ENIL would like to raise awareness on the work and publications of ESSL. The Essl Family have been involved in social affairs for many years. The Essl Foundation was established in 2007 in order to consolidate the family’s social activities with the mission to remove barriers, especially for disadvantaged persons, and to work for a more just and equal society.
The Zero Project is a project of the Essl Foundation. It allows for a new approach to broad-based advocacy and the work to remove barriers. In 2010 the Essl Social published its Index Pilot Study. This was based on a survey done in cooperation with some 56 NGO organisations around the world on the legal situations and living conditions of persons with disabilities a comparison of social indicators in 15 different countries. The clear appraisal of inequalities and injustices has been found to be an efficient method of advocacy and a way to get the media as well as policymakers interested.

The most recent report can be found on the following website: http://www.zeroproject.org/

ENIL would also like to draw attention to a new guide for the monitoring process of the CRPD.

The guide was developed as part of a project of the Mental Health Initiative and the Law and Health Initiative of the Open Society Public Health Program. The Community for All guide and checklist offers a detailed look at the rights identified in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), especially Article 19 of the CRPD. The guide and checklist can be used in advocacy work to oblige States to realize the rights. For downloading and more information see the website:

http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/mhi/articles_publications/publications/community-for-all-20111202

The first World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, ” suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. 
People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This is largely due to the lack of services available to them and the many obstacles they face in their everyday lives. The report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. The report ends with a concrete set of recommended actions for governments and their partners. 
This pioneering World report on disability will make a significant contribution to implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At the intersection of public health, human rights and development, the report is set to become a “must have” resource for policy-makers, service providers, professionals, and advocates for people with disabilities and their families.”

http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html

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