Key Message
Changing the role of specialist provision towards supporting inclusive education is closely related to ensuring the rights of all learners to high-quality inclusive education.
Key Principles – Supporting policy development and implementation for inclusive education
We learn best when we learn together.
Highlighting fundamental issues for education systems, the Key Principles series reflects the gradual shift in the Agency’s work over the past 25 years: a shift away from a narrow focus on learners’ special educational needs and special needs education as specific provision, towards extending and improving the quality of support for learning that is generally available to all learners.
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Activities
We carry out activities involving our extensive network in Agency member countries. We aim to provide member countries and stakeholders at the European level with evidence-based information and guidance on implementing inclusive education systems.
Read more about the activities Agency projects in detail in this section.
Country Information
The Agency has 31 member countries, covering 36 jurisdictions (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Belgium’s French, Flemish and German communities are each represented separately). This section contains information about each of the member countries.
Publications
Access the Agency’s latest publications here. Publications are available in up to 25 Agency languages and can be freely downloaded.
Multimedia
This area contains Multimedia materials including key messages, Agency presentations and links to videos from the Agency YouTube channel.
European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education
This area presents quantitative and qualitative country information from the European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education (EASIE) in an accessible, interactive and easily comparable way.
Latest News from the Agency
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eBulletin June 2022
This eBulletin brings news and updates from the Agency, including recent publications such as a… -
New publication celebrates 25 years on the path to inclusive education
The new book celebrates 25 years of Agency efforts to take the inclusive education agenda forward -
'The art of welcoming': Agency hosts learners and teachers raising awareness of immigration
The Agency hosted a meeting in its Brussels office at the end of May as part of L’arte dell’… -
Monitoring the implementation of the Portuguese law on inclusive education: meeting to present results
The results of an activity to design a system to monitor the implementation of the Portuguese law… -
Agency bi-annual meeting of country representatives, spring 2022
Agency staff and representatives from its member countries met in Athens in May 2022 for the Agency… -
Key Principles to support policy development and implementation for inclusive education: video
Video about 14 key principles to ensure that all levels of the education system work together to… -
Peer learning exercise in Changing Role of Specialist Provision conference
The Agency’s Changing Role of Specialist Provision project was completed with a conference that… -
UNESCO Education Sector's work on inclusion in education and gender equality
UNESCO has published an evaluation of its work on inclusion in education, and the 2022 Gender… -
The importance of stakeholder dialogue in developing inclusive education systems
In an Agency and UNESCO joint webinar, participants overwhelmingly affirmed the importance of… -
eBulletin Special Edition: Fostering stakeholder dialogue on legislation and policy
This Special Edition eBulletin invites you to attend the upcoming webinar – Towards a shared vision… -
Forthcoming webinar: Fostering stakeholder dialogue on legislation and policy
The Agency is co-organising a webinar on stakeholder dialogue with the United Nations Educational,… -
Northern Ireland Independent Review of Education: Online Policy Forum
An online Policy Forum took place on 22 March to examine the next steps and priorities for the… -
Review of Inclusive Education in Portugal seminar
A seminar on 23 March discussed the findings of a recent Review of Inclusive Education in Portugal… -
Reimagining our Futures Together – UNESCO publication on a new social contract for education
A report published at the end of 2021 by UNESCO and the International Commission on the Futures of… -
French Ministerial conference on European action towards persons with disabilities
The Agency has participated in a conference organised by the French Presidency of the Council of… -
Ensuring access to inclusive education for all to strengthen and build peaceful and democratic societies
The European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education is saddened by the current crisis in…
Featured Content
Inclusive Digital Education
The Inclusive Digital Education (IDE) activity aims to thoroughly examine new priorities and demands in relation to inclusive digital education and blended learning.
Ensuring access to inclusive education for all to strengthen and build peaceful and democratic societies
The European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education is saddened by the current crisis in Ukraine which has caused tragic loss of life among civilians and the destruction of essential infrastructure in the country.
Key Principles – Supporting policy development and implementation for inclusive education
This report focuses on policy development and implementation in line with a broader view of inclusion in education systems and educational opportunities.
Country Policy Review and Analysis
The goal of the Country Policy Review and Analysis (CPRA) work is to aid country reflection regarding the development of policy for inclusive education. It aims to act as a tool for stimulating discussion in the country concerned.
Inclusive Education in Action Online Resource Base: Open Call for Case Studies
UNESCO together with the Agency have developed an online resource and knowledge-base presenting information from across the globe on inclusive approaches to policy and practice, benefiting both policy-makers and practitioners.