ENIL Conference on the UN Convention and Independent Living
Monday, 22 June 2009 Last Updated ( Monday, 18 January 2010 )On Monday, September 14th ENIL will hold a conference
Independent Living with Personal Assistance - Implementing Articel 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability
Article 19 deals with independent and community living.
The conference will take place in Strasbourg at the Youth Centre which is close to the European Parliament. The 14th of September is the Monday of the week where the Freedom Drive will take place. We would appreciate it very much if those of you who plan to come to the Freedom Drive would come a day earlier and take part in the conference.The fee is 30 Euro and covers lunch, refreshments and handouts.
See below for the agenda of the conference.
See our Freedom Drive site for hotels and transport. http://www.enil.eu/enil/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160
related artice: transcripts and summary of the conference
Agenda
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Welcoming participants and opening of conference by Bente Skansgård (ENIL President) Introductory speeches by:
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| 10:30 - 11:30 | From words to deeds Chair: Jamie Bolling (ENIL Executive Director) "UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - From draft to ratification", report from Dinah Radtke (DPI) "UN Convention and its impact on the national level" by Horst Frehe (Judge and MP, State of Bremen, Germany) "Implementation of the UN Convention", report from Ottmar Miles-Paul |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Coffee break |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | "Independent Living with Personal Assistance (Art 19 UN-Convention, PA as key to IL; impact on IL)", by Adolf Ratzka (ILI) "Personal Assistance and Direct Payment schemes in Europe", report by Jos Huys (Expertise Centre on IL) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Workshop 1"Independent Living as a Human Right - Implementing the UN Convention" Chair: Horst Frehe Rapporteur: Tabitha Collingbourne Location: Centre culturel Saint Thomas |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Workshop 2 "Independent living with Personal Assistance" Chair: Adolf Ratzka (ILI), Åsa Hag and Kerstin Sellin (JAG) Rapporteur: Debbie Jolly Location: European Youth Center |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Workshop 3 "The right to live independently in the community" Chair: John Evans (ENIL/ECCL), Birgitta Tullberg and Cecilia Blanck (JAG), Rapporteur: Ines Bulic Location: Centre culturel Saint Thomas |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Presentation of results and conclusions from the workshops by the rapporteurs Launch of the ECCL Position Paper on Article 19 of UN CRPD |
| 17.30 | Closing of conference by Bente Skansgård (ENIL President) |