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The project's Final Conference to take place in Sarajevo on 5-6 November

The project's Final Conference to take place in Sarajevo on 5-6 November
The Joint EU-CoE Project "Regional Support for Inclusive Education" has now entered its final stage and will conclude its 3-year journey in Sarajevo where the project's final conference will take place on 5 and 6 November 2015. The conference is hosted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is organised within the framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Chairmanship of...
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Inclusive Day on 3rd October in seven capitals in South East Europe

Inclusive Day on 3rd October in seven capitals in South East Europe
  Children, parents and teachers from 49 schools will gather in the main squares of seven capitals in South East Europe, to raise awareness on the benefits of inclusive education on 3 October 2015, at noon.  Awareness-raising events for the Joint European Union andCouncil of Europe project “Regional Support for Inclusive education" in South East Europe, to support the positive practice of 49...
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Capacity building of 35 new schools - “Strategic Plan for Development of Inclusive School”

Capacity building of 35 new schools - “Strategic Plan for Development of Inclusive School”
In order to further increase the understanding of the benefits of inclusive education and support school-based policy development, the Project will support the capacity building of 5 schools in each beneficiary, for a total of 35 new schools in the region. The selected schools will receive a 2-days training session on how to develop the school policy document “Strategic Plan for Development of...
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Societies work best when all its members are fully included

Societies work best when all its members are fully included
Societies, like businesses, function best when all resources are fully used and inclusive education is the only mechanism available that ensures all human resources to be fully used for the sake of the whole society, said Sophie Beaumont, Task Manager for Education and Gender issues at the Delegation of the European Union in Skopje, during the second regional PolicyNet meeting that took place...
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Euronews Documentary "No Barriers At School"

Euronews Documentary "No Barriers At School"
A special documentary on inclusive education is being aired by the Euronews TV channel, focusing on two pilot schools from the joint EU/CoE Project "Regional Support for Inclusive Education". The documentary entitled “No Barriers at School” was filmed earlier this month in Montenegro and in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it is showcasing how pilot projects in schools in Mostar and Pljevlja have...
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Incisive teacher cooperation turns airport strand into a productive and insightful experience

Incisive teacher cooperation turns airport strand into a productive and insightful experience
Waiting at airports can be a real nuisance. However, for a group of teachers from six different schools from South Eastern Europe, being stuck at Frankfurt airport on the way to Trier, Germany, turned out to be an insightful experience. While waiting, Dorina Murati, an English teacher at the "Beqir Cela" vocational high school in Albania was constantly on her phone, talking with her school...
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A step forward for the development of the regional policy recommendations is a giant leap for inclusive education

A step forward for the development of the regional policy recommendations is a giant leap for inclusive education
When Gordana Nestorovska went to primary school, there was no inclusive education whatsoever, not even discussion about it. Children with special needs went to special, completely different schools that the ones she attended. They were not included in regular classes and there was no debate on how to help them.   “Now children with special needs come to regular schools and we are continuously...
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Interview with Nataša Janevska

Interview with Nataša Janevska
Regional cooperation on inclusive education has also helped to dispel the stereotypical understanding of the “inclusive school” as a school for children with special needs due to their physical disabilities, says Nataša Janevska, State Advisor at the Ministry of Education and Science in “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. The exchange of experience and good practices in the region is...
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Interview with Lulavere Behluli

Interview with Lulavere Behluli
It is the unexpected outcomes from the project: encouraging schools to be more open and the friendships made over borders that have surprised and delighted Lulavere Behluli, Head of Division for Special Education Needs in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Kosovo* and member of the Steering Board for the Joint EU/CoE Project “Regional Support for Inclusive Education”. But she...
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Draft tool for upgrading teacher training for inclusive education presented at a workshop in Edinburgh

Draft tool for upgrading teacher training for inclusive education presented at a workshop in Edinburgh
The first draft of the tool for upgrading teacher training programmes with inclusive education practices and principles was presented at a workshop held on 18-20 May in Edinburgh, UK. This special tool is being developed by the Joint EU/CoE Project “Regional Support for Inclusive Education” in cooperation with Zurich University of Teacher Education, the University of Edinburgh, and the European...
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Complementing efforts for teacher preparation on inclusive education

