This section contains news about Agency activities, events, publications, as well as updates from Agency member countries. You can search articles based on their theme, type, year of publication and country they relate to.
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Vocational Education and Training: Policy and Practice in the field of Special Needs Education conference
The final Vocational Education and Training (VET) project conference will take place 12-13 November 2012 in Nicosia in the framework of the Cyprus Presidency. The aim is to gather responses to the…![Christine Antorini, Minister for Children and Education in Denmark](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_2_col/public/P1010884.jpg?h=bf5d81ba&itok=xo1bi1aK)
Raising Achievement for all Learners (RA4AL) - Quality in Inclusive Education conference
The Raising Achievement for all Learners (RA4AL) project conference was held in Odense Denmark on 13-15 June 2012. The event was organised in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Education and…![Participants at the thematic session in Malta](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_1_col/public/D3S_7185.jpg?h=823e206a&itok=Ob2pk9d1)
Thematic session on learners with profound and multiple learning disabilities
At the Agency bi-annual meeting, held in Valetta, Malta in November 2011, a thematic session was held on learners with profound and multiple learning disabilities.Debating Key Issues on Inclusive Education
A round table meeting took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 24 April 2012.![ra4al project logo](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_2_col/public/RA4AL-logoweb.jpg?h=f0200eba&itok=sBb7EvTN)
Raising Achievement for All Learners – Quality in Inclusive Education (RA4AL)
Raising Achievement for All Learners – Quality in Inclusive Education (RA4AL) is a new project conducted by the Agency.![MIPIE project logo](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_1_col/public/MiPiE-logo-web.jpg?h=7760c121&itok=CQ4lj-TP)
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…![Per Ch. Gunnvall, Agency Chair; Cor J.W. Meijer, Agency Director; Pierre Mairesse, European Commission; Milan Zver, European Parliament and Mr Jerzy Barski spokesperson of the former Polish Presidency](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_1_col/public/P1010547.jpg?h=c63721b7&itok=WauIIY7q)
Agency Reception on the results of the European Hearing
Inclusive education is a key issue at both national and European level when talking about quality of education and non-discrimination. On 5 March 2012 the Agency hosted a reception at its Brussels…![Cor J. W. Meijer, Agency Director with Kálmán Petőcz, Director General of Human Rights and Equal Treatment and Rudolf Chmel, Deputy Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities, Slovak Republic](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_1_col/public/Cor_photo_Slovakia_MinisterRudolfChmel_DirectorGeneralKalman.jpg?h=16f8e009&itok=wwxcafW9)
Welcoming the Slovak Republic as a new member country
The Agency is pleased to welcome the Slovak Republic as its 28th member country.![Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education project logo](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_1_col/public/MiPiE-logo-web_0.jpg?h=7760c121&itok=gmkl0-oN)
Overview of Country Data Collection Work now available
One of the key activities for the Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education project has been to collect information on data collection work already going on in participating…![i-access project logo](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_1_col/public/i-access%20logo.jpg?h=0435687b&itok=KzY6wFTy)
i-access Conference Report Online
The i-access conference report: Accessible Information Provision for Lifelong Learning is now available online.![Young Views on Inclusive Education event logo](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_2_col/public/yv-logo-small.jpg?h=d7780f63&itok=tH40PUgp)