Jan 26, 2022 Independent Living

APPLY NOW! Study Session: “Sustainable Development Goals and Youth with Disabilities”

The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) Youth Network, in cooperation with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe, is pleased to invite you to apply for the 2022 Study Session ”Sustainable Development Goals and Youth with Disabilities: What We Can Do?”. This Study session will take place...

Jan 17, 2022

ENIL Job Opportunities: Policy Coordinator & Project Assistant

Jan 12, 2022

In memory of Manfred Srb

ENIL Recap of 2021

As we near the end of the year, we wish to take an opportunity to reflect on what we have done, and highlight other memorable moments. Instead of the usual Newsletter, we will take you through the year 2021 at the European Network on Independent Living. We begin with...

Support ENIL’s Petition to Demand Closure of Institutions!

Brussels, 3 December 2021 – The European Network on Independent Living – ENIL has followed the use of European Union (EU) funds for more than a decade. We know that EU funds are sometimes used to build new institutions or to refurbish institutions. We also know that EU funds...

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Oct 18, 2021

In memory of Kapka Panayotova (1956 – 2021)

The European Network on Independent Living – ENIL learned, with deep sorrow, that our former President and Board member Kapka Panayotova, passed away suddenly on Thursday, 14 October 2021, at the age of 65. Kapka served as a Board...

Sep 22, 2021

Austria: Segregation and social exclusion of disabled people in facilities co-financed by the EAFRD

Vienna and Brussels, 22 September 2021 – In July 2020, Independent Living Austria (ILA) and the European Network for Independent Living (ENIL) submitted an official complaint to the European Commission, challenging the segregation and social exclusion of disabled people...

Dec 03, 2021

Support ENIL’s Petition to Demand Closure of Institutions!

European Network on Independent Living

ENIL is a cross - disability rights civil society organization working in all EU countries. 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.