Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023
The 2023 Global Accessibility Awareness Day on Thursday 18 May aims to increase awareness of digital access and inclusion.
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The 2023 Global Accessibility Awareness Day on Thursday 18 May aims to increase awareness of digital access and inclusion.
The Agency recently took part in a COFACE-Disability conference on inclusive education in Europe.
Phase 2 of the Changing Role of Specialist Provision in Supporting Inclusive Education (CROSP) built on phase 1’s main outcomes, focusing on peer-learning activities. It aimed to develop a tool that focuses on the four main issues to consider for changing the role of specialist provision: governance, funding, capacity building and quality assurance.
Activities included:
Phase 1 of the Changing Role of Specialist Provision in Supporting Inclusive Education (CROSP) activity covered a detailed mapping exercise on past and current trends and situations in relation to specialist provision, as well as on perceived future trends. It provided an overview of the state of the art in Europe regarding the development of specialist provision and its relation to mainstream inclusive education.
The meeting discussed the next steps in the TSI activity to combat disparities in access to inclusive education in Italy, Portugal and Spain.
New case studies provide examples of inclusive education in action, such as a programme to support vulnerable learners in mainstream education.
The CROSP Policy Self-Review Tool aims to enable stakeholders to reflect and develop a continuum of support for inclusive education.
Team Europe has pledged a significant contribution to the United Nations’ ‘Education Cannot Wait’ fund.
Malta’s Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation National School Support Services (NSSS) organised a conference examining the implementation of Malta’s Inclusion Policy and Framework.
The European Commission Working Group on Schools has begun a series of activities on the topic of assessment to support inclusive education.