Conclusions of EU Council on #independentliving and enhancing community-based services are out!! 👏👏 EU2017EE Let's build #inclusive communities! #EEGCommunity #deinstitutionalisation #UNCRPD Coface Group EU Social 🇪🇺 European Disability Forum ENIL EASPD MHESME data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/S…

For #HumanRightsDay on Sunday, get a good overview of international obligations + human rights instruments in the EU with this EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights data data.europa.eu/euodp/en/data/…

On #HumanRightsDay we recognise the huge steps forward in the #EU supporting the transition to #communitylivingforall, lets ensure and improve this change process #post2020 #ESIF #FutureofEurope read our recommendation's: goo.gl/oCYFon

you can still register today for the hearing on European Structural Funds and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday Inclusion Europe European Union of the Deaf European Disability Forum Social Platform ENIL MHESME bit.ly/2AnyB4T

"Separating #children with special needs or children with #disabilities from the community is both legally & morally wrong. Society needs all its children to grow up within its communities. Children need communities to grow, develop, and flourish." x.com/openingdoors_e… #UNCRPD

New #CountryProfiles added on #ESIF and the transition to #communitylivingforall in #Romania #Greece #SlovakRepublic #Hungary + #Poland. Includes relevant sections in key #ESIF documents, € allocations, responsible bodies, calls for proposals + projects: goo.gl/R4n7Wq

💶EU funding needs to be more flexible so those who really needs it can benefit: Mauro D'Attis tells EESC Social Affairs hearing on how #ESIF can support the inclusion of persons with disabilities #EUDisability #SocialRights

European Social Fund #ESF will b instrumental to implement the European Pillar of #SocialRights EU Social 🇪🇺 EESC Social Affairs in next #EU #funding period. This is why it's a pity that #disability is not included in the Social Scoreboard - how will progress be monitored? European Disability Forum FAMILIES EUROPE

Fully agree that organisation of ppl w/ #disabilities should be involved in planning, implementing & monitoring #EU #funds . I also think re #deinstitutionalisation persons living in institutions should be involved - their voice barely heard EESC Social Affairs European Disability Forum FAMILIES EUROPE EU Social 🇪🇺

We are European Economic and Social Committee to review the 2014-2020 #ESIF Regulations and examine what needs to be done for them to be compatible with the #UNCRPD, the interests of persons with disabilities and DPOs EESC Social Affairs #EUDisability

Irina Papancheva Lumos presents Community Living EU key findings: #ESIF is funding shift to community based living, calls for proposals at national level, domestic versus EU agenda, tendency to small institutions, focus on numbers not quality EESC Social Affairs

Mark Wheatley ‘DPOs must be involved in planning & monitoring the implementation of #EU #funds. Lack of accessible information is a barrier for using #EU #funds which must be removed!’ EESC Social Affairs European Disability Forum #EUDisability

M. Paraskevas: "the aim of EU Social 🇪🇺 is to make sure that deinstitutionalisation will be addressed in all Member States, not only the current 12." All children in the EU have a right to family life. #EUDisability

The full #ESIFunds strategic report package adopted 13/12/17 is available here ec.europa.eu/regional_polic…. The updated #ESIFOpenData is here cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu

.Irina Papancheva Lumos presented #CLEreport findings EESC Social Affairs hearing to review #ESIF Regs. Find the report that was launched European Parliament on 22.11 here: goo.gl/pzf887 #EUDisability #UNCRPD

Our #OpenLetter calling for a paradigm shift in #mentalhealth care has reached 200+ signatories! We need a shift away from isolating services which are coercive and inappropriately medicalised to ones that are #recovery & community-based bit.ly/2C1tSDH

Today FRA presents report on civil society working on #humanrights at EU Council working party. Increasingly #CivilSociety orgs inside EU report problems and challenges – and not just in a few Member States. FRA report to be published 18 Jan ’18