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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.

Power chair user with microphone screaming with fist raised. Across the website, photos show ENIL members in everyday and activist settings. Some use wheelchairs. There is a mix of genders. Most have white skin.

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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What do we do ?

Campaigns

Learn more about our campaigns, such as the Freedom Drive.

Projects

Find out about our projects and download the project results.

Factsheet

Explore the themes ENIL is working on, such as Independent Living or deinstitutionalisation.

Join us!

ENIL provides a platform for grassroots activists and organisations

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.

Recent News

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A constructive meeting between ENIL and MOVEO A constructive meeting between ENIL and MOVEO

On the 6th of May, staff members of the European Network on Independent Living held a meeting with a team from MOVEO, an Austria-based …

May 7, 2025

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Europe-wide day of action to warn against fundamental rights regression Europe-wide day of action to warn against fundamental rights regression

The complete statement is available for download here. On the occasion of the European Independent Living Day on 5 May, thousands of disabled citizens …

May 5, 2025

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The ENIL Youth Network is looking for new Board members! The ENIL Youth Network is looking for new Board members!

ENIL Youth Network is looking for new Board members, to continue the important work of young disabled people within the European Network on Independent …

April 15, 2025

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Independent Living Map

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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Upcoming Events

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Mainstreaming the UN CRPD into EU legislation on state aid Which way forward?

Mainstreaming the UN CRPD into EU legislation on state aid Which way forward?

This event is hosted by MEP Katrin Langensiepen Date: 24th of June 2025 Place: European Parliament Time: 14:00 – 16:00 The United Nations have …

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La Capacité Juridique Sans Conditions

03/06/202503/06/2025

La Capacité Juridique Sans Conditions

Alors que la Convention Internationale relative aux Droits des Personnes Handicapées ratifiée en 2010 par la France , prône à travers l’article 12 , …

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Leaderka – School for Young Women and Girls with Disabilities

14/07/202518/07/2025

Leaderka – School for Young Women and Girls with Disabilities

Fight For Right (Ukraine) and ENIL are excited to announce the opening of applications for the  Leadership Summer School, which will take place from …

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