Proud, Strong and Visible
European Network on Independent Living
ENIL is a user-led network of disabled people, with members throughout Europe. Our mission is to advocate for Independent Living values, principles and practices: provision of personal assistance and other community supports and services, a barrier-free environment and adequate technical aids, together making full citizenship of disabled people possible.
About our organisation
ENIL is a network based on solidarity and peer support
ENIL is a forum for all disabled people, Independent Living organisations and their non-disabled allies on the issues of Independent Living. ENIL represents the disability movement for human rights and social inclusion, based on solidarity, peer support, deinstitutionalisation, democracy, self-representation, cross-disability and self-determination. Our vision is of Europe where all disabled people are able to exercise choice and control over their lives, on an equal level with others; where they are valued members of the community and can enjoy all of their human rights, as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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ENIL works to strengthen the empowerment of disabled people, through providing resources for peer support and peer-to-peer training. ENIL enhances the European disability sector by providing an arena for the sharing of disabled people’s experience of services and by providing expertise on independent living. Our Youth Network brings together young people, making their voice heard in the independent living movement.
Recent News
View all newsWe’ve just welcomed our new European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteer. Is name is Michael Brennan and he will be working with us in our …
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and ENIL co-produced a report on personal assistance titled “Towards Dignity and Autonomy: A Comprehensive Look at Personal Assistance …
From 21-23 February, we were in Vienna (represented by our Policy and Movement Officer, Kamil Goungor, and our ESC volunteer, Fionn Crombie Angus) for …
Find out about Independent Living in your country
The Independent Living survey was launched in 2020, to find about the state of independent living around Europe. Its results are updated regularly and shared with policy and decision makers at the European level.
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View all events28/03/2024 – 28/03/2024
Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Independent LivingOn 28 March, from 15:45 to 16:45 CET, ENIL will deliver a workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Independent Living, as part of the online …
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From Words to PracticeThematic workshops on the Guidelines on deinstitutionalisation, including in Emergencies Organised by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalisation Session No. 1: Introducing the thematic workshops …
Register09/04/2024 – 09/04/2024
Launch of ENIL’s proposal for theEuropean Commission’s Framework for Social Services of Excellence for persons with disabilities
9th of April 2024 in the European Parliament, in Brussels Room A5E1, 14:00-16:00 CET Hosted by MEP Katrin Langensiepen In 2024, the European Commission …
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