What is the European Platform of Self-Advocates? (EPSA)

The European Platform of Self-Advocates is a part of Inclusion Europe and consists of organisations of self-advocates. Self-advocates organisations must be member of Inclusion Europe to join EPSA. These groups can work at local, regional or national level.

The European Platform of Self-Advocates meets at least once per year.

The Steering Group

A Steering Group of five self-advocates runs EPSA. Those five self-advocates are elected at the EPSA General Meeting taking place every two years. They meet several times a year and work, with the help of the self-advocacy Officer of Inclusion Europe, to implement the work-plan decided at the EPSA General Meeting.

The members of the Steering Group are:

• Andrew Doyle, from Enable Ace, Scotland.
  Andrew is also the president of EPSA and vice-president of Inclusion Europe.
• Senada Halilcevic, from ASA,
  the Association of Self-Advocacy, Croatia.
• Krisse Pääskynen, from Finland.
• Ciara Evans, from the United Kingdom.
• Fabrice Vannobel, from Nous Aussi, France.