Deinstitutionalisation

The topics of the meeting included work-life balance, the European Disability Strategy and deinstitutionalisation.

Inclusion Europe strongly opposes a project for a "village" for people with intellectual disabilities in Estonia, which is merely another institution in disguise.

Estonia is building a new place for people with intellectual disabilities. This place is an institutions, and it will be built with money from the European Union.

Our director Milan Šveřepa wrote an article on Apolitical, an international platform that provides information to governments. The article is focused on children with disabilities living in institutions, promoting deinstitutionalisation as the only way forward.

Our director Milan Šveřepa wrote an article for a website called Apolitical. In his article, Milan talks about deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities.

On 1 October is the UN Day of Older Persons. On this occasion, we interviewed Jacqueline Pareys, 65, who worked long years for Inclusion Europe as an office helper. Jacqueline told us about her life, what has changed and about the advice she has for younger people.

Our director Milan Šveřepa gave an interview about the situation of people with intellectual disabilities in Czech institutions.

Milan Šveřepa is the director of Inclusion Europe. He gave an interview to a newspaper. In the interview, he talked about institutions in Czechia.

Inclusion Europe, alongside other organisations, has endorsed a statement and key recommendations on the Right to Family, recognised under international law.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has urged member states to “immediately start to transition to the abolition of coercive practices in mental health settings”.