ECCL Newsletters
Newsletter, Issue No. 11, February 2010
Inside this issue:
- Developing community-based services in the Republic of Moldova - interview with Ludmila Malcoci, Director of the Community For All project
- Towards community-based support and better health for children with intellectual disabilities and their families in Europe - by Roger Banks (UK)
- Updates about the work of ECCL: EU Fundamental Rights Agency, EU Disability Strategy 2010 - 2020, Workshop on Article 19 of the CRPD, Meeting with the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner
- ECCL Seminar 2010
- Sign the petition Free Our People Now!
Newsletter, Issue No. 10, October 2009
Inside this issue:
- Institutions Remain Dumping Grounds for Forgotten People - by Yana Buhrer Tavanier (Bulgaria) with a Foreword by Judith Klein (Director, Open Society Mental Health Initiative)
- Community Living for people with intellectual disabilities in Austria - by Tobias Buchner (Austria)
- New publications: ECCL's Focus Report on Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care - Still waiting ... the unfulfilled promise of Olmstead
Newsletter, Issue No. 9, April 2009
Inside this issue:
- Community-based services: A Question of Political Will, not Money (Interview with Laila Onu, Pentru Voi Foundation, Romania)
- Preventing and Fighting Discrimination in Romania (by Istvan Haller, Member of the Board of Directors of Romania's National Council for Combating Discrimination)
- Disability Convention Pilots: Using the Convention to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities in local communities in Denmark (by Christian Bundgaard, Policy Advisor at Disabled People's Organisations Denmark)
- News from ECCL
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Prevenirea şi combaterea discriminării în România (.doc)
Newsletter, Issue No. 8, December 2008/January 2009
Inside this issue:
- Added Value of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (by Prof. Gerard Quinn)
- Barriers to community living for people with intellectual disabilities in Croatia: looking for the end of an era of exclusion (by Damjan Janjusevic, Association for Self-Advocacy Croatia)
- Speaking for Ourselves: The Story of Self-Advocates
- Results of ECCL's Survey on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 25 Years of Independent Living in Sweden
- Press Release: ECCL publishes a new resource on advocating for Community Living
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Inside this isue:
- Facilitating the Implementation of the UN Convention
- Question and Answer Session with the Head of the Disability Unit at the European Commission (ECCL Seminar 2008)
- Report from the ECCL Seminar 2008
- Report from ECCL's Advocacy Workshop
- Join ECCL
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Note: Please note that the event announced on page 13 of the Newsletter has been cancelled (as of 17 Nov 2008). ENIL would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Newsletter, Issue No. 6, April 2008
Inside this issue:
- The Right to Community Living and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Interview with Milena Johnova, Director of QUIP, Czech Republic
- Deinstitutionalization: Half Open Doors
- Act Now: Lobby your MEPs to support the Written Declaration on the Discrimination and Institutionalisation of Children with Disabilities in the EU
- Act Now: New European Legislation Prohibiting Discrimination on the Ground of Disability
- ECCL Seminar 2008: 12 - 13 September, Oslo, Norway
- Upcoming Publication on how to advocate for community living
- New Leadership of ECCL
- Meet ECCL's Advisory Council
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Newsletter, Issue No. 5, December 2007
Inside this issue:
- Independent Living in Britain: An adult care service crisis and approaches to reform
- A Blueprint for Community Living
- An End to Institutions for New Zealand
- Disabled Activists Descend on Strasbourg to Demand Their Rights
- ECCL's Presentation at the European Parliament Disability Intergroup Meeting
- MEPs Discuss Community Living with Commissioner Špídla
- Publications
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Newsletter, Issue No. 4, July 2007
Inside this issue:
- Lessons to be Learned: Life after the Tragic Fire in the Social Care Home "Regi" by Ieva Leimane-Valdmeijere
- Inspections of Institutions by Oliver Lewis
- Inclusion in Germany: Daheim statt Heim by Silvia Schmidt MP
- Highlighting the Central Role of People with Disabilities in Service Provision
- Update from ECCL's Management Committee
- Introducing the European Disability Forum by Maria Nyman
- ENIL's Strasbourg Freedom Drive
- News and publications
- Join ECCL!
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Newsletter, Issue No. 3, March 2007
Inside this issue:
- Children and Young People with Disabilities in Residential Institutions in Greece by Prof. John Tsiantis
- Children with Disability in Nordic Countries by Maarit Aalto
- It Has Been a Long Time Coming: UN Disability Convention by John Evans
- User Involvement Seminar, 20 - 21 April 2007, Zagreb
- Update from ECCL's Management Committee
- Introducing Mental Health Europe by Josée Van Remoortel
- International Conference on deinstitutionalisation, campaigns and recommended articles
- Join us!
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Newsletter, Issue No. 2, November 2006
Inside this issue:
- The Cornwall Inquiry by Jim Mansell
- From the Rolling Quads to Direct Payments by Jim Elder-Woodward
- European Network of Independent Living by John Evans
- Break Down the Barriers - Community Living for All Campaign
- Update from ECCL's Management Committee
- Newsflash: Last Institution in New Zealand Closed
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Newsletter, Issue No. 1, July 2006
Inside this issue:
- Editorial by Gerard Quinn
- The Right to Live in the Community Seminar
- Introducing ECCL's Management Committee
- Calendar of activities
- Join us!
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