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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Agency examination of inclusive digital education
The Agency’s Inclusive Digital Education activity examines new priorities and demands in relation… -
UNESCO data estimates millions of children across the world are out of school
New data from UNESCO shows that an estimated 244 million children are out of school around the… -
Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education – new report
A UNESCO report examines the targets countries have set to try to meet Sustainable Development Goal… -
Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation to improve educational outcomes
At the end of June, the European Commission proposed a Council Recommendation on Pathways to School… -
A framework of values and competences for inclusion for education professionals
A new Profile for Inclusive Teacher Professional Learning outlines the core values and areas of… -
New system to monitor the impact of Portugal’s inclusive education law
The final meeting in an activity to design a monitoring system for the implementation of Portugal’s… -
Updated glossary of operational definitions related to Agency work
The Agency has recently updated its online glossary of terms related to inclusive education. -
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…
Featured Content
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.
Profile for Inclusive Teacher Professional Learning: Including all education professionals in teacher professional learning for inclusion
The Profile for Inclusive Teacher Professional Learning invites all education professionals and policy-makers to consider inclusive TPL competences.
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.
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.
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.