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| Driving Force for Equal Opportunities |
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Monday, January 11 2010 @ 11:09 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 36
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It is a great pleasure for me to inform you about a new organizational scheme provided by ENIL for the year 2010. First of all let me introduce you to the new organizational structure that will provide an implementation of the EDFEO (Enil Driving Force for Equal Opportunities) work plan for 2010. ENIL will operate through four different groups (pods). This means that ENIL Secretariat in Valencia will represent a coordinator for Southern Europe; other three pods will be spread across Europe which will secure a presence of ENIL in Northern, Western and Eastern Europe.
Coordinator for Eastern European pod is YHD - Association for Theory and Culture of Handicap which will be coordinating the Eastern European pod from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Eastern European pod will include the following countries: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Bulgaria
The main tasks of EDFEO work plan for 2010, that will be coordinated by YHD are as follows, to put a structure on Personal Assistance Service especially the practical aspects of operating a Personal Assistance Service, to explore how ENIL can educate governments specifically on the area of Independent Living and to examine how the European Parliament supports Independent Living especially in relation how the funds are distributed in Eastern European Countries.
The main purpose of this programme is to achieve better mutual understanding and cooperation within the countries in the region. This is even more important because the differences in development and implementation of Personal Assistance service within the region are substantial. That is way we are expecting your inputs, we are of course coordinators but we can only be successful with cooperation between us and organizations from your countries. The synergy that could be achieved through mutual cooperation can be used as a Platform for exchanging of good practices, as a way of pressure on the decision makers and much more.
In short this means that YHD will inform you about all the activities in the areas of Personal Assistance, Funding, Transnational Networking, Growing membership and other Promotion. By active participation from your side you will be able to provide us with information, examples from your country, which will be published in ENIL monthly Newsletter.
Below you can also find a list of other activities that will be implemented during 2010:
• Follow-up of ENIL campaigns
• Follow-up Strasbourg Freedom Drive 2009
• Follow-up of EU Commission Action Plan
• Support to National Marches for Independence
• Support for international and national Round Tables
• Feed in to Disability Rights Watch Dog
• Contribution for twice a month Newsletter
• Initiation and collaboration in ENIL Press releases
• Establishment and follow-up of Blogs for the region
• Support and development of ENIL e-Training
• Building of ENIL ambassadorship.
In order to achieve the work plan we first have to create contacts from National Organizations or Civil Society groups of the above mentioned states, which will provide us with relevant and accurate information about the status of the areas of P. A. and funding in your country.
We are referring to you as a possible national representative in Eastern European group. Please respond or send us a suggestion who could be the national representative in your Country. Regarding the fact that we don’t have all the necessary contacts from all the countries, we would also like to ask you to inform us about any possible contacts that you might have.
If, you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind Regards,
Danči Mara˛
YHD
danci.maraz@gmail.com
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| Disabled Workers on Hunger Strike in Banjaluka’s Institute for Dystrophics. |
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Wednesday, March 03 2010 @ 01:51 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 9
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Valencia, 3rd March 2010
Mr. Milorad Dodik,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska
mdodik@snsd.org
Ref: Disabled Workers on Hunger Strike in Banjaluka’s Institute for Dystrophics
Dear Mr. Dodik,
I am contacting you on behalf of ENIL, the European Network on Independent Living, we are aware of the Hunger Strike that is being carried out in Banjaluka, the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Employees in the Institute for Dystrophics are on hunger strike, following a row over job losses. Employees blame management for the situation. The Institute faces bankruptcy and residents are threatened that without jobs they will stay without a place to live and might be put in institutions.
The 23 severely disabled persons will not give up their demands for the return of their colleagues to work and the involvement of two disabled persons in a bankruptcy group who will protect the rights of disabled workers.
Most of the strikers are already in bad health because of Muscular Dystrophy but now they are experiencing disturbed blood pressure and dizziness.
Institute workers blame management for the economic situation and for putting obstacles in the way of entrepreneurship for persons with disability.
