External resources

A European association representing disability service providers across Europe. It promotes human rights, inclusion, and quality support through policy work, training, events, and resources that support accessible, person-centred services for people with disabilities.

A public Dutch-language advice platform offering authoritative guidance on spelling, grammar, terminology, and clear writing. It supports citizens and professionals with accessible language advice and promotes plain, user-friendly communication through practical answers and resources.

An intergovernmental organisation supporting the Dutch language in the Netherlands, Flanders, and Suriname. It works on language policy, education, and linguistic resources, including guidance on clear language, terminology, and language support for people with disabilities.

A global network bringing together self-advocates with intellectual disabilities to connect, share experiences, and work together on rights and inclusion. It supports regional and international self-advocacy groups and promotes participation, leadership, and accessible communication.

A citizen association supporting adults with intellectual disabilities in North Macedonia. It promotes self-advocacy, self-determination, and inclusion through education, workshops, and social enterprise initiatives, enabling people to exercise their rights and participate fully in society.

A parents’ and civil society organisation advocating for the rights and interests of people with intellectual disabilities, supporting inclusion, participation, and access to services at local and national levels.

A local branch of the Poraka network in North Macedonia. It works on inclusion and advocacy, develops projects for youth and marginalised communities, and produces public information and publications to support participation and social innovation.

A national disability organisation representing people with intellectual disabilities in North Macedonia. It advocates for rights and participation, provides support services, and publishes accessible-format information, including Easy-to-Read publications, to support understanding and inclusion.

A Romanian non-governmental organisation providing community-based social services and advocating for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities. It supports independent living, social inclusion, and participation through services, projects, partnerships, and accessible initiatives.

An Easy-to-Read version of Romania’s National Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2022–2027, presenting goals, principles, and priority areas in simple language and visual format to support understanding, participation, and inclusion.

Official Croatian guidelines supporting clear and accessible communication in public documents. They provide recommendations on language, terminology, and writing style to improve understanding, including for people with disabilities, especially in EU-funded contexts.

A Croatian national umbrella organisation for associations of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. It promotes rights and inclusion through advocacy, counselling, projects, and cooperation with public authorities, and provides easy-to-read information.

A Croatian non-profit organisation promoting social inclusion, independent living, and rights for people with disabilities. It provides support services, runs inclusion projects, and produces accessible resources on rights, self-advocacy, and inclusive practices.

A Croatian self-advocacy organisation supporting people with intellectual disabilities to know their rights, speak for themselves, and take part in decisions, through easy-to-understand materials, meetings, and inclusion-focused projects.

A professional training programme on clear, citizen-centred writing. It combines practical writing rules with hands-on work on participants’ own texts to improve readability, efficiency, and understanding for broad audiences, especially in public-sector communication.

A Belgian national advisory body representing persons with disabilities. It contributes to public policy, publishes opinions and reports, and promotes accessible communication through FALC resources, including simplified reference texts and guidance for clearer administrative documents.

A collection of public reference guides on the French language, addressing plain language, inclusive writing, administrative clarity, spelling reform, and linguistic diversity, offering free, accessible resources to support clearer and more inclusive public communication.

A Flemish public language advice platform offering guidance on spelling, grammar, word use, and clear writing. It promotes plain language through practical tools, thematic guidance, tests, newsletters, and public campaigns.

A Belgian service dedicated to Easy to Read and Understand information. It supports organisations through FALC translation, review, training, and tools, with the active involvement of people with intellectual disabilities to ensure clarity and accessibility.

A public-sector initiative led by the Ministry of Culture to provide selected online information in FALC, improving access through simplified French, validated content, and the use of the official FALC logo to reduce digital exclusion.

An independent agency specialising in plain language and accessible communication. It supports organisations through audits, rewriting, consulting, and training, and develops tools and resources to make complex information clear, accessible, and effective.

A digital tool that analyses texts in real time to improve readability, identify complex language, and suggest plain-language rewrites. It includes a dedicated French readability score and supports clearer, more accessible professional and everyday writing.

A professional offer focused on clear writing and plain language for administrative and professional communication, providing training, coaching, and practical resources to improve clarity, effectiveness, and understanding in professional documents.

A professional training course on simplifying complex texts using the FALC method. It offers a hands-on, inclusive approach, working with people with intellectual disabilities to apply European FALC rules and create accessible written content.

A French company focused on digital inclusion and accessibility. It works to reduce digital exclusion and design accessible, meaningful digital services, combining expertise in accessibility, inclusive communication, FALC, and sign language.

A French non-profit association working to improve access to healthcare and health information for people with disabilities. It develops practical solutions and initiatives, including SantéBD and HandiConnect.fr, to support inclusive care and accessible communication.

