Europe has become a condition of life, in which we all have to play a role as Europeancitizens. This goes also for the deaf learners and teachers. Europe in this respect is alsothe discussion about the relationship between hearing and deaf culture and the role ofnational sign languages. To empower learners and teachers to understand the visiblesigns, attached meanings and personal identification processes of the deaf towardswhat Europe is or should be, is very important in the training of sign language teachers,interpreters and special needs educationalists.The project wants to identify the main features of deaf culture in relation to hearingculture (national and European) based on perceptions of deaf and hearing pupils andstudents. In addition, the role of sign language within these cultural identificationprocesses and the quality standards of student teacher's research on deaf identificationprocesses are part of the scope of the project.The project will provide a manual of student instruction of doing research on deafculture, a sandwich model for exchanging students engaged in research at home andabroad, a web based communication platform and gallery of products and materials,and a book with best practices including a description of quality standards forresearching deaf culture in schools. Last but not least, the project will organise aEuropean Day on Deafness, Culture and Europe` in three countries for discussing theresults of the project. At international conferences, the organisation of a European dayin other countries will be promoted. Such a day could be preceded by an in-servicecourse for which the project will provide a detailed programme.The project outcome will have an impact on the reform of curricula of special needsdepartments, interpreters training and the training of sign language teachers to includedeaf vs. hearing cultural issues especially with regarding European Citizenship. Inaddition, stakeholders like municipalities, regional authorities, ministries and other willbe challenged to rethink related policies.