Inclusive education:EU and UK National Agency update
Khalid Miah and Clair Brown26 May 2016
Social inclusion and education EU Perspective• European Youth Strategy 2010 – 2018
• Provide more and equal opportunities for young people in education and in the job market
• Encourage young people in education and in the job market
• Europe 2020 recommendations for the UK• Paris Declaration, 2015, one year on:
• Initiatives with the common theme of promotion of citizenship and the shared values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education.
• In 2016, two centralised calls related to social inclusion and the objectives of the Paris Declaration have been released
Transnational Co-operation ActivitiesFrom policy to practice – the work of the National Agency
• Inclusion and Diversity Strategy
• Learning Networks and TCA themes 2015 - 17
• Strategic Partnership between NAs in the field of Inclusion
• Breaking Barriers for Inclusion of Young People with Disabilities
• Re-engaging People with Educational Barriers in Formal and Non-formal learning
• VET Project (Go Further, Reach Higher)
Everything is possible
Clair Brown26 May 2016
Go further, reach higher• VET Mobility project • Participants are young people with fewer
opportunities under the age of 30 years old• 90 trainees and 32 staff• 5 diverse UK vocational institutions• Consortium dedicated to increase opportunities
for European Co-operation• ECVET memorandum of understanding with
partners