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Maureen Piggot is the president of Inclusion Europe.

She talks about the work Inclusion Europe did in 2011.

Inclusion Europe worked to make sure everyone knowswhat people with intellectual disabilities need.

Inclusion Europe organised many important meetingsand finished some big projects.

Maureen Piggot thanked to everyonewho helped Inclusion Europe in 2011.

Dear members and friends of Inclusion Europe,

I have the great honour of sharing with you theoutstanding achievements of Inclusion Europe in2011.

As the United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities entered into force atEuropean level, we took the opportunity to makethe voice of people with intellectual disabilities andtheir families even stronger.

In 2011, we celebrated two important gatherings ofthe intellectual disability movement. First, we tookaction to strengthen the role of families at ourannual congress held in Cyprus. We were also verypleased with the results of the second Europeanconference for self-advocates. More than 80 self-advocates from all over Europe provided great inspiration and energy for our work on rightsand equality.

Furthermore, we continued to stir debate on theissues at the heart of full civil rights for citizens withintellectual disabilities, namely, the right to enjoyfull legal capacity and the right to participate in

political and public life. Our Recommendations forAccessible Elections in Europe were widelydisseminated among politicians and decision-makers.

Inclusion Europe also prepared the ground for betterimplementation of the rights of children withintellectual disabilities. The report produced withinthe project ‘Children rights for all!’ shone a light onthe reality of this ‘forgotten’ group of children andchallenged governments to take immediate actionto enforce their rights.

The following pages provide an overview of ourmajor endeavours and achievements. I would like toexpress Inclusion Europe’s gratitude for the on-going support of the European Commission as wellas for the firm commitment of our members andsupporters.

Maureen PiggotPresident

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT



Legal capacity means thatyou can take important decisions in your life.For example, you can vote, get married or sign a contract.

But many people with intellectual disabilitiesdo not enjoy the right to legal capacity.

In 2011, we worked to make sureeveryone has legal capacity.

For example, we organised a meetingto tell politicians that everyone has the rightto make important decisions in their lives.

We also organised a visit to Germany to seehow people with intellectual disabilities take their own decisions with help of their support persons.

We also started a new project called Topside.It is about people with intellectual disabilities supporting their peers in taking decisions.

We did research to find out about the lives of children with intellectual disabilitiesin Europe.

The research showed thatchildren with intellectual disabilitieshave less rights and chances than other children.

We came up with some ideason how to make sure thatchildren with intellectual disabilities have more rights.

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UNLOCKING THE DOOR TO EQUAL RIGHTS



Ensuring self-determination

Legal capacity is the key to the exercise of a wholerange of fundamental human rights, including theright to vote, get married or to have a job. Accordingto Article 12 of the United Nations Convention onthe Rights of Persons with Disabilities, governmentsmust ensure that all people with disabilities enjoyfull legal capacity and provide them with adequatesupport to exercise this right. Reforms of nationallegislations to comply with Article 12 are thus ofmajor importance for members of Inclusion Europe.

In November 2011, Inclusion Europe brought theissue to the European Parliament where it organisedthe first annual roundtable meeting on legalcapacity and supported decision-making. Indefining the roadmap towards equal recognitionbefore the law, the following elements have beenidentified to prepare the soil for the much neededreforms of legal capacity legislation:

■ Capacity-building to support the self-advocacymovement

■ Mainstreaming the provisions of reasonableaccommodation in all areas of legislation, notonly in employment

■ The establishment of safeguards such as trust andsupport networks

■ Collaboration between support services and legalprofessionals, allowing for adequate assessmentof the quality and extent of support for theperson’s needs

During the meeting, international exchange of goodpractice was deemed by many as the way forward.Inclusion Europe’s Working Group on HumanRights and Non-Discrimination is aware of theneed to bring this concept closer to people andoffers a platform for discussion about how thesemodels look. Relevant information and additionallinks are provided at www.e-Include.eu under theLegal Network News – Legal Capacity.

In September 2011, the working group organised astudy visit to Hamburg for members of InclusionEurope. The participants learned about the Germanmodel of supported decision-making laid down inthe German legal assistance and representation lawof 1992 (Betreuungsgesetz).

