WHAT IS ENIL AND ITS CAMPAIGNS

What is ENIL?

- The European Network on Independent Living;

- European wide network of disabled people;

- Forum for independent living organisations and our non-disabled allies;

- A cross-disability organisation;

What is ENIL?

- 20th Anniversay in 2009;

- Start in Strasbourg 1989 with about 80 persons from 20 countries;

- Conference on PA;

23 years later

- Members in 25 countries;

- Members from Finland to Spain, Bulgaria to Iceland;

- Freedom Drive every other year;

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

SECRETARIAT

- WEST REGIONAL OFFICE

- EAST REGIONAL OFFICE

- NORTH REGIONAL OFFICE

- SOUTH REGIONAL OFFICE

ENIL Definitions

INDEPENDENT LIVING- Daily demonstration of human rights based

disability policies;- Possible through the combination of a set of

environmental and individual factors;- Disabled must have control over their own lives; - Requires accessibility of the build environment

accessible transport, access to PA and to community based services;

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE

- A tool for independent living;

- Earmarked cash allocations to disabled people to pay for the assistance needed;

- Provided on a basis of individual needs depending on a life situation of each individual;

- User of personal assistance must have the right to recruit and manage their assistants;

- PA allocations should cover the assistants salaries as well as other performance costs;

DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION

- Is a political and social process;- Effective Ddeinstitutionalization when a person

in institution is given the opportunity to become a full citizen and takes control over his/ her life;

- With the provision of affordable and accessible housing in the community;

- Ensuring childrens are able to grow up in families and not in special institutions;

ENIL CAMPAIGNS

• Freedom Drive - next one is going to take place next year in Strasburg;

• Full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities;

• Deinstitutionalization (to stop putting European Union structural funds to rebuilding special segregating institutions);

• Independent living conferences;

• Proposal on a European Resolution against cuts;

Join us at the next Freedom Drive!