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Recent legislation / policy initiatives in Agency Member Countries
A number of Agency Member countries are in the process of introducing new laws and/or policy initiatives for special and inclusive education. A summary of these developments is now available from the Agency, which provides information about: Czech republic, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom (England) and United Kingdom (Scotland).
The document summarising this information can be downloaded by clicking on this
link
. Within this document for each of the above listed Agency countries you will find an explanation of what the new law or policy entails, what its main focus and aim is, what the likely impact will be and where you can find more information on this issue.
The web area dedicated to the European Hearing in Portugal has been revised and is ready to be visited by you at
http://www.european-agency.org/european-hearing2007/
. In this web area you can download the Lisbon Declaration in 22 European languages (
http://www.european-agency.org/european-hearing2007/lisbon.html
) and view news articles of the event from various European countries (
http://www.european-agency.org/european-hearing2007/pressbook.html
).
If you are interested, you also have the chance of browsing through the gallery (
http://www.european-agency.org/european-hearing2007/gallery/main.php
) and viewing photos of the different stages of the European Hearing event.
United Nations Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities (2006)
In the Guiding Principles for our work, on the About Us section of our website (
http://www.european-agency.org/site/about/index.html#guide
) you can now find links to the full 2006 convention, a description of the process and links to translations as well as a link to the United Nations Enable Secretariat giving the current listing of all countries who are signatories to the convention and who have ratified the convention and/or the optional protocol.
New information now available
New information is now available on the Assessment in Inclusive Settings
project web area
The country report on Assessment policy and practice for Finland is now available to
download
as a word file or access via the on-line
database
A new information tool has also been developed - a Recommendations Matrix which has has been prepared as a in order to cross reference all the recommendations presented in the phase 1 summary report with the country reports.
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The European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education is funded with support from the European Commission.
The information on this website reflects the views of the Agency and its member countries and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.