The main objective of the EDUSIGN & SIGNEDU project (Project Result 1: European Sign Language Coordination Network (ESLCON) in Higher Education) is to promote equal educational opportunities for deaf people through development of sign language education and sign language interpreter training. The project was coordinated by İstinye University and partner organizations included the Stockholm University, Sweden, University of HUMAK Applied Sciences, Finland, Association of Sign Language Interpreters, Turkey and Turkish Confederation of the Deaf, Turkey. In accordance with the targeted solutions of the international strategic plans, EDUSIGN & SIGNEDU project has aimed to offer a variety of solutions on the problems of Deaf community in education and communication from a consensus-based European perspective.

Project Result 2: Artificial Intelligence Based Sign Language Interpreting Infrastructure in the Context of Finnish Sign Language (R2) focused on developing an algorithm based on artificial intelligence (AI) that was initially produced to recognize written Turkish language and to produce raw translations in Turkish Sign Language. This algorithm was to be accommodated into written Finnish and Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). It was hoped that this application developed during the three years of this Erasmus project would bring us an exceptional occasion to study the possibilities of machine translation between Finnish and FinSL, since the subject is a hot topic in the field of sign language research.

One of the main aims of this project result was to raise awareness in deaf and sign language studies and support the previous two project results in terms of their dissemination and effectiveness in society. It has a dual face covering the social and academic aspects of the project activities. The activities conducted here were coordinated by Stockholm University in the participation of all other partners. The outcomes were carried out locally and internationally in both physical and virtual settings. The quantity and quality of project activities here exceeded the expectations and reached larger audiences. The activities of this result also served to the dissemination of the project outcomes concurrently.