Workshop on social inclusion of disabled people,

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• Workshop on social inclusion of disabled people,
• Sofia, 30 - 31 October 2006
• DISABILITY ORGANISATIONS
• Luk Zelderloo, EASPD

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The European Association of Service Providers for
Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)

• The European Association of Service Providers for
  Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) promotes the
  equalisation of opportunities for people with
  disabilities through effective and high quality
  service systems in Europe.
• EASPD represents close to 8000 service provider
  organisations across Europe.
• Our objectives are achieved through
• Service provision to members (Information)
  networking/offer exchange possibilities to
  members at European, national/regional and local
  level
• 2. Policy-influencing (Impact) offering service
  providers a voice in Europe
• 3. Research and Development (Innovation) as
  basis for innovation and improvement of service
  provision

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EASPD

• EASPD has 4 Standing Committees to go more in
  depth in certain topics
• SC on Employment
• SC on Education
• SC on Enlargement
• Policy Impact Group
• The principles of EASPD
• aiming at high quality of services
• facilitating full participation and
• inclusion in society in an appropriate way of
  persons with a disability.
• To achieve this EASPD is committed to
• User participation in the development and
  delivery of services
• The implementation of governance principles
• Active life long learning opportunities for
  staff
• Focus on Accessibility, Availability,
  Affordability and Adaptability of services

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EASPD III

• Key objectives
• Impact - Increase political impact on the EU and
  Council of Europe agenda
• Information - Responding in a flexible way to the
  needs of members in relation with what is going
  on on the European scene
• Innovation - Keeping projects developed in line
  with the overall objectives of EASPD
• 4 As accessibility, availability,
  affordability and adaptability.
• Av. dAuderghem 63 / Oudergemlaan
• B 1000 Brussels
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
• www.easpd.org - info_at_easpd.be

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The European Association of Persons with
Disabilities their families (Inclusion Europe)

• - formally established as NGO in May 1988
• committed to advancing the human rights and
  defending the interests of people with
  intellectual disabilities and their families in
  Europe
• Structure of the organisation
• part of Inclusion International (II)
• 31 members and networks in 30 countries
• II was founded in 1960 - fights for human rights
  and social justice for people with intellectual
  disability and their families
• close partner of the United Nations an its
  agencies

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Inclusion Europe

• Main objectives
• Enhance the opportunities for people with a
  intellectual disability and their families to
  live as true European citizens
• Ensure the right to equal opportunities and
  participation in economic and social development
  of p.w.d
• Encourage collaboration exchange of information
  between member societies across Europe
• Co-operate with like-minded organisations in the
  fight for social justice and to improve human
  rights.

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Inclusion Europe

• Activities
• a wide range of activities in both the EU MS
  Central Eastern European countries
• Conferences, projects
• working groups, training sessions, and other
  information on relevant topics
• compares legislation services throughout Europe
  and encourages best practice to improve the lives
  of all people with a intellectual disability
  their families
• More information available on
• www.inclusion-europe.org

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European Disability Forum (EDF)

• EDF-represents the interests of 37 million
  disabled people.
• Mission
• - to advance disabled peoples human rights and
  promote equal opportunities in EU policies in
  accordance with the principle of
  non-discrimination

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European Disability Forum

• Structure of the organisation
• 67 organisations working at european level
• 23 organisations on national, regional local
  level representing different impairments groups
• 17 National Councils representing the national
  disability movement from each European Economic
  Area (EEA)
• 32 individual members

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European Disability Forum

• Main objectives
• To promote disabled peoples human rights and
  equal opportunities
• To combat discrimination and social exclusion in
  all EU policies in accordance with the principle
  of mainstreaming and a social model of
  disability
• To increase the visibility of the 10 of the
  population with different types of impairment
• To encourage the participation of disabled
  peoples representative organsations in civil
  dialogue-at all levels-in particular with EU
  institutions other international org.

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European Disability Forum

• Activities
• EDF campaigns for policy change plays a key
  role in information exchange with European
  disability movement
• Strenghtening non-discrimination legislation, in
  employment and other areas of Community comptence
  according to the principle of meanstriming
  transport,information society, social
  protection...
• Equal opportunities for disabled people in
  employment education...
• More information available on
• www.edf-feph.org

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Mental Health Europe

• Introduction
• MHE-SME, as an advocacy and educational E-NGO,
  promotes the mental health of people in all its
  aspects social, education, medical and
  biological
• Structure of the organisation
• - members are organisations and individuals
  from all over Europe with different kinds of
  mental health interests, experiences, expertise
  and responsibilities who form an equal
  partnership.

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Mental Health Europe

• The membership includes user organisations,
  volunteers and professional organisations working
  at the regional, national and European level.
• MHE has about 72 member organisations in 25
  European countries and 56 individual members.

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Mental Health Europe

• Main objectives
• promotion of positive mental health
• prevention of mental distress
• protection of human rights of mental health
  services, patients of psychiatric hospitals,
  their families, and carers
• To develop policy positions on mental health
  issues in consultation with its membership
• To lobby and influence key decision making on
  European mental health issues.

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Mental Health Europe

• Activities
• promotes and supports its member organisations
  through information and consultation
• develops and formulates policies and strategies
  on mental health issues
• initiates co-operation and communication between
  stakeholders in mental health
• identifies and disseminates good practices in
  mental health

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Mental Health Europe

• MHE-SME provides information on EU matters in
  mental health
• MHE-SME increases awareness for mental health and
  campaigns on important issues
• MHE-SME organises meetings, seminars, conferences
  and workshops
• MHE-SME negotiates on mental health with all
  relevant European bodies
• More information available at
• www.mhe-sme.org