Agency Director, Cor J. W. Meijer, will be taking part in the second European Education Summit in Brussels on 26 September.

The Summit, which will be hosted by Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, is entitled ‘Teachers first: excellence and prestige for the European Education Area’. It will cover topics including the challenges faced by teachers, the support they receive and their role in bridging education and active participation in society.

The Agency will provide technical support to the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT) to promote more inclusive and equitable learning opportunities for all learners in the Karlovarský and Ústecký regions of the Czech Republic. The project is funded by the European Union’s Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP).

The IEA website presents important and interesting case studies from around the world.

Financing and teacher education are two main areas we should focus on to make progress in inclusive education. This was the overarching theme in Agency Director Cor J. W. Meijer’s input at a panel session during the International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education, which took place on 11–13 September in Cali, Colombia.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the European Commission are organising a Regional Forum for Europe on ‘Accessible Europe: ICT 4 All’. Hosted by the Maltese Parliamentary Secretariat for Persons with Disability and Active Aging, the Forum will take place in St Julian’s, Malta, on 4–6 December 2019.  

The Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (MERA) requested support from the European Commission through the Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS). The SRSS approved the Greek request and invited the Agency to provide technical support to Greece.

The goal is to empower mainstream schools to respond to the diversity of all learners, in line with the shared European vision for inclusive education systems.

The Agency has published a new report which follows up on the Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education (Raising Achievement) project.