Through our country networks and expert participation in activities, we uniquely combine the perspectives of policy, practice and research. This enables us to assess, monitor and identify links between these three perspectives and develop comprehensive recommendations for policy and practice.
We give countries guidance on how to implement inclusive education, in line with the EU policies set out in the European Education Area strategic framework and with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), from a rights and quality perspective.
We provide information to support evidence-based policy making aimed at improving the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of inclusive education systems.
Our work centres on the following key activities:
- Country Policy Development Support, which supports reflection on country policy development and implementation issues for inclusive education and is based on the Country Policy Review and Analysis activity, which provided information for member countries on their progress and developments in key areas relating to inclusive education
- Thematic activities focusing on priority topics identified by member countries and involving national experts from all member countries
- Data collection and provision of statistics and indicators informing inclusive education
- External consultancy work such as country audits and technical support to countries in the framework of the European Commission’s Technical Support Instrument
- Conferences, thematic seminars, workshops and political events to raise awareness, share information on priority areas and facilitate networking for participants
- Disseminating information through a broad range of activities.
Information on our activities is available on this website in various formats, such as reports, literature reviews and policy briefs. Main project outcomes and findings are available in up to 26 languages and all the information on the website is available in numerous languages, thanks to the automatic translation tool. All our materials are free to download from the Publications section of this website.