Lisbon Declaration - Young People’s Views on Inclusive Education

On the 17th of September 2007, within the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, the Portuguese Ministry of Education organised together with the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education a European Hearing: ‘Young Voices: Meeting Diversity in Education’.

The proposals agreed upon by young people with special educational needs from 29 countries, attending secondary, vocational and higher education have resulted in the ‘Lisbon Declaration – Young People’s Views on Inclusive Education’. This Declaration covers what the young people presented in Lisbon in the plenary session at the Assembleia da República concerning their rights, needs, challenges and recommendations in order to achieve successful inclusive education.