European Platform for Rehabilitation

The network of leading European providers of services to people with disabilities 1

Structure of the presentation

1.

Introduction 2.

Fundaments of EPR 3.

Member organisations 4.

EPR’s evolution 5.

Added value from EPR membership 6.

EPR activities & services 2

Who are we?

EPR is a network of leading European providers of rehabilitation services to people with disabilities and others who are disadvantaged. These services include vocational training and reintegration in the open labour market, as well as medical rehabilitation and social care.

Our vision EPR contributes to a society where every person with a disability or other disadvantage accesses the highest quality rehabilitation services that create equal opportunities and interdependent participation in society.

Our mission  individual professionals, service providers and the entire rehabilitation sector;   providing professional development platforms that enhance the capacity of researching and developing methods, models and modes of delivery that directly innovate and improve rehabilitation service systems; influencing policy development, promoting the rehabilitation sector, and providing information and assistance to service providers on European and international affairs. 3

Fundaments of the EPR

Professional development

Concrete activities All levels of staff Part of organisational strategy ‘

Membership’ organisation Membership

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Partnership

‘Leading organisations’ EPR as «part/partner» of the members Serve interests of members Self-financing Members more important than network Give and take + Solidarity 4

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Our members

Associate 5

O U R M E M B E R S Full RehabCare, Ireland National Learning Network, Ireland Rehab UK, United Kingdom Stichting Revalidatie Limburg, the Netherlands SRH Learnlife AG, Germany Josefs Gesellschaft, Germany Opera Don Calabria, Italy CRM, France CRPG, Portugal Fundosa Grupo, Spain Associate Pulmonary Association Heli, Finland AVRE, Norway Astangu, Estonia Institute for Rehabilitation, Slovenia The Cedar Foundation, Northern Ireland Heliomare, the Netherlands Pluryn Werkenrode, the Netherlands The Eden Foundation, Malta Greece