Key aims

Key aims

To provide a practical network to support the development of assistance dog programmes throughout Europe.
To set up Europe-wide standards that assistance dog programmes work to.
To provide a European accreditation system for assistance dog programmes that meet the agreed standards.
To lobby for common access rights for assistance dog partnerships across Europe based on agreed standards that define a registered assistance dog.
To ensure that the highest possible welfare standards are in place for all assistance dogs and to use the status accorded to assistance dogs to encourage responsible dog ownership amongst the general public.