The Institute opened in 1989 as a unique example of the social model of disability and inclusive practice. Persons with Muscular Dystrophy, who were alone or lived in inaccessible places or with older parents, came to this Institute for accommodation and employment. For many years they had an independent life style, taking control over their lives and earning money for living as any other member of the community.
It will be a real shame if the Institute will change its concept and become closed for the employment and independent living of people with severe disabilities. The government of Republika Srpska should find the way the overcome financial problems and enable disabled people to achieve their basic human rights.
ENIL urges you to take a stand and help these people to solve their problem and we thank you for any support you will be able provide.
Kind regards,
Jamie Bolling
Executive Director
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| Letter of support to employees and friends of the Institute for Dystrophic in Banja Luka. |
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Wednesday, March 03 2010 @ 01:49 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 4
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Dear!
YHD – Association for Theory and Culture of Handicap from Slovenia also a member of ENIL1 (European Network on Independent Living) gives all support to friends that have decided to go on hunger strike to fight for their right to be employed and their right to work, which gives them an opportunity for a decent standard of living. Most of the strikers are already in bad health because of Muscular Dystrophy and they all suffered a lot during the war, that is why their will to live and work is even more important and worthy of admiration and respect. They are even setting an example to all other citizens and should be shown as an example of good practice through out the world.
Residents of the Institution have no other housing options or alternatives for life and work of residents, so any act that goes towards the closure of the institution and their jobs is unacceptable. Especially in accordance with the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities2 in particular articles 5. 15., 16., 17., 19., 25., 27.
We urge you to tackle the given situation immediately and provide all relevant conditions for life and work of the residents of the Institution. We have also informed the MEP’s from Slovenia about this situation and asked them for help and intervention.
In hope and desire, that the promises that were made to the residents in 2009 will be met.
With kind regards,
Elena Pečarič
President
http://www.enil.eu/enil/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=80
2http://www.mddsz.gov.si/fileadmin/mddsz.gov.si/pageuploads/dokumenti__pdf/konvencija_o_pravicah_invalidov_an.pdf
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| Hunger strike of Employees in Institute for Dystrophics in Republic Srpska. |
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Wednesday, March 03 2010 @ 01:46 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 3
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26 February 2010, Independent News
D. Remiković
BANJALUKA – Employees in Institute for Dystrophics in Republic Srpska continue their hunger strike, second day in a row after the job cancellation received by temporary director. They blame management for that bad situation.
Drago Novakovic, resident’s representative told us that 23 severe disabled persons would not give up of their demands: all their colleagues that received job cancellation should be return to work, two disabled persons should be involved in bankruptcy group who will deal with the future issues and protect the rights of disabled workers.
Worker’s representatives showed yesterday the video from the last year, where Mr. Milorad Dodik, Prime Minister of Srpska Republic, promise them to help and solve this problem.
"We do not want to go out and disturb our citizens falling out of our wheelchairs. If we start to fall we will do it here in our Institute", said Novakovic.
Most of the strikers are in really bad health condition due to Muscular Dystrophy and ER already visited them because of disturbed blood pressure and dizziness.
For the economically bad situation in Institute workers blame management that let for years the devastation of unique entrepreneurship of persons with disability.
"No matter of our education, we could not be in managerial position. Technical director came here 8 years ago because the director was his son in law", workers continue.
According to them there are three more persons, beside bankruptcy director, Head of law issues, Technical director and Head of commercial issues and all of them were involved in process of bacruptcy.
Some of them terrorized and humiliated disabled workers, Neki od ovih rukovodećih, tvrde radnici, provode strahovladu u Zavodu maltretirajući i omalova˛avajući radnike invalide.
Radovan Radulj, bankruptcy director did not want to comment anything.
