Miscellaneous
Bi-weekly update from ECCL, No.4 (March 2, 2009)
To members of the European Coalition for Community Living:
Please see below our fourth bi-weekly update, covering the period between February 11 and March 1. The purpose of these updates is to keep you informed about what is new on the ECCL website and bring you any other relevant information. We would like to encourage you to keep us informed about your work and send us your contributions to the website. These can include projects you are implementing, services you are providing, relevant developments in your country, as well as publications and events you would like us to post on www.community-living.info Please send your contributions, suggestions and questions to coordinator@community-living.info. Thank you!
Attached to this e-mail you will find an announcement from the Centre for Independent Living Dublin (Ireland), which is looking for partners in a European project (Strasbourg Freedom Drive 2009), and the Center for Policy Studies in Budapest (Hungary), which is advertising for a post-doc position in Public Health Policy and Development. Please note that they are still accepting applications for the position.
New on the website of the European Coalition for Community Living
In the News โ
Bulgaria: The Times Article on Children in Institutions
It is the smell that assaults you - filthy nappies, unwashed babies, rotting flesh. Then you are hit by the silence, an eerie, unnatural silence, the silence of babies who have given up hope of ever being consoled, cuddled or comforted. It is the dreadful quiet of starving, neglected, unloved children waiting to die.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=233&news=337&pages=&archive=
In the Events & Publications -
Committee on The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will hold its first session from 23 to 27 February 2007 at Palais des Nations in Geneva.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=235&news=338&pages=&archive=
ENIL Freedom Drive 2009
Event Date: Monday, September 14, 2009
The Freedom Drive is part of an overall strategy to empower people with disabilities across Europe. Organised by the European Network on Independent Living, the Freedom Drive is an opportunity for people with disabilities from all European countries to join together and converge on the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=235&news=339&pages=&archive=
Thematic Study by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on enhancing awareness and understanding of CRPD
The study focuses on legal measures required for the ratification and effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=235&news=340&pages=&archive=
Human Rights Handbook for Civil Society
Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society is a new, user-friendly and authoritative publication on United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms โ explaining how they work and exploring the many important ways that civil society actors including NGOs can contribute to their work.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=235&news=341&pages=&archive=
BCN/UNICEF Manual for the Measurement of Indicators for Children in Formal Care
The set of 15 indicators of children in formal care should be used as a common measurement approach to better monitor childcare practices, inform the development of policy and programs and facilitate comparison within and between countries.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=235&news=342&pages=&archive=
Azerbaijan: Trialling Gatekeeping Systems
Azerbaijanโs new State Program on De-Institutionalisation and Alternative Care Systems emphasises a comprehensive transition of services targeted to children in need of care.
http://www.community-living.info/index.php?page=235&news=343&pages=&archive=
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