Today, LLLP had the pleasure to co-host with the SOLIDAR Foundation an event on inclusion and how staff in educational and training provides, NGOs, CSOs and decision and policy-makers can come together to build (more) inclusive education and training systems! The event, integrated during the LLWeek, emerged from the Inclusion BOX (iBOX) project - a two-year project with LLLP members: Learning for Well-being Foundation, CÉMEA France, ALL Digital and eucen.
🎁 iBOX project: 2 years of capacity-building
The Inclusion BOX (iBOX) project is reaching the end and all the capacity-building activities were organised in the different formats: online synchronously, in-person training and self-paced materials. These moments, along the development of the key guiding documents with practical guidelines and best practices on inclusion in the education and training systems, taught LLLP and the partners a great deal of lessons for future initiatives.
Learning for Well-being Foundation presented its approached on access and participation, CÉMEA France the need to consider diversity in every step and ALL Digital discussed the use of digital tools to promote inclusion. eucen introduced the Inclusion and Diversity Charter to participants, referring to the three main steps defined to create more inclusive organisations, workplaces and learning environments.
👀 Launch of a brand new position paper
The SOLIDAR Foundation presented the new Position Paper on Inclusive Education to the participants, Intersecting Pathways: Inclusive Education for Active Citizenship, officially launched today. The paper explores the topic of inclusive education as a fundamental part of a democratic society and includes case studies as valuable examples, illustrating successful implementations of inclusive education strategies.
The paper argues for 6 key recommendations: 1) Learners must be put at the centre, 2) A whole community approach, 3) Diverse teaching and training bodies, 4) Diversity as an asset to society, 5) Inclusive education must be recognised in all types of education and 5) Inclusive education as a political priority.
⚡ Roundtable discussion with policy-makers and Civil Society representatives
Marcos Ros Sempere, Member of the European Parliament from the Socialists & Democrats, Annalisa Cannoni from the European Commission, Jessica Fiorelli, researcher from the Hasselt University and Loredana Dicsi, representing the European Disability Forum gathered to discuss inclusion, intersectionality and the role of education in promoting diversity and active citizenship.
MEP Marcos Ros reinforced the need to continue to the work on promoting inclusion and its key links to regional development and Annalisa Cannoni, working at the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, presented the Pathways to School Success initiative which promotes better educational outcomesand well-being at school.
Loredana Dicsi strengthened key messages: implementation should follow policy and resources are important to ensure these inclusive policies are implemented. People with disabilities should be included in the conversation and given a voices. Jessica Fiorelli presented the main results from her research on inclusion within science and technology organisations brought the point of view of inclusion in organisations and the workplace.
🗣 Participants' voices
The event had two moments for discussion and to hear your thoughts on the three key areas: access and participation in learning processes, strategies for diversity and inclusion, and digital inclusion related to digital transition and blended work methods. Designed within the framework of the iBox capacity-building programme, participants joined three interactive LABS.
Participants explored how dynamic access and meaningful participation can transform learning, moving beyond attendance to influence and empowerment, engaged in an interactive moment on understanding different perspectives or took the digitally excluded challenge to discover all of us can be digitally excluded in different moments or settings.
In the afternoon, participants also engaged in a worldcafé as an opportunity to discuss with other participants about policy support towards an inclusive education and training sector (translating policies into practices), online resources for accessible and inclusive learning environments and the current training needs (and inspiring practices) for educators and education and training sector managers.
🌟 Good practices
During the day, the participants could explore the best practices included in the iBox Compendium of Inspiring Practices and hear directly from some of the promoting organisations. Posters of practices were spread around the venue as an opportunity to discuss the enables and the lessons learn from each practice, and how to ensure their transferability to other environments. Participants were also encouraged to share their good practice during the informal moment.
Thank you to all the participants for your participation and valuable contributions! It was a day of sharing best practices, experiences and proposing next steps. Let's keep the conversation alive and continue driving change! 💪
Interested in these topics and want to go deeper? Register by clicking the button below to take the self-paced courses on the three topics!
Project Number: 101090952 – Inclusion Box (iBox)
ERASMUS-EDU-2022-PCOOP-ENGO
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