Having abolished the incapacitation procedure, thelaw allows the nomination of a legal supporter toprovide assistance with legal issues but does not



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restrict the individual’s capacity to actindependently. The participants took theopportunity to see the day-to-day implementationof the German model in practice, to understand therole of the different stakeholders and to learn abouttheir satisfaction with the system.

Developing peer-support

The objective of the project TOPSIDE will alsocontribute to the discussions on the implementationof Article 12. The project was launched in November2011 with the financial support from the LifelongLearning Programme of the European Commission.It is geared to provide people with intellectualdisabilities with the appropriate training needed totake their own decisions and become active citizens.

The project TOPSIDE aims to tackle this challenge byadvancing the concept of peer training and supportin Europe. It is undertaken in partnership withdisability organisations in Finland (KVTL), Romania(Pentru Voi), Scotland (ENABLE), Catalonia (Dincat),the Czech Republic (SPMP) and the Netherlands(Perspectief). The project partnership will create andtest a training curriculum for people withintellectual disabilities to train and support theirpeers. It will consist of various modules coveringdifferent areas of necessary expertise andexperience.

The TOPSIDE project may offer new employment orvolunteering opportunities for people withintellectual disabilities to reinforce their activecitizenship through the recognition of their skills.

Making children’s voices heard

After two years of extensive research, the Europeanreport on the implementation of the UnitedNations Convention on the Rights of the Child forchildren with intellectual disabilities was officiallylaunched on 20 October 2011 in Brussels.

This report examines the protection of the rights ofchildren with intellectual disabilities in the area ofeducation, health, abuse, participation, familysupport and community-based services.

Although a number of good practices in promotingthe rights of these children have been recorded, thesystematic approach is still missing. The lack of dataon children with intellectual disabilities significantlyimpedes the real implementation and monitoring oftheir rights.

This European report together with individualnational reports covering 22 EU member states isnow available as a lobbying tool to ensure inclusiveopportunities for children with intellectualdisabilities. Detailed policy recommendations weredeveloped to draw a roadmap towards betterimplementation of the rights of children withintellectual disabilities in Europe.

The reports were officially presented to the public ata final conference in presence of Jan Jařab, theRegional Representative of the UN HighCommissioner for Human Rights, delegates from theCouncil of Europe, UNICEF and the EU FundamentalRights Agency as well as disability and children’srights NGOs.

Inclusion Europe thus concluded the project‘Children's rights for all!’ undertaken in partnershipwith Eurochild and the Charles University in Prague;with the financial support from the DAPHNE IIIProgramme of the European Commission.

Each national report is available in both originalversion and English; the European report can bedownloaded in 22 European languages atwww.childrights4all.eu.



Inclusion Europe helps people with intellectual disabilitiesbecome active members of the community.

In 2011, we worked to make sure everyone has the right to vote.

We also worked to make it easierfor people with intellectual disabilitiesto take part in elections.

In 2011, Inclusion Europe drew the attention ofEuropean decision-makers to the continuingexclusion of people with intellectual disabilitiesfrom political and public life.

In particular, two major challenges were tackled:

■ Deprivation of political rights by discriminatorylegislation

■ Inaccessibility of elections

In May 2011, Inclusion Europe’s General Assemblyadopted a position paper on participation inpolitical and public life as a basis for people withintellectual disabilities to live as equal citizens.

Universal suffrage

Throughout 2011, Inclusion Europe was a part of theNGO coalition lobbying for the recognition of theuniversal right to vote by the European Commissionfor Democracy through Law, the Council of Europe’sadvisory body better known as the ‘VeniceCommission’.

The Commission had been reluctant to revise itsInterpretative Declaration of the Code of GoodPractice in Electoral Matters on the Participation ofPeople with Disabilities in Elections since it waspublished in October 2010. This first version allowedfor the deprivation of the right to vote by an

individual court judgment based on the grounds ofa proven mental disability.

Finally, in December 2011, the Venice Commissionadopted a text supporting universal suffrage as “a fundamental principle of the EuropeanElectoral Heritage. People with disabilities maynot be discriminated against in this regard, inconformity with Article 29 of the Convention ofthe United Nations on the Rights of Persons withDisabilities and the case law of the EuropeanCourt of Human Rights."

