Registration is still open for this important inclusive education conference (deadline 11 September). This year’s theme is ‘Inclusive Education Systems: futures, fallacies and finance’. EENET will be running a workshop focusing on teacher education on Wednesday 18 September (participant numbers will be limited). We will also have a stall for the duration of the conference, so if you are attending please come and say hello and find out more about our work.
Teachers in Crisis Contexts Roundtable, 4-5 November, Beirut – call for case studies
Education in emergencies practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and teachers are invited to submit case studies about teacher programming and policies in conflict, crisis, and displacement contexts for the Teachers in Crisis Contexts (TiCC) Roundtable, 4-5 November 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon. The event organisers are also looking for teachers’ stories.
To find out more about the event and how to submit a case study or teacher’s story, visit the INEE website. Information about registration for the event is coming soon.
The Inclusive Education Summit – October 2019, New Zealand
Dates: 25-29 October 2019.
Venue: Kohia Centre, University of Auckland.
Call for papers deadline: 30 August 2019.
Registration deadline: 17 October 2019.
See conference website for more details.
The Inclusive Education Summit – TIES – is an annual international conference. The 2019 TIES conference theme, “It’s about all of us”, honours New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s call for change and asks participants to consider what still needs to be done in order for education systems to be part of a much wider agenda focused on the building of inclusive societies.
NOTE: This event is not organised by EENET. Please contact the organisers directly with any queries
Survey: Plan International’s Disability Awareness Toolkit
Plan International is conducting a review of its Disability Awareness Toolkit. If you have used the toolkit, they would welcome your feedback.,
The short survey is available in three languages:
English
French
Spanish.
The deadline for submission is 6 September 2019. Your responses will help Plan International make the Disability Awareness Toolkit more suitable for a wider range of users.
CBM’s deafblindness guidelines now in Spanish
*POSTPONED* International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) 6-9 July 2020, Brisbane
NEW DATES: 5-8 July 2021
The 23rd International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) takes place in Brisbane, Australia from 6th to 9th July 2020.
This congress is held every 5 years. It provides an opportunity to learn about the latest research and practices related to the education of people who are deaf or hard of hearing and other related learning needs.
The theme for the 2020 congress is ‘The Power of Connection’.
Find out more about how to submit an abstract and how to register to attend on the ICED website.
NOTE: This event is not organised by EENET. Please contact the organisers directly with any queries
Survey on the future of UNESCO’s education sector
UNESCO is inviting education stakeholders to participate in a survey which will help them better understand the future directions for the organisation’s engagement in the education sector. If you have experience of engaging with UNESCO or have an opinion on the direction UNESCO’s education work should take, you can complete the survey in English, French or Spanish.
INEE Guidance Note on Gender
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) has published the INEE Guidance Note on Gender. This document builds on the INEE Pocket Guide to Gender which was published almost 10 years ago. It shares current best practices and experience relating to gender and education in conflict and crisis, from a range of partners. The Guidance Note is available in English, and will soon be available in Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Short article on inclusive ECD
‘The case for inclusive education’ is an article by Dragana Sretenov (Open Society Foundations) and Nafisa Baboo (Light for the World), published in Early Childhood Matters 2019. The article highlights that their organisations are launching a new report, ‘Leaving No One Behind When Learning Starts’ which will draw attention to the current low levels of investment in inclusive and equitable early childhood development.
EENET’s inclusive ECE video project – progress update 3
We will be filming in two countries. The first confirmed country is Ukraine. We filmed there for our previous training video package (‘An Inclusive Day‘), and last year we worked with Ukrainian young people to carry out action research with kindergarten children. We are therefore delighted that we will be returning to Ukraine to document more experiences and ideas relating to inclusive early childhood education. Our film producer, Duncan, has recently carried out a scoping visit to plan which locations in Ukraine he and the film crew will visit later this year. A scoping visit to the second country will happen in a couple of weeks, so watch this space for more news.