A French self-advocacy organisation run by and for people with intellectual disabilities. It defends rights, promotes citizenship and self-determination, produces FALC information, and supports participation in public life through national and local activities.

A French non-profit organisation dedicated to improving access to reading and information. It develops and promotes FALC publications, supports accessible publishing, and raises awareness of inclusive reading through training and partnerships.

An EU-level accessibility resource centre supporting the implementation of accessibility rules across Europe through guidance, research, training, events, and a community of practice, aiming to strengthen cooperation and improve equal participation of persons with disabilities.

An international online conference bringing together researchers to explore Easy-to-Read language and accessible communication, focusing on research into modified language and encouraging interdisciplinary exchange and international networking.

A news website publishing international political and social news in simplified, accessible language. It adapts complex topics for wider audiences using plain language, but is not a formally certified Easy-to-Read outlet.

A European network of self-advocacy organisations representing people with intellectual disabilities. It amplifies self-advocates’ voices at European level and supports inclusive decision-making through events, feedback, and an elected Steering Group.

European Easy-to-Read standards offering practical guidance to make written information easy to understand. Widely used across Europe, they include a checklist and guidance on using the European Easy-to-Read logo.

A Finnish association bringing together plain language researchers. Its 4th conference focused on research and practice in plain language and took place in August 2025 in Riga, Latvia.

An international network of researchers, practitioners, and advocates working on easy language to make communication easier to read, understand, and use for people who have difficulties with standard language.

Explains what the EU is, how it works, and its values and rights using Easy-to-Read principles, with simple language and visual support, for people who benefit from clear, accessible information.

UN guidelines offering practical advice on respectful, disability-inclusive communication, promoting clear, accessible language aligned with a human-rights approach.

The European PAGE project aims to promote social inclusion and innovation in the cultural and publishing sectors by developing books and tools tailored to the needs of adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).

International guidelines by IFLA providing practical recommendations for creating easy-to-read content to support accessibility, inclusion and democratic access to information.

W3C task force developing guidance and techniques to improve web accessibility for people with cognitive and learning disabilities through clear, usable design.

W3C guidance offering practical design patterns to make digital content easier to understand and use for people with cognitive and learning disabilities.

Romanian governance guide linking clear, understandable language to transparency, inclusion, and effective citizen participation in public decision-making.

Romania’s central public institution for training and professional development of public administration staff, delivering continuing education aligned with national strategies and legal frameworks.

This guide is designed to teach the principles of Easy Language to enhance communication, making it more straightforward and accessible. Initially published in Brazil.

A Romanian non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1990 that defends human rights, focusing on legality, transparency, good governance, and institutional accountability.

A handbook explaining Easy Language and its use across Europe, highlighting the diversity of actors, tools, practices, and outcomes. Available in English.

A public-sector training webinar on using plain language in public services, combining cognitive science insights with practical, user-centred methods for simplifying administrative information, led by France’s Interministerial Directorate for Public Transformation (DITP).

A public webinar led by France’s Interministerial Directorate for Public Transformation (DITP) exploring plain language as a strategic tool to improve public services, accessibility, and citizen trust, with contributions from government, academia, and standardisation bodies.

Led by the Interministerial Directorate for Public Transformation (DITP), this initiative supports France’s long-term strategy to simplify public services and improve the clarity of administrative communication.

French agency supporting organisations since 2013 to make communication clearer and accessible, specialising in plain language, FALC, and digital accessibility.

Explains how public administrations can adopt plain language, outlining principles, benefits, and practical steps to improve accessibility, transparency, and trust.

Defines international guiding principles for producing clear, understandable written communication, applicable across sectors and languages, with user-centred quality and improvement mechanisms.

Founded in 2025, this centre researches and applies Easy Language to improve accessible written and spoken communication for diverse audiences.

Adopted in 2015, these binding rules define how legislation must be structured and written, promoting clarity, consistent terminology, plain language, and legal certainty.

The Good Practice Guide for Clear Administrative Documents (2017) helps public administrations write clear, user-centred texts. It presents a Think–Write–Review method with 12 practical rules, examples, checklists, and self-evaluation tools.

Plain Language Essentials is a hands-on training for Brussels public administration staff, introducing plain language principles and ISO 24495-1, and helping participants rewrite real administrative texts to improve clarity, accessibility, and citizen understanding.

The Plain Language Centre of Expertise is a federal service within Belgium’s SPF BOSA that supports public administrations through advice, training, methods, and expert networks to embed sustainable plain language practices rather than rewriting texts.

Texamen is an AI tool by Plain Language Europe that assesses text complexity, identifies gaps with audience reading levels, and supports clearer communication through analysis, training, and plain language services.

Plain language – making European Commission texts clear outlines the Commission’s approach to clear writing, explaining why it matters and how principles, training, tools, and cooperation help make EU information accessible and understandable.