Legal reforms are necessary to make sure thatlegislation on legal capacity does not continue todeprive people with intellectual disabilities fromexercising their right to vote. Furthermore, positivemeasures need to be taken to ensure that peoplewith intellectual disabilities can participate inelections by ensuring that voting procedures,facilities and materials are appropriate, accessibleand easy to understand and use. In order toguarantee the free expression of the will of personswith intellectual disabilities, where necessary at therequest of the elector, it also means allowingassistance in voting by a person of their own choice.

Improving the accessibility of elections

On 30-31 May 2011, Inclusion Europe broughttogether politicians, representatives of national

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electoral commissions and the relevant governmentbodies together with other European andinternational stakeholders to discuss ways to ensureeffective participation of people with intellectualdisabilities in elections.

In the presence of Jean-Marc Delizée, Secretary ofState for Social Affairs of Belgium and Libor Rouček,Vice-President of the European Parliament, InclusionEurope called upon the European Parliament andnational electoral authorities to ensure that thewhole electoral process, including information,procedures and facilities, is made more accessiblefor all citizens.

On this occasion, Inclusion Europe presentedRecommendations for Accessible Elections inEurope covering five key areas:

■ Legislation on legal capacity■ Accessible information■ Training■ Support for decision-making in voting■ Access to the voting process

The Recommendations were produced within theframework of the project ‘Accommodating Diversityfor Active Participation in European Elections’ (ADAP)

and proved to be a key tool for Inclusion Europe’sadvocacy activities. Also important was the collectionof Good Practices for Accessible Elections in Europepublished within the framework of the project.

Through this work, Inclusion Europe has providednational and European politicians and electoralauthorities with clear guidelines on how to ensurethe equal and meaningful participation of personswith intellectual disabilities in the electoral process.

The project ‘Accommodating Diversity for ActiveParticipation in European Elections’ was undertakentogether with self-advocates from Enable Scotland,Nous Aussi France and SPMP Czech Republic, withthe financial support from the Fundamental Rightsand Citizenship Programme of the EuropeanCommission.

The Recommendations for Accessible Elections inEurope are available in 21 EU languages and includean accessible version. The collection of goodpractices and an easy to read guide on campaigningfor accessible elections were published in Czech,English and French.

For more information, please, visit www.voting-for-all.eu.

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In 2011, Inclusion Europe worked to make surepeople with intellectual disabilities can live independentlyand be part of the community.

We work to make it easier for people with intellectual disabilities to live the way they want.

We started a project to make surepeople with intellectual disabilitiescan learn new things all their lives.

Achieving community living in Europe

In 2011 Inclusion Europe continued to campaign forthe right of people with intellectual disabilities tolive independently and to be included in thecommunity.

Inclusion Europe contributed to the GlobalCampaign of Inclusion International to promoteArticle 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities. European self-advocatesshared their personal experiences of how peoplewith intellectual disabilities live and participate in

the community in different countries of Europe. Inaddition, Inclusion Europe organised focus groupsunder the title ‘Voices from Europe’ where self-advocates discussed their vision of living in thecommunity, the barriers they encounter in everydaylife and the support they need to overcome them.

As a member of the European Ad Hoc Expert Group onTransition from Institutional to Community-basedCare, Inclusion Europe started cooperation with allrelevant EU-networks to elaborate common Europeanguidelines on de-institutionalisation. The purpose ofthis project is to reduce marginalisation and improve

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the inclusion and life chances of some of Europe’smost vulnerable citizens by accelerating andimproving the quality of de-institutionalisation.

Ensuring access to mainstream education

In November 2011, Inclusion Europe embarked uponthe project ‘Creating Pathways to LifelongLearning for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities’(Pathways II) in order to enhance the accessibility oflifelong learning education in Europe.

The project builds on the legacy of the originalPathways project (2007-2009) which developed aset of tools for making the teaching processaccessible to learners with intellectual disabilities.This included:

■ European standards for making information easyto read and understand

■ A training programme for lifelong learning staff■ A methodology on involving people with

intellectual disabilities in the preparation andquality control of materials

■ A checklist to assess the accessibility of writtenmaterial

Pathways II makes these tools available to people withintellectual disabilities and to adult education staff inCroatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy,Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Spain through theinvolvement of Inclusion Europe's members in theproject partnership. A series of training seminars willbe held in each country. The project activelyencourages education providers and decision-makersto improve the accessibility of lifelong learningprogrammes for people with intellectual disabilities.