Complementing efforts for teacher preparation on inclusive education
Teacher training modules to better prepare teachers in creating fully accessible and participatory class environments that will successfully stimulate children craving for success – were introduced at the recent Regional Inclusive Education Teacher Preparation Workshop organised by UNICEF and the Zurich University of Teacher Education.
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Commissioner for Human Rights highlights Inclusive Education

Commissioner for Human Rights highlights Inclusive Education
The Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Nils Muižnieks, has just published a very interesting comment on his blog entitled “Inclusive Education vital for social cohesion in diverse societies”.  In it, he discusses the right of every child to quality education; he draws on evidence from various reports, gives examples of good practice in European countries and proposes ways forward. The work of...
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Inclusion requires continuous education

Inclusion requires continuous education
Learning through personal experience is one of the most effective methods of acquiring knowledge. For Radica Blagojević - Radovanović, a psychologist from the primary school “Aleksa Dejović” from Sevojno, Serbia, learning through experience is particularly important for school staff and for teachers. Her school recently hosted a study visit, where some 15 teachers, parents and various school...
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Inclusive education in practice - from lessons learned in Turkey to a classroom wall in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Inclusive education in practice - from lessons learned in Turkey to a classroom wall in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As the teacher prepares to conclude her lessons for the day, in a schoolroom in Edirne, Turkey, the mother of one of the children starts preparing the classroom for the school bell euphoria that will soon commence. It is almost 12 noon, and like all children, these students are impatient to go home and play with their friends. She helps the teacher pack. She prepares the children one by one and...
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An inclusive school is a democratic school: sharing experiences between SEE and Turkey

An inclusive school is a democratic school: sharing experiences between SEE and Turkey
Fourteen primary school teachers from the South East Europe region will participate in a study visit to Edirne and Konya in Turkey, to learn more about inclusive cultures, policies and practices with a focus on building a democratic school as a pre-requisite for an inclusive school.
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Fostering exchange to nourish inclusive education

Fostering exchange to nourish inclusive education
Some 15 teachers, parents and various school staff from the South East Europe region participated in a peer exchange meeting in Belgrade on 18-20 February 2015, to share experience and knowledge about inclusive education. The goal of this peer exchange was to raise awareness about how schools can become more inclusive if the different views of those involved are put into use, as well as to help...
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Inclusive drafting methods bring better policies

Inclusive drafting methods bring better policies
The best inclusive education policies are those that are drafted inclusively. At least, that is the shared impression of many teachers, parents, children and other stakeholders involved in the process of creating regional policy recommendations for inclusive education. Three regional networks were created with the support of the Joint EU/CoE Project “Regional Support for Inclusive Education”...
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Spring workshops of the PolicyNet, TeacherNet and SchoolNet regional networks

Spring workshops of the PolicyNet, TeacherNet and SchoolNet regional networks
Regional Policy Recommendations for Inclusive Education will be presented at the workshops of the members of the three regional networks created with the support of the Joint EU/CoE Regional Support for Inclusive Education in the SEE Region in each of the seven Beneficiaries, during March and April 2015. The networks were created to help the development of regional policy changes that will...
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Director General urges governments to invest more in education

Director General urges governments to invest more in education
Snežana Samardžić-Marković, the Director General for Democracy at the Council of Europe has just published an article on the popular current affairs website New Europe Online concerning the importance of investing in quality education, in training and in our youth in general to curb extremism and promote tolerance in our society today
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Small grants, big experience

Small grants, big experience
A total of 49 projects addressing some quite specific needs and priorities on how to achieve better educative inclusion are now being implemented in 49 pilot schools from the South East Europe (SEE) region. The summary of each and every one of these 49 projects has now been made available online as a resource for inspiring and supporting similar actions and initiatives in the future. They can...
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