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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.
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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For the right to legal capacity! New joint position paper adopted
Joint Position and Red Lines for Trilogue on the Proposed Regulation on Protection of Adults in Cross-Border Situations The full text of the position …
A Search for Dignity, Inclusion, and Autonomy – Matteo Menozzi
Early Life and Education I am Matteo Menozzi, 38, from Torrile in Parma, Italy. I have a visual impairment caused by a rare bilateral …
Freedom Drive Sponsorship: Freedom One Life
Freedom Drive preparations are ongoing and we are currently making arrangements for the accessible venues and other logistical details. As you are aware, Freedom …
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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14/04/2026 – 14/04/2026
The EU Policy BriefingAn information session on new policy developments in Brussels Welcome to the EU Policy Briefing. To keep you up to date on what is …
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08/04/2026 – 08/04/2026
Assisted Dying: Voices from the Disability Community – WEBINARWednesday 8 April 202615:00 – 16:00 CEST Following ENIL’s recent publication of its position paper on assisted dying, this meeting aims to explore how …
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05/05/2026 – 05/05/2026
Register now! European Independent Living Day 2026. The UN CRPD and the right to legal capacity!Independent Living Day 5 of May 2026 New impulses for reforms for the right to legal capacity at the national, European and international level …
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