Press release

Inclusion Europe together with Eurochild and the Charles University in Prague will hold a final conference for the project Children’s Rights for All! Monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities.

Europe’s self-advocates made their voices heard during the 2nd conference of the European Platform of Self-Advocates. Well aware of their rights, participants shared their experiences and discussed ways of breaking down the barriers faced by people with intellectual disabilities in everyday lives.

Europe’s self-advocates made their voices heard during the 2nd conference of the European Platform of Self-Advocates. Well aware of their rights, participants shared their experiences and discussed ways of breaking down the barriers faced by people with intellectual disabilities in everyday lives.

A European high-level conference under the title “Voting for all! Improving accessibility of elections in the member states of the European Union” will be held on 30 and 31 May 2011 in Brussels. The conference is organised as a final event for the project “Accommodating Diversity for Active Participation in the European Elections” .

“Family Action for the Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Society” was the central theme of the Europe in Action 2011 – an annual congress of Inclusion Europe that took place last week in Larnaca, Cyprus.

The Annual congress of Inclusion Europe, well-known as Europe in Action, will be officially opened tomorrow in the Cypriot town of Larnaca under the title: Family Action for the Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Society.

The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC), in Hungary, has sent a letter to the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe’s advisory body on constitutional matters. The purpose of this initiative is to lodge a formal request to the Venice Commission in order to bring its policy on the voting rights of people with disabilities into line with existing international law.

Inclusion Europe welcomes the launch of the 2011 European Year of Volunteering, which was celebrated under the Hungarian Presidency. The European Year 2011 aims to raise the profile of volunteering and emphasizes its value and importance to society and individuals.

Inclusion Europe together with its member associations Mencap (United Kingdom) and Lebenshilfe (Germany) are pleased to announce the launch of the Inclusive Development Toolkit, a resource for disability NGOs looking to improve the situation of people with intellectual disabilities in developing countries.

Find out what are our events for the next year!