| | Agency newsletter December 2024Dear Newsletter Subscriber,
Season’s greetings and a happy new year to all our subscribers!
This newsletter brings updates on the Agency’s autumn bi-annual meeting, including a seminar on implementing inclusive education. There is also information about the latest European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education Cross-Country Report.
Find out about the Agency’s work with its member countries, including through its Thematic Country Cluster Activities and the European Commission’s Technical Support Instrument. |
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Εnsuring ethical societies: Agency autumn bi-annual meeting The bi-annual meeting of Agency country representatives took place in Warsaw, Poland, in November. The Agency’s member country representatives said farewell to Agency Director Cor J. W. Meijer and Assistant Director Amanda Watkins, who will both step down at the end of December. Meeting attendees had the opportunity to meet the incoming Director and discuss Agency work. The Polish Ministry of National Education also held a seminar on implementing inclusive education, ahead of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2025.
Read more about the bi-annual and the seminar |
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 | | Polish Minister of Education Barbara Nowacka, Agency Chair Don Mahon, and Agency Director Cor J. W. Meijer at the Agency's autumn bi-annual meeting in Warsaw, Poland, held on 6–7 November 2024 (© Konrad Trześniak) |
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European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education Cross-Country Report for 2021/2022 school yearThe Agency has published the latest European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education (EASIE) Cross-Country Report for the 2021/2022 school year. A record 33 countries submitted data, which is used to calculate indicators relating to access to and placement in inclusive education or otherwise.
Find out more and download the Cross-Country Report |
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Working with and for countries |
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Thematic Country Cluster Activities As part of its aim to be an active agent for change, the Agency is working to address its member countries’ priorities through Thematic Country Cluster Activities (TCCA). Groups of countries work together to translate shared policy priorities for high-quality inclusive education for all learners into practical actions for implementation.
Peer-learning event highlights learner participation
Representatives from the Learner Participation in Inclusive Education (LPIE) activity met in United Kingdom (Scotland) to visit local schools and engage directly with learners. An external consultant delivered a keynote presentation on monitoring and evaluating participation.
Find out more about the LPIE peer-learning event |
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 | | Representatives from the Agency, the LPIE countries and the Scottish schools during the peer-learning event in Scotland |
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Inter-sectoral co-operation to meet learners’ diverse needs: international seminar
This seminar was part of the Advancing Collaboration in Education (ACE) activity. It highlighted the importance of different sectors, such as education, health and labour, working together to provide inclusive education that responds to learners’ diverse needs.
Read more about the ACE international seminar
Peer-learning activity on monitoring and accountability
The Quality Assurance, Monitoring and Accountability (QAMA) activity is working to develop a framework for multi-level, multi-stakeholder quality assurance. A peer-learning activity in Spain allowed participants to share information on quality assurance processes at school, regional and national levels in their countries.
Find out more about the QAMA peer-learning activity |
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 | | L–R: Tobias Buchner (Agency National Co-ordinator, Austria), Germain Weber (Agency Representative Board member, Austria), Eladio Sánchez Martínez (Agency Representative Board member, Spain) and Laura Romero Garijo (Agency National Co-ordinator, Spain) |
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Peer-learning event highlights cross-sectoral collaboration
This peer-learning event took place as part of the Collaborative Action for Inclusive Education (CAFIE) activity. It focused on the need for cross-sectoral collaboration in education and how to build capacity with all sectors on board.
Read about the CAFIE peer-learning event |
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Individual country support: Technical Support Instrument The Agency is working as a technical provider for several actions under the European Commission’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI). The Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) co-ordinates and provides tailor-made technical support to European Union Member States via TSI actions, in co-operation with the relevant Commission services. Read more about the Agency’s TSI work.
Promoting inclusive education in Greece
In September, representatives from the Greek Ministry and the Agency presented the Implementation of the European Child Guarantee – Promoting Inclusive Education in Greece, Phase 2 project results to over 200 participants. The project aimed to serve as a strong foundation for inclusive education in Greece and support a shift towards more inclusive practices.
Read more about the conference and the project outcomes |
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 | | Minister of Education, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, delivers his opening speech at the final conference with Giannis Bousdounis, Director of the Department of Special Needs, seated to his right |
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New report on legislation and policy on inclusive education in Finland and Ireland
The Agency has recently produced a report on the legislative framework for inclusive education in Finland and Ireland, as part of a multi-country TSI project. The report, entitled Findings report on the legislative framework of inclusive provision, analyses the current legislative and policy framework for inclusive education in Finland and Ireland, at legal, institutional and governance levels.
Find out more and download the executive summary in English or Finnish |
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| We look forward to bringing you more updates and interesting news from the field of inclusive education throughout the coming year! |
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