1. Developing community-based
provision of social services for
people with disabilities
P2P study tour 40259
Brussels,
23 – 26 February 2010
Venue :
Breydel 2, room 05/440 (ground floor)
avenue d'Auderghem / Oudergemlaan 19
1040 Brussels
For more information on the People 2 People Programme, please go to:
http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/P2P-Programme/P2PLeaflet_EN.pdf
To download presentations of this event, please go to:
http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex
click on "Library" and select this study tour.
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2. AIM OF THE MEETING:
The P2P Programme intends to offer to civil society organisations from the beneficiary countries the
possibility to visit EU institutions, as well as relevant EU platform organisations, or whenever relevant for
the topic of the study visits, also other European, international or national organisations, in order to
familiarise themselves with EU structures, policy making process, programmes, policies and best practices.
The aim of this study tour is to give participants the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the EU
policies and programmes related to community-based services towards disabled people, as well as to offer
them exchange and networking opportunities among themselves and with other European-level civil society
organisations active in this field. National and, if possible, regional examples of actions in this field could
also be presented to the participants.
The study visit is open for the participation of several representatives (up to four per beneficiary) from each
of the candidate countries and potential candidates to EU accession. Participants will represent mainly
NGOs/associations defending the rights of and/or providing services to people with disabilities.
Around 30 participants from civil society organisations in the Western Balkans and Turkey will attend the
study visit.
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3. Day 1 : Tuesday 23 February 2010
Chair : Ms Aleksandra Čalošević
09:00 Arrival and registration of participants
Distribution of welcome package with the list of participants
09:30 Welcome note: introduction on the purpose of the People 2 People
Programme (P2P)
Ms Magdalena Kleim, Head of Section, People 2 People Programme, Unit
D4 - Institution Building, DG Enlargement, European Commission
09:45 Round of table/Ice-breaking: brief verbal presentation, accompanied by
materials if available, max. 3 minutes per participant.
 Self-introduction by participants
 The work of the organisations represented
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 General discussion/Exchange of experience: brief verbal presentation by
each delegation, followed by a discussion.
 Status of people with disabilities in the society
 Main challenges to the provision of community-based services
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 The EU institutions and decision-making process
Mr Béla Béres, Member of the Legal Service, European Commission
14:30 Questions and answers
15:00 European Commission support to civil society in the Western Balkans
and Turkey: The Civil Society Facility (CSF)
Ms Karin McDonald, Programme Manager, Unit D3 – Regional
Programmes, DG Enlargement, European Commission
15:30 Questions and answers
16:00 Coffee break
16:15 Disability in the enlargement process
Mr Julien Desmedt, Task Manager, Unit B3 – Turkey, DG Enlargement,
European Commission
16:45 Questions and answers
17:15 End of the first day
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4. Day 2 : Wednesday 24 February 2010
Chair : Ms Aleksandra Čalošević
09:00 Registration of participants
09:15 The role of the EU structural funds in developing community-based
services: general provisions and examples of good practice
Mr Silvio Grieco, Policy Analyst, Unit G3 – Integration of People with
Disabilities, and Ms Bistra Valchanova, Unit A2 – Bulgaria, Hungary,
Netherlands, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
10:00 Questions and answers
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Presentation of the EU Disability Action Plan
Mr Erik Somelar, Policy Analyst, Unit G3 – Integration of People with
Disabilities, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
11:45 Questions and answers
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Presentation of the European Disability Forum (EDF)
Mr Ask Andersen, Policy Officer, EDF
14:30 Presentation of the European Association of Service Providers for
Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
Mr Luk Zelderloo, Secretary General, EASPD
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 How to develop strategies to ensure the implementation of the UN
Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and especially of its
article 19?
Panel discussion with representatives of the EDF and the EASPD
17:30 End of the second day
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5. Day 3 : Thursday 25 February 2010
Venue: Valencia Regional Office in Brussels, Rue de la Loi/ Wetstraat 227
09:15 Arrival and registration of participants
09:30 Welcome address
Mr Juan Manuel Revuelta Perez, Director General, Valencia Regional
Office in Brussels
09:40 The integration of people with disabilities: the policy of the Comunitat
Valenciana (Spain). Best practices from IVADIS (Valencian Institute
for Disabled People and Social Action) and the municipality of Alzira.
Ms María Sorzano Castellón, Social Affairs, and Mr Jose Manuel
Gonzalez Valls, Local Agent of Employment and Development
10:00 Questions and answers
10:45 Departure to the European Economic and Social Committee
Venue: European Economic and Social Committee,
Jacques Delors Building (room 3252), Rue Belliard / Belliardstraat 99, Brussels
11:15 Arrival and registration of participants
11:30  An introduction to the EESC
 The EESC and disability
Ms Ewa Kaniewska, Administrator, Employment, Social Affairs and
Citizenship Unit, European Economic and Social Committee
A Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (tbc)
12:30 Lunch break
Venue: European Parliament,
Paul-Henri Spaak Building (room 4B48), Rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60, Brussels
14:15 Arrival and registration of participants at the visitor's entrance
14:30  An introduction to the European Parliament
 The EP and disability
Mr Gergely Polner, Administrator, Visits and Seminars Unit, European
Parliament
Ms Janina Arsenjeva, Secretariat of the EP Disability Intergroup
16:00 Departure to DG Enlargement
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6. Venue: Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi/ Wetstraat 170
16:30 Meeting of each national delegation with the relevant Desk Officer
within DG Enlargement (European Commission)
ca.
End of the third day
17:30
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7. Day 4 : Friday 26 February 2010
Chair : Ms Aleksandra Čalošević
08:45 Registration of participants
09:00 Presentation of Inclusion Europe
A representative of Inclusion Europe (tbc)
09:30 Presentation of the Confederation of Family Organisations in the EU
(COFACE)
Ms Céline Simonin, Policy Officer, COFACE
10:00 Presentation of the European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR)
Mr Jan Spooren, General Secretary, EPR
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 How to ensure a good transition from institutional to community-based
care?
Panel discussion with representatives of Inclusion Europe, the COFACE and
the EPR
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Feedback and evaluation session
15:00 End of the study tour
This meeting is being organised by
the People 2 People Programme (P2P), Civil Society Facility, DG Enlargement,
in the organisational framework of the
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument - TAIEX
of the European Commission
CHAR 03/149, B - 1049 Brussels
Telephone: +32-2-298 11 59, Fax: +32-2-296 76 94
Web sites: http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/
http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/services/services.htm
Leaflet: http://taiex.ec.europa.eu/P2P-Programme/P2PLeaflet_EN.pdf
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