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| SIGN FOR PERSONAL ASSISTENCE LAW |
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Wednesday, March 25 2009 @ 05:51 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 163
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STOP THE DIFFERENCE
SIGN FOR PERSONAL ASSISTENCE LAW FOR ALL DISABLED PEOPLE
Independent living is a central theme and a specific provision in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The case for such a right will become incontestable with the widespread ratification of the Disability Rights convention. Article" 19," entitled" “Living independently and being included in the community” requires governments to take action to facilitate disabled people’s “full enjoyment” of this right and their “full inclusion and participation in the community”. The Disability Rights Convention is not intended to create new rights, but that it “complements” existing human rights and clarifies the obligations and legal duties of States to respect and ensure the equal enjoyment of all human rights by person with disabilities.
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| Stop inequalities, Stop segregation |
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Tuesday, March 10 2009 @ 03:50 PM CET
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 226
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 P.A. law campaign - Stop the difference
We urge governments and the European Parliament to:
- Act now: Stop inequalities, Stop segregation
- Human rights for all
- Personal assistance for all
- Make article 19 of the UN Convention a reality
- Start consulting with organizations run and controlled by disabled people with experience in independent living
Sign the petition
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| 12 Feb 2009 ENIL newsletter Feb 09/1 |
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Friday, February 13 2009 @ 11:54 AM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 215
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European Network on Independent Living
Kirsten Plambech from Disabled Peoples Organisations Denmark (DPOD) reports
about new legislation in Denmark:
From 1st January 09 new rules are effective in relation to personal assistance
based on direct payment. The municipal council shall pay a subsidy towards the cost
of engaging assistant carers and attendants for persons with substantial and
permanent impairment of physical or mental function requiring particular support.
What is new about these rules is the possibility for the individual to hand over the
subsidy to an organization, ruled by persons with personal assistance themselves, to
a private company or a relative. They will hereafter administer the assistance.
From a legal point of view, the individual can hand over the responsibility for being an
employer. However it is done, the individual keeps the responsibility for the day-today
planning of the work, engaging the necessary help and so on.
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| Job Description |
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Friday, February 13 2009 @ 11:39 AM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 200
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http://ec.europa.eu/eures/
The National Council on Disability - NCD, Italian NGO acting as Federation of 36 National Organizations of People with Disabilities, working to promote and defend human rights of people with disabilities, offers a position for Early Stage Researcher to work in the MURINET project. The successful applicant will preferably have a degree in pedagogy, sociology, political sciences and human rights, law with experience in human rights. He/She will carry out research on Human rights policies in Europe and other national and international documentation useful to highlight a human rights approach to disability. In collaboration with other researchers the candidate will participate in producing publishable materials in the fields of Human Rights, Disability, Education policy, Social justice, Ethics and ICF. Language requirement is English. Basic knowledge of Italian is welcome. Researchers with disabilities are highly invited to apply.
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| Interview with President of the Republic of Slovenia dr. Danilo Türk |
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Saturday, December 06 2008 @ 01:45 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 244
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http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=EVuJcw5k8lQ
Elena Pečarič interview president of republic Slovenia dr. Danilo Türk
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| Invalids Inc |
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Saturday, December 06 2008 @ 01:42 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
Views: 222
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Invalids in our country are a special human species indeed. They are allowed to do things, which are forbidden to others, they can afford even suspicious, illegitimate, illegal actions and they bare no consequences whatsoever. They have their special social programmes, invented occasionally and so sprouting like mushrooms after rain. They use this as an excuse for high funds they are getting. Invalids are special, therefore they need special social programmes, even if nobody knows, what exactly is this speciality of theirs, comparing to other social programme users. Of course, they have also »their« money, a lot of it, which they are given by the state beside the national budget. A direct pipeline via the slovenian lottery into the FIHO foundation. Purposeful expenditure is neither checked nor controlled, for all colntrolling functions are in the hands of the recipients themselves. It exists as a remnant of the socialist self-management /self-regulation, not yet been chalenged by any government, whether left or right. They are keeping the social peace of the republic, in simple words, they curb and suppress other invalids, not to emancipate, legalize, become socially and politically active or even engage in the theory of handicap.
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