Europe in Action

Opening Plenary Session - Welcome to all attendees

- Check out our #EuropeinAction2024 programme with talks on transforming services, deinstitutionalisation in Scotland, and employment opportunities and self advocacy led by Scottish and international experts – taking place in Glasgow between 7-9 May 2024

-Jyrki Pinomaa - President, Inclusion Europe

- Theresa Shearer - CEO, Enable and Vice President, Inclusion Europe

- Cllr Jacqueline McLaren - Lord Provost of Glasgow

- Maree Todd MSP - Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, Scottish Government

- Heather Gilchrist, Enable

Workshop 1

Speaker Spotlight!

Deinstitutionalisation in Scotland will be presented by John Dalrymple and Frances Brown of Radical Visions.  

Radical Visions works with people at risk of exclusion. 

Find our more at #EuropeinAction2024 of all our speakers.

Workshop 2

Speaker Spotlight!

Stronger self-advocacy, better deinstitutionalisation will be presented by Marek Bohuš and Marian Horanic, ZPMP v SR, Slovakia Tarkan Bashllari and Enron Seiti, Help the Life, Albania Self advocacy will be explained.

Marek Bohuš and Marián Horanič, Slovakia. Marek is one of the group of self advocates leaders who is active on advocacy and promotion of rights of people with intellectual disabilities. He participates on educational activities and workshops aimed on rights of people with disabilities. Marián is vice director of The Association for Help to People with Intellectual Disabilities. They will join Tarkan Bashllari and Enron Seiti from Help the Life, Albania to present on self-advocacy.

Tarkan Bashllari and Enron Seiti, Albania. Tarkan studies Political Science and was the co-founder of the Students' Parliament of Albania. Tarkan is also Head of the Albanian Autistic People's Self-Advocating Group, founded in 2022. Enron works at “Help the Life” Association as a Project Manager and he helped to establish the first Self-Advocacy group of young people with intellectual disabilities in Albania.

More information is on our programme of all the speakers!

Workshop 3 & 10

Speaker Spotlight!

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in action are the themes of the EuropeinAction2024 Conference and to enable this, we have speakers including Ellis Jongerius and Joost Blommendaal from the Netherlands.

Ellis Jongerius and Joost Blommendaal are from the Netherlands. Ellis is director of LFB, the national association of people with an intellectual disability in the Netherlands. and will be joined by Joost, who is manager at the LFB, responsible for business operations.

Workshop 4

Speaker Spotlight!

How do you transform services for inclusion? 

Speaker Fermín Núñez from Plena inclusión, Spain, will talk through how this can be done how you can transform services for inclusion. 

Fermín works in the Communication department at Plena Inclusión España, and is responsible for communication in the 'My home: a life in community' project.

Workshop 5

Speaker Spotlight!

Training Session on Communications and Campaigns. This session will be run by Heather Gilchrist, Enable, and Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP. 

Heather Gilchrist is an Enable member and Ambassador and will discuss communications and campaigns. Heather has been instrumental in Enable campaigns such as Enable the Vote, My Own Front Door and Rights Now for a number of years. She will be joined by elected member, Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP. 

Pam Duncan-Glancy is a Scottish Labour politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since May 2021. She is the first permanent wheelchair user elected to the Scottish Parliament.

Workshop 6 & 13

Speaker Spotlight!

We are delighted to have Pheona Matovu and Micheal Matovu from Radiant & Brighter for 'Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion: Working Together for Change' on Day 1 of #EuropeinAction2024

Pheona and Micheal are from Radiant & Brighter, and will talk about engaging with racialised communities.

Our programme is available with all our speakers:

Workshop 7 & 14

Speaker Spotlight!

Inclusion Exchange. More information coming soon on this!

Workshop 7 will focus on Right to decide and the right to vote. 

Workshop 14 will focus on education. 

Speakers to be announced and coming soon!

Workshop 8

Speaker Spotlight!

Deinstitutionalisation in Scotland will be presented by John Dalrymple and Frances Brown of Radical Visions.  

Radical Visions works with people at risk of exclusion. 

Find our more at #EuropeinAction2024 of all our speakers.

Workshop 9

Speaker Spotlight!

The theme of this workshop is Stronger self-advocacy, better deinstitutionalisation.

Elisabeta Moldovan and Alina-Ancuța Ursoi, Ceva de
Spus, Romania Ilona Éva Sallai and Tibor Zoltan Czako, ÉFOÉSZ, Hungary, Lora Sapcheva Eroslavova and Marieta Emilova Petrova, BAPID, Bulgaria will present stronger self-advocacy, better deinstitutionalisation.

