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