The European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education is an independent organisation that acts as a platform for collaboration for its 31 member countries, working towards ensuring more inclusive education systems. The Agency's mission is to help member countries improve the quality and effectiveness of their inclusive provision for all learners. All European countries are committed to working towards ensuring more inclusive education systems. They do so in different ways, depending on their past and current contexts and histories. Inclusive education systems are seen as a vital component within the wider aspiration of more socially inclusive societies that all countries align themselves with, both ethically and politically. The ultimate vision for inclusive education systems is "to ensure that all learners of any age are provided with meaningful, high-quality educational opportunities in their local community, alongside their friends and peers". This vision is depicted in an animation video. The Agency has a mandate from its member countries to facilitate collaboration regarding country priorities that are in line with the European Council priorities as identified in the European Education Area. Agency activities take into consideration key international statements on inclusive education, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, the Education 2030: Incheon declaration and Framework for Action for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Salamanca Statement, the Cali commitment to equity and inclusion in education, and the 2021 UNESCO regional Global Education Monitoring Report on Inclusion and Education: All means all. The Agency was established in 1996 as an initiative of the Danish Government. The Agency Secretariat is based in Odense, Denmark and the Agency has an office in Brussels, Belgium. Through its activities the Agency facilitates the collection, processing and transfer of European level and country specific information in the area of inclusive education, and it provides opportunities for sharing different types of knowledge and experiences. (en)
The European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education is an independent organisation that acts as a platform for collaboration for its 31 member countries, working towards ensuring more inclusive education systems. The Agency's mission is to help member countries improve the quality and effectiveness of their inclusive provision for all learners. The Agency was established in 1996 as an initiative of the Danish Government. The Agency Secretariat is based in Odense, Denmark and the Agency has an office in Brussels, Belgium. (en)