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UNICEF's State of the World's Children report on disability
The State of the World's Children: a report on children with disabilities
ICT4IAL Project partners
The ICT4IAL project is a multi-disciplinary network of European and international partners that represent both learning and ICT communities. This network is co-funded by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Transversal Programme, Key Activity 3: Information and Communication Technologies.
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 questions 'what' works in the VET programmes for students with special educational needs, 'how' it works and 'why'.
Conference on Vocational Education and Training: Policy and Practice in the field of Special Needs Education
The final conference of the Agency project ‘Vocational Education and Training: Policy and Practice in the field of Special Needs Education’ took place 12–13 November 2012 in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the framework of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU.
Vocational Education and Training project
Vocational Education and Training is a broad concept, usually defined at European level as preparing learners for jobs with a basis in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic and entirely related to a specific trade, occupation or vocation.
Welcoming the Slovak Republic as a new member country
The Agency is pleased to welcome the Slovak Republic as its 28th member country.
Young Views on Inclusive Education – European Parliament Hearing 2011
On 7 November 2011 the Agency hosted a Hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event provided young people from across Europe with the opportunity to express their views on inclusive education.
Multicultural Diversity and Special Needs Education
The Multicultural Diversity and Special Needs Education project analyses the connection between special needs education and immigration. It involved 25 European countries between 2006 and 2008.
Country reports
Project experts from 25 countries provided information about the situation in their country for the Multicultural Diversity and Special Needs Education project.
Further Reading
References and materials related to accessible information provision referenced in the i-access project report.
European Patterns of Successful Practice in Vocational Education and Training
This report identifies similarities and differences in successful examples of vocational education and training (VET). It makes recommendations to improve the performance of countries’ VET systems.
Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education – An Exploration of Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Indicators
This summary report presents the Mapping the Implementation of Policy for Inclusive Education project results. The recommendations provide an agenda for short-, medium- and long-term data collection.
Information and Communication Technology in Special Needs Education report
This report is an executive summary of the Information and Communication Technology in Special Needs Education project that the Agency conducted during the period 1999–2001.
Key Principles in Special Needs Education – Recommendations for Policy-Makers
Educational policy-makers prepared this document to provide fellow policy-makers across Europe with a synthesis of the policy findings emerging from Agency thematic work up to 2003.
Raising Achievement for All Learners – Quality in Inclusive Education
Raising achievement for all learners is a priority in Europe. It is an ethical imperative that is best achieved by providing quality education in inclusive settings.
Special Needs Education in Europe (Volume 2) – Provision in Post-Primary Education
Thematic publication providing a summary of relevant information collected by the Agency covering priority areas within the field of special needs education.
The Agency's ICT for Inclusion project
The Agency Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Inclusion project will run from 2012–2013. The aim is to collect information on using ICT to support the learning of learners with disabilities and special educational needs in inclusive settings.
Agency presentation to the World Bank's Human Development Network
Cor J.W. Meijer, the Agency Director, met with representatives of the World Bank and gave a presentation on 'The Work of the European Agency and a European Perspective on Inclusive Education' at the Human Development Network's Learning Week in Washington on 10 March, 2011.
Country Study Visits
Reports from the 28 Vocational Education and Training Country Study Visits, organised between November 2010 and June 2012.
Building inclusive societies - online knowledge community
'Building inclusive societies for persons with disabilities' is an open online community, where various stakeholders can share knowledge and debate challenges of an inclusive society.