Inclusive Early Childhood Education: New Insights and Tools – Contributions from a European Study

Evidence shows that quality early childhood education (ECE) can significantly enhance the lifelong learning and future active citizenship of all children. This has made quality ECE provision a priority concern of policy-makers and international and European organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Commission.

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Work Programmes

The annual Work Programmes set out the Agency’s short-term priorities and outline the main activities scheduled for the year in question.

The Work Programme in Brief gives a short overview of the priorities set out in the annual work programme.

The Work Programme 2022, 2023 and 2024 as well as the Work Programme 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Brief are available below.

European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education: 2014 Dataset Cross-Country Report

The 2014 Dataset Cross-Country Report is based on the first European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education (EASIE) dataset collected in late 2014, early 2015, focusing upon the school year 2012–2013. The report presents the agreed data from participating countries in a cross-country format that has the potential to directly inform the work of national and European level policy- and decision-makers working in the field of education.

Inclusive Early Childhood Education Environment Self-Reflection Tool

This Self-Reflection Tool was developed as part of the Agency's Inclusive Early Childhood Education (IECE) project, which ran from 2015 to 2017. The project aimed to identify, analyse and subsequently promote the main characteristics of quality IECE for all children. To that end, a need was detected for a tool that all professionals and staff could use to reflect on their setting’s inclusiveness, focusing on the social, learning and physical environment. This tool is intended to help improve settings’ inclusiveness.

European Agency Presentation Flyer

The European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (the Agency) is an independent organisation. It acts as a platform for collaboration for the ministries of education in our 31 member countries.

Our work focuses on improving all learners’ achievement at all levels of inclusive lifelong learning. This enhances learners’ life chances and opportunities for actively participating in society.

Early School Leaving and Learners with Disabilities and/or Special Educational Needs: To what extent is research reflected in European Union policies?

This report summarises the key research literature on learners with special educational needs and/or disabilities with regard to the phenomenon of early school leaving (ESL). It compares its findings and implications to the positions adopted by EU policy documents. It makes recommendations on how policy-makers might tackle the issue of ESL more effectively, particularly as it impacts on learners with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

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