European Parliament seminar to discuss person-centred planning

Inclusion Europe is organising an important conference at the European Parliament with the help of Member of the European Parliament Richard Howitt.This conference will be about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. They will talk about how the community can help people with intellectual disabilities to live on their own. The New Paths to Inclusion Network will also talk about what they learnt from their project. There will be policy-makers, NGOs and self-advocates. The event will be, for the most part, accessible. To register, fill in this form and return it to Magdi Birtha at m.birtha@inclusion-europe.org.

On 19 November, Inclusion Europe will organise an important Policy Seminar at the European Parliament, concentrating on Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and particularly on the involvement of the community in supporting people with intellectual disabilities to live independently. Hosted by Richard Howitt MEP, the event will discuss using person-centred planning in furthering the deinstitutionalisation process, drawing on the policy input of experts in the field and on good practices collected by partners in the New Paths to InclUsion Network. 

Speakers will include Jan Jarab, Regional Representative for Europe of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, representatives from the Disability Unit in the European Commission, as well as heads of European-level Disability NGOs, project partners and self-advocates. With many self-advocates in the audience, the event will, for the most part, be accessible. You can find the agenda here.

To register, fill in this form and return it to Inclusion Europe Policy Officer Magdi Birtha at m.birtha@inclusion-europe.org. The registration deadline is 9 November.