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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.
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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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A home of our own: lessons from the Freedom Drive housing conference
Choosing where to live can determine whether someone can study, work, build relationships or leave a situation in which they feel unsafe. For many …
For a sustainable financing of disabled people`s organisations
The European Parliament and the national governments are debating the programme that will provide grants to disabled people´s organisations from 2028. ENIL is presenting …
ENIL’s Advisory Board on Intersectionality: shaping a safer, more diverse and more inclusive network
A new group of intersectionality experts will help ENIL develop its first action plan on intersectionality. Last June, the European Network on Independent Living …
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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EU Policy Briefing III: Inside the State of the Union speech by the European Commission PresidentDate: 17 November 2026 Time: 15:00–16:00 CEST Location: Online Register here Weak economic growth, accelerating climate change or the war against Palestine. Europe is …
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08/10/2026 – 08/10/2026
International Cooperation and DeinstitutionalisationWebinar on the Guidelines on Deinstitutionalisation, including in Emergencies, organised by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalisation Date and time: Thursday, 8 October 2026, 15:00 …
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PAW – Personal Assistance WatchWhen: the last 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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