The Standing Committee for Equality is a consultative body for the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE). The Standing Committee works to ensure recommendations and priorities around equal opportunities in education move forward. It is made up of representatives of 132 education trade unions from across Europe.

The Supporting Inclusive School Leadership (SISL) project team recently met in Brussels to discuss phase 2 of the project, following the publication of the phase 1 synthesis report.

The SISL project builds on existing Agency and wider European and international work. It investigates how to develop and promote inclusive school-level leadership through national- and local-level policy frameworks and support mechanisms. 

Access the February 2020 eBulletin in html format here

The Teacher Professional Learning for Inclusion (TPL4I) project Literature Review and Policy Self-Review Tool are available on the Agency website.

Upon request of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth in Cyprus, the European Commission is co-operating with the Agency to assist in preparing a new bill for inclusive education in Cyprus. The initiative is funded by the European Union through the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP).  

The Agency has published a new report as part of the CROSP project.

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has proclaimed Friday 24 January 2020 as the International Day of Education. The day will celebrate education as humanity’s greatest renewable resource and reaffirm it as a fundamental human right. The theme for 2020 is ‘Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace’.