Elisabeta Moldovan and Alina Ursoi are from  Romania. Elisabeta grew up in different institutions in Romania. At 25 years old she ran away from the institution where she was living. Many years later, in 2012, she decided to live independently and became involved in the Romanian inclusion movement, founding the Ceva de Spus Association, which now is an Inclusion Europe's member. Alina is a psychologist working as a support person at Ceva de Spus Association, in Timișoara, Romania.

Ilona Sallai and Tibor Czakó are from Hungary. Ilona is self-advocate at ÉFOÉSZ. Ilona writes and edits easy-to-understand texts. She also teaches university students and support persons on easy-to-read, and how to support self-advocacy while Tibor is self-advocacy coordinator at ÉFOÉSZ, coordinates international cooperations, and teaches at university.

Workshop 11

Speaker Spotlight!

Deinstitutionalisation guidance and practice with Milan Šveřepa Director of Inclusion Europe and Connie Laurin-Bowie
Inclusion International.

Workshop 12 

Speaker Spotlight!

Training Session Policy and Influencing with Charlie McMillan
Scottish Commission for Learning Disability (SCLD) and
Cameron Smith SCLD.

Closing Plenary 

Speaker Spotlight!

The Closing Plenary Session will be delivered by Lord Shinkwin, Chair of the IoD Commission on the Future of Business. 

He will be joined by Jyrki Pinomaa, President of Inclusion Europe. 

Opening Plenary Session Day 2

Speaker Spotlight!

The Opening Plenary session theme is "Inclusion Indicators and Advancing Human Rights". Speakers include:

• Dr. I. Stephanie Boyce - Former President of the Law Society of England and Wales
•  Jan Savage -Executive Director, Scottish Human Rights Commission
• Milan Šveřepa -Director, Inclusion Europe

Workshop 15

Speaker Spotlight!

This session is Elections in Scotland and in Europe. A UK Electrical Commission representative and Inclusion Europe Representative will be leading this workshop.

More coming soon!

Workshop 16

Speaker Spotlight!

EPSA General Meeting

European Platform of Self-Advocates members.

Workshop 17

Speaker Spotlight!

Breaking Barriers with Lianne Williams from Enable, Melanie Hill, ScottishPower, Joe Kingdom, Strathclyde University and Dr Malcolm McGregor, Napier University Breaking Barriers Lead.

Workshop 18 & 25

Speaker Spotlight!

This workshop will explore the PA model with Mari Galletly from Enable and Dr Danielle Farrell, Options Understood.

There is an opportunity for this session in the morning and in the afternoon.  

Workshop 19

Speaker Spotlight!

Inclusion Indicators

• Inge Volleberg, Inclusion
  Europe; Foteini Zafeiropoulou POSGAMEA, Greece
• Jeanne Nicklaus-Faust, Lebenshilfe, Germany

Workshop 20

EDI Session: Embedding EDI in the workplace presented by Nina Goswami.

As Head of Inclusion at one of the world's largest law firms, Clifford Chance, Embedding EDI in the workplace will welcome  ex BBC journalist Nina Goswami to host a workshop at EDI. 

Workshop 21

Speaker Spotlight!

Inclusion Exchange: Housing and Support. 

Workshop 23

Ukrainian struggle for rights and inclusion. 

Oksana Shtefanyuk and Vasyl Myryavchyk,
Inclusion Ukraine / VGO Coalition.

Workshop 24

Speaker Spotlight!

Citizen Network will be present Dr Simon Duffy.

Workshop 26

Speaker Spotlight!

Inclusion Europe General Assembly by Inclusion Europe members. 

Guest Speaker is Raisa Kravchenko, VGO Coalition, Ukraine.

Workshop 27

Speaker Spotlight!

EDI Session: Embedding EDI in the Workplace by Dr. I. Stephanie Boyce. 

Closing Plenary Session

Speaker Spotlight!

Katarina Ivanković Knežević - European Commission

Day 3

Opening Plenary Session – Learning from Scotland’s Deinstitutionalisation Journey
• Linda McLean /Ruth McEwan – Executive Director, Lung Ha Theatre Company
Actor, Lung Ha Theatre Company
Session will include selected extracts from Castle Lennox
Scotland’s leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning
disability and autism. Lung Ha produces award-winning productions and works with
a year-round, large ensemble to develop their practice and remove barriers to
participation into the arts. The session will include a presentation featuring recorded
extracts from their acclaimed production Castle Lennox, plus insight and discussion
around how they make their work. With Maria Oller, Artistic Director; Ruth McEwan,
Executive Director; Linda McLean, Playwright; and Actors from the Lung Ha Theatre
Company Ensemble

Day 3: Closing Plenary Session

• Jyrki Pinomaa, President of Inclusion Europe
• László Bercse – Vice President, Inclusion Europe
• Theresa Shearer – CEO, Enable and Vice President, Inclusion Europ