Publications Order Form 2019
This Order Form presents the Agency’s most recent publications. Click the links in the PDF to access or download the publications in question.
Agency Thematic Session on Early Childhood Education and Care in ET 2020 Working Group Meeting
The Agency participated in the second meeting of the of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Working Group, one of seven groups set up as part of the European Union’s Education and Training 2020 (ET 2020) programme.
The Working Groups provide a forum for the sharing of good practice and experience to support policy-making in education and training both nationally and at EU level. The ECEC Working Group aims to develop high quality early education and care services across Europe.
Agency Bi-annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden
On 21–23 May 2019, the Agency will hold its bi-annual meeting in Stockholm, at the kind invitation of the Swedish National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM).
The bi-annual meeting in Stockholm will be attended by around 50 Agency country representatives from across Europe. Attendees will take part in meetings and information exchange sessions on current developments and priority topics connected to inclusive education within the Agency and across their countries.
Financing Policies for Inclusive Education Systems Seminar in Iceland
In early April, the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture organised a one-day seminar, with the Agency’s support. The aim of the seminar was to work on the recommendation to review and develop Iceland’s resource allocation and financing systems, which came out of the Agency’s 2017 Audit of the Inclusive Education System in Iceland.
Thirtieth Anniversary of the Jean Monnet Programme
The Jean Monnet programme supports initiatives and research on European integration and unity. It was launched by the European Union (EU) in 1989. Thirty years later, in 2019, it continues to promote dialogue between stakeholders around the world and enable research on EU policies.
Education for All in Iceland: Implementation of the External Audit of Iceland’s System for Inclusive Education
In early 2015, representatives from the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture approached the Agency to request an External Audit of the Icelandic System for Inclusive Education. The Agency conducted the Audit during 2016, working in co-operation with, but independently from, Icelandic stakeholders.
School development should be monitored through an ‘inclusive lens’, focusing on equity across all school structures and processes.
Learner attainment and achievement should be analysed to ensure equitable opportunities to achieve authentic outcomes that matter for future success.
This points to the need to value wider forms of achievement and move away from narrow, standardised measures of attainment.
Project findings and recommendations from the Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education project can be found in a series of outputs.
Education systems need to move from compensatory approaches, towards more pro-active intervention and prevention approaches that increase all schools’ capacity to provide high-quality support to all learners.
The work of the project learning communities has shown the benefits of: