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European Patterns of Successful Practice in Vocational Education and Training
This report identifies similarities and differences in successful examples of vocational education and training (VET). It makes recommendations to improve the performance of countries’ VET systems.
Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education – An Exploration of Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Indicators
This summary report presents the Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education project results. The recommendations provide an agenda for short-, medium- and long-term data collection.
Information and Communication Technology in Special Needs Education report
This report is an executive summary of the Information and Communication Technology in Special Needs Education project that the Agency conducted during the period 1999–2001.
Key Principles in Special Needs Education – Recommendations for Policy-Makers
Educational policy-makers prepared this document to provide fellow policy-makers across Europe with a synthesis of the policy findings emerging from Agency thematic work up to 2003.
Raising Achievement for All Learners – Quality in Inclusive Education
Raising achievement for all learners is a priority in Europe. It is an ethical imperative that is best achieved by providing quality education in inclusive settings.
Special Needs Education in Europe (Volume 2) – Provision in Post-Primary Education
Thematic publication providing a summary of relevant information collected by the Agency covering priority areas within the field of special needs education.
The Agency's ICT for Inclusion project
The Agency Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Inclusion project will run from 2012–2013. The aim is to collect information on using ICT to support the learning of learners with disabilities and special educational needs in inclusive settings.
Agency presentation to the World Bank's Human Development Network
Cor J.W. Meijer, the Agency Director, met with representatives of the World Bank and gave a presentation on 'The Work of the European Agency and a European Perspective on Inclusive Education' at the Human Development Network's Learning Week in Washington on 10 March, 2011.
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.