SELF-DETERMINATION FOR AN INCLUSIVE LIFE: A MATTER OF DIGNITY

7:30-8:00 h Morning Prayer Laudes (Optional). Location: Montserrat Basilica

Location: Montserrat Museum Building | Puig i Cadafalch Room

8.30-9.15 h Registration

9:30-10:00 h Official Welcome

Father Manel Gasch i Hurios, Abbot of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat.
Carolina Homar Cruz, Secretary for Social Affairs and Families of the Government of Catalonia.
Pere Cornellà Valls, President of the Board of Trustees of the Support-Girona Foundation.

10:00-11:00 h Keynote Speech: The Evolution of Human Rights: From Violation to Recognition. 

Moderator: Josep Maria Solé i Chavero, General Director of the Support-Girona Foundation.
Speaker: Facundo Chávez Penillas, Human Rights lawyer specializing in disability rights.

11:00-11:30 h Coffee Break. Location: Montserrat Museum shop.

11:30-12:45 h Panel discussion: Capacity and autonomy: a challenged right in Mental Health.

Moderator: Víctor Aparicio Basauri, Psychiatrist, MD, PhD.

Speakers:

• Claudi Camps Garcia, Director of Mental Health and Addictions Network of Girona Counties, Institut d’Assistència Sanitària.
• Cecilia Gómez-Salvago Sánchez, Member of the Spanish Bioethics Committee and Professor of Civil Law at the University of Seville.
• Tina Minkowitz, Human rights lawyer with expertise on the CRPD, and a survivor of psychiatric institutionalization. 
• Natalia Kazah Soneyra, clinical psychologist at the Specialised Inpatient Unit for Intellectual Disability (UHEDI). Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu.
• Beatriz Pérez Pérez, Research Officer at ActivaMent Catalunya Associació, Ph.D. in Person and Society from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
• Bernabé Robles del Olmo, Neurologist. Coordinator of the Bioethics Unit at Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu. Member of the Standing Committee of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia.

13:00-13:30 h Salve and Virolai Prayer (Optional). Location: Montserrat Basilica.

13:30-15:00 h Lunch. Location: Mirador dels Apòstols building | Montserrat Restaurant.

15:00-17:00 h Workshops. Location: (Abat Cisneros Hotel | Deàs Room.

1. Work (Labora). Led by Núria Martínez Barderi, Director of the Drissa Foundation. Location: Abat Cisneros Hotel | Deàs Room.
2. Language (Lege et ora)). Led by Inma Gómez Sánchez, Technical Director of COCARMI (Catalonia). Social Worker. Postgraduate in Conflict Resolution. Postgraduate in Couple and Family Studies. Location: Abat Cisneros Hotel | Venerable Room.
3. Community (Rege et Communitate). Led by Josep Tresserras Basela, Executive Director of Som-Fundació. Postgraduate in Management and Direction of Social Services. Degree in Geography and History. Ph.D. in Theology. Location: Montserrat Museum Building | Puig i Cadafalch Room

Evening Activities (optional).

Meeting point: Pastoral Coordination Center building.

• Visit to the Virgin of Montserrat (La Moreneta). 17:30 h – 1st group | 17:45 h – 2nd group.
• 18:45 h – Vespers Oratory (Montserrat Basilica.)
• 17:15 h – Hike to Montserrat Mountain - Degotalls Path

DAY TWO

FRIDAY 14/03/2025

LIVING WITH DIGNITY IN THE COMMUNITY: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES

7:30-8:00 h Morning Prayer Laudes (Optional). Location: Montserrat Basilica

Location: Montserrat Museum Building | Puig i Cadafalch Room

8.30-9.15 h Registration.

09:00-11:00 h Keynote Speech: Enabling supports for Lives Worth Living.

• Moderator: Josep Maria Solé i Chavero, General Director of the Support-Girona Foundation.

Speakers:

• Thomas Bignal, Secretary General of EASPD (European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities).
• Naomi Brickel, Project Director for Supported Decision-Making New York (SDMNY)
• Antoni Galiano Barajas, General Director of Personal Autonomy and Disability at the Department of Social Rights of the Generalitat of Catalonia. 
• Victoria Monell Renart, Managing Director of FMMC and President of the Encaix Association.
• F. Torcuato Recover Balboa, Lawyer and Legal Advisor of Plena Inclusión Andalucía and the LIBER association.

11:00-11:30 h Coffee Break.

11:30h-13:00 h Panel Discussion: Personal Experiences in Community Support.

• Moderator: Margarida Saiz Lloret, spokesperson for the Independent Living Movement of Garraf.

Speakers:

• Xevi Benzal Ventura, communication Team Professional at the Drissa Foundation.
• Xavier Orno Latre, evaluator and Quality Certificate Consultant for Disability Organizations at Plena Inclusión. Trainer at Dincat.
• Thierry Noël,  expert by experience at UDAF 82 Montauban in Occitania. Departmental Union for Family Support. Member of Capdroits.
• Stephanie Wooley, member of the EDF Council (European Disability Forum). Alternate Member of the ENUSP Council (European Network of (Ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry). Director of the Advocacy-France Association’s International Relations Council.

13:00-13:30 h Closing Remarks of the Sessions
Josep Maria Solé i Chavero, General Director of the Support-Girona Foundation.

13:30 h Closing Ceremony.
Josep Rull i Andreu, President of the Parliament of Catalonia.

All attendees will be able to access the Montserrat Museum free of charge with the event accreditation.