Agency Director Cor J.W. Meijer 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.
The World Bank is working to improve the well-being of persons with disabilities living in developing countries. Through the Disability & Development (D&D) team, it seeks to promote knowledge generation and documentation of good practice, the integration of disability issues into the World Bank‚ analytical and operational work, and to foster external partnerships for disability and development.
Cor Meijer presented the activities and the outputs of the Agency within the current international policy context, with details on projects such as the Inclusive Education in Action, Teacher Education for Inclusion or the European Parliament Hearing in Brussels in November 2011. He highlighted the importance of funding issues, effective practices in inclusive education and presented general conclusions drawn from previous Agency projects.
After the presentation Cor Meijer participated in a question and answer session with the Disability and Development (D&D) Team, based on which an article was published on the website of the Word Bank.
Read the full article at this link: www.worldbank.org/disability