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.
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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.
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Recent News
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The movement of disabled people in favour of self-determined living extends far beyond Belgium. The European Network on Independent Living has existed since 1989. …
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ENIL is conducting an advocacy campaign to change the draft regulation on the protection of vulnerable adults in cross-border situations. This article summarises the …
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Changes to the draft regulation on the protection of adults are urgently needed. This week ENIL sent a package containing letters, a position paper …
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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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23/09/2024 – 25/09/2024
Freedom Drive 2024The next Freedom Drive will take place from 23 – 25 September 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. It will be the 11th edition of this …
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PAW – Personal Assistance WatchWhat is PAW? Personal Assistance Watch – PAW is a new space run by the European Network on Independent Living to discuss access to …
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