More information about the project Pathways canbe found at www.life-long-learning.eu.

Promoting inclusive and person-centred services

The final event for the European project “NewPaths to Inclusion” was held as a part of the 2011

Europe in Action conference. The project operatedwith an innovative method of person-centredplanning (PCP) as a means to facilitate an inclusiveand self-determined life for people withintellectual disabilities inside their community. Theconcept of person-centred planning and practicewas successfully transferred from the UnitedKingdom to Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic,Slovakia, Italy and Luxembourg. As part of theproject, Inclusion Europe facilitated a survey onthe use of person-centred services in Europe. Theresults together with the project experiences werecompiled into the final publication available atwww.personcentredplanning.eu.

Reaching out beyond Europe

Inclusion Europe launched an InclusiveDevelopment Toolkit designed to mobilise localdisability NGOs in Europe to get involved indevelopment cooperation activities.

Organisations of people with intellectualdisabilities in Europe have a unique potential toimprove the situation of children and adults withintellectual disabilities in developing countries.The toolkit provides them with necessaryknowledge of development cooperation issues,policies and contacts at national and Europeanlevel to ensure greater support for people withintellectual disabilities and their families in thedeveloping world.

The toolkit was developed within the frameworkof the project ‘Full Inclusion in Development Aid for People with Intellectual Disabilities andtheir Families’ undertaken in partnership withLebenshilfe (Germany) and Mencap (UnitedKingdom), with the financial support from the European Commission’s programme ‘Non-State Actors and Local Authorities inDevelopment’.

The toolkit is available atwww.inclusive-development.eu.



Inclusion Europe makes people with intellectual disabilities, their families and organisations stronger.

In 2011, we organised 2 big meetings:■ In spring, we organised a big meeting for families.■ In autumn, we organised a big meeting

for self-advocates.

We also organised some trainings for our membersto learn new things.

We also improved our website.Information on the new website is easier to find.

Involving families

Families and their role as promoters of socialinclusion were under the spotlight at Europe inAction 2011 – an annual conference of InclusionEurope. The conference took place between 12thand 14th May 2011 in Larnaca, Cyprus under thetitle ‘Family Action for the Inclusion of People withIntellectual Disabilities in Society’. The event broughttogether self-advocates, family members anddisability professionals in order to identify the mainchallenges for families with a person with anintellectual disability and discuss them with nationaland European decision-makers.

At this event, Inclusion Europe highlighted the role offamilies as major supporters of inclusion andempowerment of children and adults with intellectualdisabilities and called for their involvement in theimplementation of the UN Convention on the Rightsof Persons with Disabilities.

The conference was organised in cooperation withthe ‘Pancyprian Parents Association for People with

Mental Handicap’ and the ‘Committee for theProtection of the Rights of People with MentalHandicap in Cyprus’.

Strengthening the self-advocacy movement

Delivering under the motto ‘Nothing about uswithout us’, Inclusion Europe organised the 2nd

conference of the European Platform of Self-Advocates under the title ‘Hear our voices’.

The conference brought together more than 130 self-advocates and supporters from all over Europe andbeyond to talk about their lives, their rights, and theUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of Personswith Disabilities. Well aware of their rights,participants shared their experiences and discussedways of breaking down the barriers faced by childrenand adults with intellectual disabilities in theireveryday life.

The workshops were exclusively led by self-advocatesand tackled a number of important issues. Theseincluded the right to live independently and be

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included in the community, the right to get marriedand start a family as well as access to quality healthcare and employment. The involvement of people withintellectual disabilities in monitoring theimplementation of legal instruments to safeguardtheir rights was discussed with representatives of theCouncil of Europe and the European Union Agency forFundamental Rights.

A number of important messages addressed tofamilies, organisations and governments have arisenfrom the conference.

“Know that we are here to stay! Believe in us! Wemust take risks and make our own choices. Listen!We have something to say. We are the experts!”

The event was organised in cooperation withFenacerci, Cercipeniche and Inclusion Internationaland supported by the European Commission and theNational Institute for Rehabilitation of Portugal.

Supporting our members

In 2011, Inclusion Europe organised a number ofcapacity building seminars for its members.

