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Country Study Visits
Reports from the 28 Vocational Education and Training Country Study Visits, organised between November 2010 and June 2012.
Building inclusive societies - online knowledge community
'Building inclusive societies for persons with disabilities' is an open online community, where various stakeholders can share knowledge and debate challenges of an inclusive society.
World Teachers' Day on 5th October
Since 1994, World Teachers' Day has been celebrated on 5th October. According to UNESCO this day represents "a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development."
Conclusions from the Council of Ministers of Education on the Social Dimension of Education and Training
The Conclusions from the Council meeting of the Ministers of Education on the Social Dimension of Education and Training of May 2010 are now available. The Conclusions of the conference on 'Inclusive Education: a way to promote social cohesion' held in Madrid on 11-12 March 2010 have had a major impact on the overall Council conclusions.
"Inclusive Education: A way to promote social cohesion" - Conference conclusions
The main outcomes of the conference hosted under the 2010 Spanish Presidency of the European Union "Inclusive Education: A way to promote social cohesion" are now being made available.
Debating Key Issues on Inclusive Education
A round table meeting took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 24 April 2012.
Developing Guidelines for ICT for Information Accessibility in Learning
The ICT4IAL project is a multi-partner network of European and international organisations that represent both the learning and the ICT communities. The Agency is the project co-ordinator for the network and is working together with European Schoolnet, the International Association of Universities, UNESCO, the DAISY Consortium and the Global Initiative of Inclusive ICTs on all activities.
Forthcoming International events
This summer the Agency will participate in both the 7th Innsbruck Conference on Higher Education and Disability, July 20-23, and the Inclusive and Supportive Education Congress 2010 (ISEC), August 2-5 in Belfast.
i-access Conference Report Online
The i-access conference report: Accessible Information Provision for Lifelong Learning is now available online.
Country policy context
Vocational Education and Training policy context in 28 participating countries
Inclusive Education: A way to promote social cohesion - conference conclusions available
On 11-12 March 2010 the Spanish Presidency of the European Union hosted the conference "Inclusive Education: A way to promote social cohesion". The aim of the conference was to develop knowledge and understanding of inclusive education as one of the main factors for social cohesion and inclusion.
Inclusive Education in Action
The website of the Inclusive Education in Action project (a joint project between the Agency and UNESCO) was launched on 1 September 2010 to exemplify the suggested actions in the UNESCO Policy Guidelines on Inclusion in Education. Since the launch, there have been around 4,630 visitors with a current rate of over 2,000 visitors per month.
Discussing Inclusive Education in Europe
The Agency’s International Conference on ‘Inclusive Education in Europe – key messages: putting theory into practice’ was held in Brussels on 18 November 2013. The event was a success with more than 170 participants attending the conference. The presentations of the five keynote speakers addressed the five key messages of the conference.
International Conference - Inclusive Education: A Way To Promote Social Cohesion
Madrid, 11-12 March 2010: An event held under the Spanish Presidency of the European Union One of the main objectives of the Strategic Framework for the European Co-operation in Education and Training “ET 2020” is “Promoting equality, social cohesion and active citizenship”.
Ireland - National Council for Special Education Newsletter
The National Council for Special Education of Ireland publishes a newsletter summarising and featuring articles on developments in Special Education.
Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education project outcomes
The pressures on policy makers to demonstrate how policies are leading towards greater educational inclusion results in the need for the systematic collection of qualitative and quantitative information that answers key questions and can be used longitudinally by countries to map their own developments and comparatively across countries to compare relative developments.
Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education - Budapest Conference
The Agency in co-operation with the Hungarian Ministry of National Resources, Department for Education is hosting a conference focusing upon Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education. This conference has been officially announced as an event held under the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Modern Technologies in Inclusive Education conference in Warsaw
An international conference on Modern Technologies in Inclusive Education, organised by the Polish Educational Research Institute, the Ministry of National Education and the European Agency for Development in Special Needs and Inclusive Education will take place in Warsaw on 26th November 2013.
Netherlands - Het kind is het vertrekpunt
Overal in Europa zoeken overheden en scholen naar de beste manier om kinderen goed en passend onderwijs te bieden. Het kind is daarbij het vertrekpunt.
New collaborative publication on the use of ICTs in Education for People with Disabilities
The Agency and the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education have collaborated on a joint project to develop a Review of Innovative Practice – a report presenting concrete examples of practice of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with people with disabilities in different educational contexts and settings.