International Council on English Braille (ICEB)

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International Council on English Braille (ICEB)

NEWS

ICEB 6th General Assembly

The ICEB 6th General Assembly was held in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in May 2016. The country reports, papers, and resolutions from the Sixth General Assembly are now available online.

list of Training Resources Updated (June 2016)

ICEB has compiled a list of UEB training and resource materials available from its member countries. This list was updated in June 2016.

Updated (2013) Edition of the UEB Rulebook Published

In November 2013, the UEB Rulebook was updated. See Unified English Braille (UEB) for details.

Purpose and General Organization of the ICEB

The purpose of the International Council on English Braille is to coordinate and improve standards for braille usage for all English-speaking users of braille. The members of the ICEB are the various countries where English is spoken (and membership is open to all such countries); representatives to ICEB are named by the accepted authorities that set braille standards within those countries. The present membership includes the following eight countries:

The ICEB General Assembly meets every four years. Previous General Assemblies have been held in the USA (2016), South Africa (2012), Australia (2008), Canada (2004), the USA (1999) and the UK (1995).

The ICEB’s Executive Committee meets continuously by e-mail, in person immediately before and after each General Assembly, and at an interim meeting approximately midway between successive General Assemblies.

The ICEB Constitution was adopted May 31, 1991, revised May 7, 2012.

ICEB General Assembly Archives

ICEB Codes

  • Unified English Braille: The largest project of the ICEB has been to develop a single Unified English Braille code (UEB) for both literary and technical purposes throughout the English-speaking world. The development phase of this project has been completed. See Unified English Braille (UEB).
  • UEB Training and Resource Materials: ICEB has compiled a list of UEB training and resource materials available from its member countries. UEB Training Resources
  • IPA Braille: This project, carried out under the auspices of the UEB Linguistics Committee, has produced a recommended standard braille code for the International Phonetic Alphabet. See IPA Braille.

Further Information

For further information about the ICEB, see ICEB contact information.

See also the current ICEB Brochure for a more complete mission statement, information on activities and sources of funding, and other ways of contacting ICEB.

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