In May, the annual seminar on the monitoring ofthe United Nations Convention on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities took place within theframework of the Europe in Action conference inLarnaca, Cyprus. A study visit to Hamburg, organisedin September 2011, provided members of InclusionEurope with first-hand experience of supporteddecision-making model in Germany.

Another successful event was the first annual skill-sharing and capacity-building seminar forInformation, Communication and Press Officersfrom Inclusion Europe’s member societies. Held atthe end of August in Brussels, the seminar providedparticipants with strategies and tips on effective useof popular Social Media platforms to supportinclusion and participation of people withintellectual disabilities in society.

Communicating inclusion

Inclusion Europe is constantly seeking to improve itsinformation service as a means of empoweringpeople with intellectual disabilities and theirfamilies and promoting social inclusion acrossEurope.

In 2011, Inclusion Europe took an important steptowards more inclusive, user-friendly and engagingcommunication by carrying out a major overhaul ofits main website www.inclusion-europe.org.

The site offers a wealth of information andresources on intellectual disability in Europe,covering topics such as social inclusion, non-discrimination, legal capacity, inclusive education,independent living or accessibility. Its design andstructure have been substantially simplified and thewebsite now offers accessible content in 28languages.

In addition, the website is constantly updated withnews and articles from the e-journal www.e-Include.eu. Visitors to the site can readily engagewith Inclusion Europe through the most popularsocial networking platforms such as Facebook,Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.



In 2011, EPSA continued to implement its work-plan for 2010-2012.We have continued to make sure people know more about our abilities.

We have published 4 numbers of ‘Europe for Us!’ to make self-advocacy more visible at European level.

The Steering Group members wrote letters to all EPSA members,explaining what they were doing in their countries and why it is important to be an EPSA member.

We have also organised our General Meeting in Cyprus,were we have presented our mid-term report.

Our main successes in 2011 were:

■ The set-up of a Coalition for Community Living in Croatia■ The connection with several schools to present easy-to-read in

France■ And the local involvement in decision-making bodies in Scotland

And, most of all, we organised our second EPSA Conference.The Conference was in Peniche, Portugal,and it was a big success.More than 80 self-advocates from all over Europe got together to discuss about taking control and being heard.

Main messages from the conference to politicians and decision-makerswere:

■ Do not cut the funding for services.■ Make greater efforts to shut down institutions.■ We want self-advocates in politics!■ We want results, not only words!■ Make things in the community accessible.■ Do away with institutions that donʼt let us live independently.■ We have the same rights to work.

EUROPEAN PLATFORM OF SELF-ADVOCATES


Helene Holand Vice-President

Norway

Maureen Piggot President

United Kingdom

Andrew Doyle Vice-President

Scotland

Hannes Traxler Treasurer Austria

Jerry Buttimer Ireland

Jordi Costa Molina Spain

Senada Halilcevic Croatia

Françoise Kbayaa France

Ingrid Körner Germany

Krisse Paaskynen Finland

Jyrki Pinomaa Finland

Denise Roza Russia

José Smits The Netherlands

BOARD MEMBERS

The Board of Inclusion Europe is elected at the Annual General Assembly and isresponsible for managing the affairs of Inclusion Europe.

Contact information:

Galeries de la Toison d’Or29 Chaussée d’IxellesBrussels. Belgium B-1050T. +32-2-502 28 15F. +32-2-502 80 10E. [email protected]

Geert Freyhoff, Director Alicia Capi, Finance Manager Camille Latimier, Policy OfficerPetra Letavayova, Communications Officer Sandra Marques, Self-Advocacy Officer Olga Radzienczak, Conference and Meetings Organiser Soufiane El Amrani, Self-Advocacy Information Officer Jacqueline Pareys, Administrative Assistant Angela Sainz, Information TraineeIoulia Eirini Sylviti, Information TraineeDaniel Scheiff, Volunteer

THE SECRETARIAT Inclusion Europe’s main office is established in Brussels, Belgium.

