Unfortunately Professor Colin Barnes resigned from the ENIL board finding it difficult to juggle all his engagements with retirement on the way. The existing board following ENIL’s constitution voted unanimously to fill the vacant spot with Germano Tosi from Turin, Italy. Germano has been a member of ENIL since 2010. Other current positions are:
- Co-administrator, creator and webmaster (as a volunteer ) in info-handicap office at the Townhall of Carmagnola (Turin) www.handicarmagnola.it , started in 2001
- Member and consultant in the Coordinamento Diversabilità at the Townhall of Carmagnola (general issues about disability, campaigns for promoting rights and equal choices for pwd, personal assistance programs access, workshop programs with the local social services and public administration, schools and job office), since 1999
- President and legal representative of ENIL Italia (European Network on Independent Living) www.enil.it , since 2011
- Vice-president and webmaster of Associazione Consequor Onlus per la Vita Indipendente www.consequor.it , since 2005
- Representative ENIL Italia Member on the National Observatory of Person with disabilities (Group 3: Independent Living, Autonomy and Empowerment of Pwd’s
With a background in industrial management Germano is an asset to the existing board.
“One example is Down’s Syndrome. Approximately 36% of the parents only know after birth that their child has the syndrome. But meanwhile, not only the parents but also the State has to carry the burden of care. The public interest – that of the parents and society – has priority over that of the child”, said Giubilini and Minerva.
I am sorry to announce that our friend and colleague Erik Ljungberg died suddenly on the 16th of March. Erik was born in 1973 in Sweden. At 38 years of age Erik was all too young to part with this world. ENIL will miss him greatly: as a board member he contributed actively to ENILs work for the rights of disabled people.