Clear Writing for Europe 2023 was an online EU event organised by the European Commission, bringing together practitioners to share practices on clear writing, plain language, accessibility, and democratic public communication.

Clear Writing for Europe was an interinstitutional EU conference held in October, bringing together multiple institutions to share practices on clear writing, plain language, and multilingual communication, with a focus on citizens’ rights and justice.

Access for All: Plain Language Is a Civil Right was an international conference held in 2020–2021, exploring plain language as a civil right and bringing together global experts to address access, literacy, and inclusive communication.

The Brussels Plain Language Experience 2025 was a three-day international event in Brussels bringing together plain language professionals for conferences, workshops, and networking, focused on sharing practices and advancing clear communication in public institutions.

The Communications Community Office (CCO) supports Canada’s federal communications professionals by promoting clear, plain language through training, tools, communities of practice, and professional standards that encourage accessible, transparent, and user-centred public communication.

Glanupegalain is an e-learning platform offering self-paced courses on writing clear English, including a plain English course with interactive lessons, exercises, feedback, and videos designed for flexible and accessible learning.

The Helsinki File: Plain Language in Criminal Procedure is a resource series by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee promoting clear communication in criminal justice through research, training, and practical tools that help non-professionals understand their rights.

Clear Writing Tips is a 2024 brochure supporting EESC and CoR staff in writing clearer texts. Based on European Commission guidance, it adapts existing clear-writing tips and offers practical advice applicable across languages.

Scolarius is a free readability analysis tool. It analyses the level of difficulty of a text based on the length of words, sentences and paragraphs. Available only in French.

A free online tool that calculates multiple readability scores (like Flesch-Kincaid, Coleman-Liau, SMOG and ARI) for English text and highlights sentences you might simplify to improve clarity.

The Center for Plain Language is a nonprofit organisation promoting clear communication. It supports governments and businesses through training, resources, and advocacy, helping people understand information easily and enabling organisations and communities to thrive.

The Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organisation uniting plain language professionals worldwide. Founded in 2008, it supports clear communication across languages through collaboration, training, and advocacy in a global network.

The International Plain Language Federation brings together organisations that promote plain language worldwide. Founded by the Center for Plain Language, Clarity, and the Plain Language Association International, it coordinates shared efforts through a representative board.

Hemingway App is a writing tool that helps you make your text clearer and more readable by highlighting complex sentences, passive voice, and unnecessary words.

ISO/TC 37 is the ISO technical committee responsible for standards on language and terminology, covering terminology, translation, interpreting, and language resources to support clear, consistent communication in multilingual contexts.

Clarity is the world’s largest organisation dedicated to promoting plain legal language and clear legal design. With members and representatives in dozens of countries, it works to replace complex legal jargon with understandable language.

Comprehensive plain language guide with structured rules on words, sentences and document layout.

A comprehensive plain language guide with structured rules on words, sentences and document layout. It is especially relevant for Easy Read and people with intellectual disabilities.

This project contributes to the promotion of Clear Language and cognitive accessibility, offering tools, training, and guidelines for organisations to improve written communication for young people and adults.

Erasmus+ / Youth

Puzzle supports the creation of Easy-to-Read materials adapted to adults with intellectual disabilities. It provides training, guidelines, and case studies to improve accessible information across services and learning environments.

Erasmus+ / Adult Education

CCUV develops cross-linguistic standards for Easy Language in English, French, Italian, and German. It provides structured guidelines, examples, and tools for producing texts at different difficulty levels (A1, A2, B1).
Erasmus+ / Adult Education

Simpl4All promotes inclusive education by creating simplified language resources, pedagogical materials, and videos. The project focuses on improving language accessibility for learners with disabilities and additional learning needs.

Erasmus+ / VET Education

A flagship project establishing professional training standards for Easy-to-Read facilitators and validators. It introduces a European curriculum, competence profiles, and validation processes for E2R materials.
Erasmus+ – Higher Education

Pla(i)nVET develops career guidance tools written in Plain Language to support young people with learning difficulties, low literacy, or a migrant background in accessing vocational training and employment pathways.
[Erasmus+ / VET Education]

A network of associations that advocates for and supports people with intellectual disabilities.

Educational association complementary to public education.

An agency that brings together all those who can take action against illiteracy and digital illiteracy in France.

Federal Public Service – ‘Directorate-General for Persons with Disabilities’

A non-profit organisation that promotes quality of life and participation for people with intellectual disabilities and their families in all areas of society.

An organisation that assists children and adults with reading or writing difficulties to promote inclusion and educational support.

An independent state institution whose basic role is to protect, monitor and promote the rights and interests of persons with disabilities.

Resource portal for parents, teachers, and professionals who work with children with language and communication difficulties.

A team that creates technological and creative solutions to make reading accessible.