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WHO WORKS FOR INCLUSION EUROPE



■ Albania Help the Life Association

■ Austria Lebenshilfe ÖsterreichLebenshilfe Wien

■ Belgium ANAHM/NVHVG

■ Bosnia Herzegovina Zivotna pomocSUMERO

■ Bulgaria BAPIDKarin Dom Foundation

■ Croatia Association for Self-AdvocacyAssociation for Promoting InclusionCroatian Association of Societies for Personswith Mental Retardation

■ Cyprus Pancyprian Parents Association for People withMental Handicap

■ Czech Republic Inclusion Czech Republic Sebeobhájci PrahaRytmus

■ Denmark Landesforeningen LEV

■ Estonia EVPITEVPIT Self-Advocacy Group

■ Faroe Islands Javni

■ Finland FDUVKehitysvammaisten Tukiliitto ry Me Itse ry Steg för Steg

■ France UNAPEI Nous AussiLes Papillons Blancs de Dunkerque

■ Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)Poraka Poraka Negotino

■ Germany Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe fürMenschen mit geistiger Behinderung e.V Der Rat behinderter Menschen derBundesvereinigung LebenshilfeLebenshilfe Landersverband Schleswig-Holstein

■ Greece Panhellenic Federation of Parents andGuardians of Disabled People

■ Hungary EFOESZEFOESZ Self-Advocacy Group

■ Iceland National Federation for the Handicapped

■ Ireland Inclusion IrelandUnion on the Hill Self-Advocacy

■ Israel AKIM Israel

■ Italy ANFFAS

■ Latvia Rupju BernsRupju Berns - Latvian Self-AdvocacyMovement

■ Lithuania VILTIS

■ Luxembourg APEMHLigue HMC

■ Malta Movement in Favour of Rights for Persons with Disability INSPIRE - The Foundation for Inclusion

■ The Netherlands Stichting VG Belang

■ Norway NFUNFU Self-Advocacy Group

■ Poland Polish Association for Persons with MentalHandicap

■ Portugal HUMANITAS FENACERCI

■ Romania Federatia Incluziune

■ Russia Perspektiva

■ Scotland Enable ScotlandEnable ACE Committee

■ Serbia Serbian Association for Promoting Inclusion

■ Slovakia Association for Help to People with MentalHandicap

■ Slovenia Zveza Sožitje Centre Dolfke Bostjancic Draga

■ Spain FEAPSDincat

■ Sweden FUB Rikssektionen Klippan

■ Switzerland INSIEME

■ United Kingdom Mencap

■ Europe European Co-operation in AnthroposophicalCurative Education and Social Therapy - ECCE Down Syndrome Education InternationalSpecial Olympics Europe/Euroasia

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It is my pleasure to report that in the financial year2011 Inclusion Europe was able to achieve a surplusin its operation. Furthermore, our External Auditorhas again certified that our book-keeping fullymeets all Belgian laws as well as the Commissionstandards and requirements. Our accounting systemis fully geared to ensure effective and efficientfinancial reporting and control of complex Europeanprojects.

The financial results of the World Congress 2010 inBerlin indicate that there is an operating loss whichwill create a financial burden on Inclusion Europe.For this reason, we have used some of the year’soperating surplus to accrue needed reserves for thisloss. The remaining amount of this deficit will berecognized in 2012.

Due to possible individual effects of the financialcrisis in 2011 we also had to write off a largeramount in unpaid membership fees. This cancontribute to cash flow difficulties for InclusionEurope so I call upon all members to pay theirmembership fees as early as possible each year.

Despite these financial challenges, we continued toimplement ambitious projects in 2011 and, togetherwith our partners, we achieved excellent outcomes.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all ourmembers who paid their fees in 2011. My thanks alsogo to other funders and to the EuropeanCommission for their support for the differentactivities at European level for people withintellectual disabilities and their families.

Hannes TraxlerTreasurer

FINANCIAL REPORT 2011

Running Cost Grant21%

Project Income50%

Other operating income9%

Membership Fees 20%

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Information15%

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Income 2011700,542.33 €

Expenditure 2011697,328.61 €

This publication is supported by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity – PROGRESS (2007-2013). The ContractingAuthority is the European Commission.

This programme is implemented by the European Commission. It was established to financially support the implementation of the objectives of theEuropean Union in the employment, social affairs and equal opportunities area, and thereby contribute to the achievement of the Europe 2020Strategy goals in these fields.

The seven-year programme targets all stakeholders who can help shape the development of appropriate and effective employment and sociallegislation and policies across the EU-27, EFTA-EEA and EU candidate and pre-candidate countries.

For more information see: http://ec.europa.eu/progress

The information contained in this publication does not necessarily reflect the position or opinion of the European Commission.


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