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.
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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Call for Participation: LITI-GATE Mentoring Programme
Are you interested in strategic litigation and defending the rights of persons with disabilities? Join our Liti-Gate Mentoring Programme, designed to support activists, advocates, …
The EU under UN-Review
In 2011, the European Union acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). It was the first …
Press Release: The Commission encourages EU countries to invest in residential institutions for persons with disabilities – when will this practice stop?
Internal documents reveal the European Commission’s ongoing violation of the right to independent living for persons with disabilities Brussels, 7 March 2025 – Validity …
Find out about Independent Living in your country
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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17/03/2025 – 28/03/2025
LITI-GATE Training on Strategic LitigationDates: 17 and 28 March 2025 (each participant should attend on one day only, because the two sessions will be the same) Start and …
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23/04/2025 – 23/04/2025
Personal budgets – The case of DenmarkMeeting II of the ENIL Task Force on Independent Living When: 23rd of April 2025, 14:00 – 15:30 CET Where: Online, Zoom Personal assistance …
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PAW – Personal Assistance WatchWhen: the first Thursday each month, from 17:00 – 18:30. Where: Online, Zoom You can join us by registering here. What is PAW? Personal …
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