav Ivanov, President of DeafSkills International Association and the Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed the memorandum for development DeafSkills movement. That is very important experience for us – state support and involved of Ministry of Education. We are expect to broadcast this experience in other countries. It can fundamentally change the situation with availability of vocational education for deaf people in all the world.

Russian Organization of the Deaf Youth «Success» became a representative of the DeafSkills in Russia. Now the youth organization includes more than 25 regions of the Russian Federation. The First demonstration Championship DeafSkills will be held with the support of this organization of the deaf youth.