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Inclusion: Europe

In Europe, the topic of inclusion is also taken on and promoted by the European Union. Hence, this web dossier provides an overview of important strategies, evaluations of action plans, country reports and other official documents. The topic of inclusion is also highlighted in research conferences and conference reports. Research alliance websites and publications provide an insight into the research discourse. Our dossier is structured as follows:

European Politics

Europe
The European Commission's comprehensive information page on disability. It includes legal texts, initiatives, expert networks, resources, and more:
* Disability Employment Package
* European Accessibility Act (EAA)
* European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities
* Persons with [...]

Europe
Information page of the European Commission on the European Strategy for People with Disabilities 2021-2030. It provides background information, planned activities, and a link to the 2010-2020 strategy. A summary of the strategy's seven main initiatives is also given. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Europe
Informational website of the European Commission about the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020. You will find background information as well as links to the official documents of the strategies of 2004-2010 (sometimes also declared as 2003-2010) and 2010-2020. Furthermore, an short summary is given of the 8 priority areas of the [...]

Europe; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
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Europe
Recommendations from the Lifelong Learning Programme Inclusion (European Union) which ran from 2010 to 2012. Unfortunately, the only thing left of the original project website is a copy of the front page from the internet archive as [...]

Events, Conferences, Proceedings

This link will take you to a list of results from the event database of the German Education Server for the keyword "inclusion".

Italien
Beginning 25.05.2026
"The 21st Europe in Action conference brings family members, self-advocates and professionals together to exchange, to learn, to re-charge our energy as we work for full rights and inclusion. The conference is about 'Individualised, personalised, and participatory life project': Person-centred support: Support based on individual preferences, expectations, and life [...]

Deutschland
Beginning 02.04.2025
"The Global Disability Summit (GDS) is the world’s leading platform for driving forward the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities. Launched in 2018, the Summit brings together governments, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), civil society, the private sector, international organizations, and donors to accelerate progress on [...]

Deutschland
Beginning 28.07.2026
We link to the central conference website of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD). The next congress is announced as a European event and will take place in Munich in 2026 under the motto "real.time - Shaping the future with and for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities." The website [...]

Australien
Beginning 17.11.2026
The International Forum of Inclusion Practitioners (IFIP) organises several congresses each year. The 2026 congress in Sydney appears to be the largest yet, with more than 140 participating countries. It will be held under the theme "From Isolation to Inclusion: A Global Leadership Congress." The following four strategic congress tracks are listed: Track 1: Global [...]

Vereinigtes Königreich
Deadline for CfP 25.03.2026
Beginning 23.11.2026
"The WCSNE is dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in special needs education. The WCSNE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from educational and industrial sectors. The aim of WCSNE is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational and industrial sectors with cross-disciplinary [...]

In November 2013, the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclsjive Education hosted a conference on inclusive education. First results are presented as key messages for policy makers, researchers and decision makers.

Organisations, Networks, Research

Europe
The main objective of the agency is to work towards the creation of a coherent and permanent framework for extended European co- operation in the field of special needs education. Its main tasks are to collect, process and distribute information about new and innovative measures in the field of special needs education as well as to [...]

Europe
Inclusion Europe is a European association that campaigns for the rights and interests of people with intellectual disabilities and their families throughout Europe. Inclusion Europe is also a member of Inclusion International. The website provides information on the legal situation in the respective European countries, on political [...]

Europe; Belgium; Denmark; Estonia; Italy; Portugal; Turkey; United Kingdom
SENnet was a special education network funded by the European Union from 2011 to 2014 and coordinated by the European Schoolnet. Since the original website is no longer online, we are providing a link to a copy of the page from the Internet Archive. This may allow users [...]

Europe; international
The "European Educational Research Association" (EERA) has several networks, amongst others the network 4 "Inclusive Education" which brings together European researchers working on inclusion in an international perspective. The network organises conference sessions together with other thematically close networks. Their [...]

Europe
ANED was launched by the European Commission in 2007 to support its Disability Unit in developing policies and guidelines. In 2019, ANED was wound down to form a new project, the European Disability Expertise (EDE). ANED aligned itself with the EU's goals of full participation and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. The [...]

Europe
EDE is the successor to the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) (2007-2019). EDE itself can be extended until 2018 at the latest. It does not appear to have its own website. As with ANED, the task of this network of experts is to analyse data on disability in the EU. This analysis is incorporated into the database [...]

Europe
[The network existed until about 2018. We link to a Internet Archive copy of its website as of April 2022]
The European Network on Inclusive Education & Disability was co-financed by the European Social Fund and had a focus on employability and working inclusion. The website provided a database of experts and organisations having a [...]

Europe
Website of a research cooperation funded by EU on inclusion and social cohesion. Includ-ed ran from 2006 to 2011. Research centre from 14 countries participated. The website provides information on the research topics, on results, conferences, researchers and more. Unfortunately, many fulltexts under "results" are not availably anymore. [...]

Germany; Italy; Luxemburg; Sweden; Europe
The project "itm" aimed at analysing teaching material from Sweden, Italy, Germany and Luxembourg with regard to their inclusion-sensitivity. Based on this analysis, the project partners went on to compile evaluation criteria and develop inclusive teaching materials themselves. Under "project goals" [...]

Journals, Literature

The German journal "Zeitschrift für Inklusion" published a special issue on international perspectives on inclusion in 2010. Some of the articles published are in English: Special Needs Education in Europe: Inclusive Policies and Practices * The first decade of the 21st century: A Backlash for Inclusion in Norwegian Schools? * Inclusion in Scotland: "We're a' Jock Tamson's [...]

"Teacher Education for Inclusion across Europe - Challenges and Opportunities presents a synthesis of policy and practice from 25 Agency member countries. The Teacher Education for Inclusion project investigated how all teachers are prepared via their initial training to meet the needs of more diverse learners in the classroom. This report draws on the detailed accounts of [...]

Europe
This is the official yearbook site of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDPP) at the University of Galway. Unfortunately, compared to the former website, this one provides little information and more broken links.
Please go directly to the publisher's website for [...]