In the light of these considerations, the Assembly calls on
Council of Europe member States to:
5.1 recognise sign languages as official languages, if this
is not already the case, in the constitution or by means of a specific
law;
5.2 ensure that deaf people have access to public services
by providing sign language interpretation;
5.3 ensure inclusive education, offer deaf children education
in sign languages and, where necessary, sign language interpretation;
5.4 train teachers in sign languages;
5.5 offer sign language lessons for parents and siblings of
deaf children;
5.6 support the training and recruitment of sign language
interpreters to assist deaf people;
5.7 support the creation and broadcasting of cultural programmes
in sign languages and broadcast television programmes with sign
language interpretation;
5.8 support the teaching of sign languages beyond the deaf
community, including in kindergartens;
5.9 support research and development in technologies to assist
deaf people;
5.10 support the Council of Europe’s European Centre for Modern
Languages, in particular its activities concerning sign languages;
5.11 provide, on a voluntary basis, information on the use
and protection of sign languages to the Committee of Experts of
the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (COMEX)
which may be useful in the event of future discussions on this topic;
5.12 run awareness-raising campaigns to deconstruct negative
stereotypes about deaf people and celebrate the International Day
of Sign Languages on 23 September by proposing activities to promote sign
languages.