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Status Quo in Greece
Independent living definition is unknown, with only a few referencesAttempts for accessibility improvements and social inclusion have taken place, mainly towards a wrong pathThere is no reference to the personal assistant (PA) notion, there is no PA budget, not even PA legislation Each family is supporting the person to live “independently”, with the only alternative being a life in an institution
“Setting Up a CIL”
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FD2017Slide2
Status Quo in Greece
Independent living definition is unknown, with only a few referencesAttempts for accessibility improvements and social inclusion have taken place, mainly towards a wrong pathThere is no reference to the personal assistant (PA) notion, there is no PA budget, not even PA legislation Each family is supporting the person to live “independently”, with the only alternative being a life in an institutionSlide3
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-living founding✔ Lack of an independent living scheme in Greece and the immediate need for IL dissemination and implementation✔ 6 young people with severe disabilities, with a common vision regarding the rights of disabled people
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Informal IL group creation in 2013✔
At the end of 2014, the non – governmental organization i-living “Independent Living Organization of Greece” is foundedSlide4
i
-living structureBoard of DirectorsExecutive Committee
Regular members (disabled persons only)
Audit Committee (
disabled persons
only)
Associate individual members
(
mainly parents of
disabled children
)
Volunteers Slide5
i-living
targeting✔ Independent Living philosophy spreading✔ UNCRPD implementation monitoring✔ Protection of the rights of
disabled persons
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Raising the awareness for
disabled persons
, regarding their rights to live independently
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IL regulatory framework creation, PA scheme implementationSlide6
i-living
targeting axesEmancipation and informal education of disabled persons Raising disability awareness for the Greek societyCoalitions with Greek and European organizations that have the same vision
Lobbying the correspondent ministries, as also the European InstitutionsSlide7
i
-living‘s current achievements✔ 2013: Founding members participation at the Freedom Drive (Strasbourg), under the leadership of Stelios Kympouropoulos ✔
Quarterly members newsletter
✔ Publication of various IL articles to the Greek media
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2015:
Creation of a video that depicts the current situation of IL in Greece, in contrast to a fully developed IL schemeSlide8
i
-living‘s current achievements✔ 2015: European Independent Living day interactive informational event in 7 Greek cities✔
2015:
Participation to the Brussels Freedom Drive with a group of 26 persons
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2016
:
Freedom School in Belgium for young disabled persons, co-organized by correspondent NGO’s in Belgium, Greece and NorwaySlide9
i
-living‘s current achievements✔ European Independent Living day 2017:➔Informational event in Athens
➔Online research event for personal assistance in Greece
➔IL video projection at the Greek metro stations, as also at the Greek highways’ informational monitorsSlide10
Five Basic Principles for a Changing World
Dynamic capabilitiesA continually changing organizationA people-centric approachAn ambidextrous organizationAn open organization that networks with its surroundingsSlide11
Five Basic Principles for a Changing World
Dynamic capabilitiesInclude the ability to sense and shape opportunities and threatsseize opportunitiesand maintain and reorganize resources as neededSlide12
Five Basic Principles for a Changing World
A continually changing organizationIf you delay taking action until problems arise, you will act too late. The organization should be permeated with a proactive approach to changeSlide13
Five Basic Principles for a Changing World
A people-centric approachThis principle is based on the belief that people want and need to be creative and that an organization must provide a setting in which they can exercise their creativitySlide14
Five Basic Principles for a Changing
World An ambidextrous organizationOrganizations combine two different forms of organizational logic to optimize daily functioning, which works best with a conventional planning-and-control approach, and innovation, which requires greater freedom, flexibility, and a more open attitude toward experimentation
The organization should not only balance these two forms of logic but utilize the energy inherent in the contrast between themSlide15
Five Basic Principles for a Changing
World An open organization that networks with its surroundingsAn organization can be more or less open to integration with its surroundings. While no organizations are totally closed systems with distinct borders that separate them from the world beyond, they can have more or less permeable boundaries that affect their ability to exchange information and knowledge with their surroundings Long-term survival requires that organizations develop into more openly networked systemsSlide16
Thank you for your attention!!!Slide17
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