“Setting Up a CIL” - FD2017 Status Quo in Greece Independent living definition is unknown, with only a few references Attempts for accessibility improvements and social inclusion have taken place, mainly towards a wrong path There 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” - FD2017

Status Quo in Greece Independent living definition is unknown, with only a few references Attempts for accessibility improvements and social inclusion have taken place, mainly towards a wrong path There 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

i-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 ✔ Informal IL group creation in 2013 ✔ At the end of 2014, the non – governmental organization i-living “Independent Living Organization of Greece” is founded

i-living structure Board of Directors Executive Committee Regular members (disabled persons only) Audit Committee (disabled persons only) Associate individual members (mainly parents of disabled children) Volunteers

i-living targeting ✔ UNCRPD implementation monitoring ✔ Independent Living philosophy spreading ✔ UNCRPD implementation monitoring ✔ Protection of the rights of disabled persons ✔ Raising the awareness for disabled persons, regarding their rights to live independently ✔ IL regulatory framework creation, PA scheme implementation

i-living targeting axes Emancipation and informal education of disabled persons Raising disability awareness for the Greek society Coalitions with Greek and European organizations that have the same vision Lobbying the correspondent ministries, as also the European Institutions

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 ✔ 2015: Creation of a video that depicts the current situation of IL in Greece, in contrast to a fully developed IL scheme

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 ✔ 2016: Freedom School in Belgium for young disabled persons, co-organized by correspondent NGO’s in Belgium, Greece and Norway

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 monitors

Five Basic Principles for a Changing World Dynamic capabilities A continually changing organization A people-centric approach An ambidextrous organization An open organization that networks with its surroundings

Five Basic Principles for a Changing World Dynamic capabilities Include the ability to sense and shape opportunities and threats seize opportunities and maintain and reorganize resources as needed

Five Basic Principles for a Changing World A continually changing organization If you delay taking action until problems arise, you will act too late. The organization should be permeated with a proactive approach to change

Five Basic Principles for a Changing World A people-centric approach This 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 creativity

Five Basic Principles for a Changing World An ambidextrous organization Organizations 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 them

Five Basic Principles for a Changing World An open organization that networks with its surroundings An 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 systems

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