Events

In this webinar, a panel including persons with disabilities and experts in disaster management, human rights and service provision will discuss the need for “emergency deinstitutionalisation” of persons with disabilities and how this could be achieved. The webinar is organised jointly by ENIL, Validity Foundation and Disability Rights International and will take place on 11th…

UPDATE: Due to the rapidly changing situation with COVID-19, the organisers have decided to cancel this event. Those who paid the registration fee will be refunded. For more information, please click here. Thank you for your understanding. Disability Rights Defenders Network and the Law Firm Kumpuvuori Ltd are organising a ​Disability Rights Super Seminar ​and…

Disabled Refugees Welcome, a project of the Independent Living Institute in cooperation with ENIL – the European Network on Independent Living is holding the webinar – Disabled Refugees and Liberty in celebration of May 5th – the European Independent Living Day. The aim of this day is to raise awareness on Independent Living and with…

On 5th May, we will be marking the 7th European Independent Living Day. This year’s theme is LIBERTY. Despite restrictions on movement, gatherings, protests and the social distancing rules, there are still many ways you can raise awareness about the right to Independent Living on the day. Share with us personal stories of people deprived…

Disability Rights Defenders (a project of the Independent Living Institute, Sweden) and the European Network on Independent Living are holding a webinar focused on aging with disabilities in the community. The webinar will take place on 6th February at 15:00 – 17:00 CET. About the webinar:  Article 19 of the CRPD states the equal right…

The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), Disability Rights International (DRI) and the Validity Foundation, in cooperation with Julie Ward MEP, are organising a roundtable to question the use of group homes as an alternative to large residential institutions for disabled children and adults in Europe and globally. The event is organised as part of…

Disability Rights Defenders (a project of the Independent Living Institute Sweden) and the European Network on Independent Living are holding a webinar focused on law for accessibility. The webinar will take place on 25th November at 15:00 – 17:00 CET. About the webinar: The theme of the webinar is how to use the law for…

The European Network on Independent Living is organising a regional members’ meeting in Warsaw, Poland, on 9-10 September 2019. Due to the limited budget, this meeting is by invitation only. The meeting will provide an opportunity for our members from Central and Eastern Europe, and the Baltics, to gather and speak about the Independent Living situation…

The study session “Mind the gap: supporting young disabled people’s right to live independently and to be included in the community through exploring mental health as a disability issue” is organised by the European Network on Independent Living Youth Network and the Euro Youth Mental Health, in co-operation with the Youth Department of the Council of…

In cooperation with Disability Rights International (DRI) and Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI), ENIL is organising a side event during the 12th Conference of States Parties (COSP 12) to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York (10 – 13 June 2019). WATCH THE RECORDING OF THE SIDE EVENT HERE…

The Independent Living Institute, Sweden and the European Network on Independent Living are holding a webinar to introduce the work of the Disability Rights Defenders Network. The webinar will take place on 20 May 2019, from 17:00 – 19:00 CET. About the webinar: Disability Rights Defenders (DRD) Network is run by disabled people as means…

The European Network on Independent Living and Disability Rights International are holding a webinar on ‘Family and Community Integration of Children under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): Implications for Group Homes and Residential Care of New Human Rights Standards and Findings from Research’. The webinar will take place on…

[Updated on March 5th, 2019] The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) is organising a half-day conference on ‘The Present and Future of Personal Assistance in Europe’. Personal assistance (PA) is essential for realising disabled people’s right to independent living and community inclusion. However, in recent years, PA schemes in Europe have been subjected to…

MEP Marian Harkin, the European Disability Forum (EDF), the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) and Eurofound warmly invite you to a lunchtime event on facilitating independent living of people with disabilities. The event will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels on the 6th March from 12:00 to 14:00 (Room A-5G1). The event…

Apply Now for the Study session “Mind the gap: supporting young disabled people’s right to live independently and to be included in the community through exploring mental health as a disability issue”

This event is organised in cooperation with the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC), as part of the European Disability and Development Week. Building partnerships for the implementation of SDGs and the CRPD 7th December 2018, 11:00 – 13:00 European Disability and Development Week UN Human Rights Office, Rue Montoyer 14, Brussels To register, e-mail ines.bulic@enil.eu…

On the 8th of June, the Centre for Independent Living Sofia (CIL Sofia), the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) and the European Disability Forum (EDF) are organising an event in Sofia on the topic ‘Investing in Independent Living’. It will focus on how the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are used in relation to persons…

Together with our Swedish member the Independent Living Institute (ILI), ENIL is co-organising a conference on ‘Using the Law as a Tool for Social Change’. The conference will take place on 30th May (9:00 – 17:00) in Stockholm, Sweden and will also mark 25 years of ILI’s work. The conference is aimed at disability activists,…

The theme of this year’s European Independent Living Day on the 5th May is ”Barriers to Independent Living”. We would like to encourage you to mark the day by organising events in your countries. We invite you to take pictures and record testimonies, describing the barriers to Independent Living you face, and to share these with…

To mark this year’s 5th May – the European Independent Living Day, the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) is organising a screening of “Defiant Lives”, a documentary on the history of the Independent Living movement. You can watch the trailer here. The screening will be held on 4th May, 2018 in room PB4001 of…