Tag: Inclusive Education

[Report] The São Paulo Smart Mobility Programme gets children to school

This report highlights the development of the São Paulo Smart Mobility Programme – which implemented various technical analyses and consultancy projects to promote integrated and sustainable transport systems in São Paulo.

The ‘Safe and Accessible School Routes for Children’ project within the programme improved accessibility for the most vulnerable populations such as children, caregivers, and low-income families.

Read more about all the projects involved in English or Portuguese.

[Report] Anthology of articles about inclusive education in Africa

Read this anthology of articles from inclusive education specialists.

Each author presents a candid portrayal of inclusive education in their country with recommendations going forward. Insights are from Cameroon, Egypt, eSwatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia.

You can read more about this series on inclusive education on the journal’s website.

[Blog] How nonviolence education can promote equality and inclusion

Using nonviolence to reconceptualize inclusive education the the Global South.

In this blog post, Gaston Bacquet explores how nonviolence education can promote a sense of equality and inclusion not purely from a narrative that has focused primarily on disability and special needs, as has been the norm for the last two decades, but from one anchored in an understanding of cultural, economic, sexual, and ethnic diversity.

Read the blog on the European Educational Research Association website.

[Advocacy] WACSI in West Africa calls for papers and articles

The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) is a civil society knowledge-sharing hub and centre of learning.  They are inviting submissions of original research articles, papers and write-ups from experts, civil society actors, researchers, and writers for publication under its West Africa Civil Society Series (WACSeries) initiative. WACSeries are analytical periodic write-ups on topical themes and issues relevant to West Africa including education.  Authors gain visibility and exposure to West Africa research and practitioner networks.

[Online community] Meet VOICE!

VOICE stands for: Voicing Children Opportunities Interaction Collective Decision Making Education.

The programme provides educational materials for teachers and parents and is implemented with six Regional Directorates of Education – Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Western Greece, South Aegean and Crete.

It aims to disseminate scientific-based evidence on the need for participatory, interactive, and collaborative practices in the education and upbringing of young children.

Teachers, student teachers, parents and education professionals – take a look at their website!

[Advocacy] #Shiftthepower ~ a round up of articles and events on ‘decolonising aid’

EENET is part of the narrative of a decolonized system of development that is truly inclusive and responds to all needs.  Here is a round-up of some articles, blogs and reports that address the inequities in the aid system and ways of moving forward.

  • Lankelly Chase announce a 5-year plan to close the organisation. They recognise the traditional philanthropy model as so entangled with Colonial Capitalism that it inevitably continues the harms of the past into the present.
  • InsightShare have a bottom-up financial model putting indigenous voices at the forefront of their work.
  • Jindra Čekanova and Peter Kimeu from Valuing Voices offer their perspectives in this blog about who is accountable for aid and for how long.
  • The Global Change Center is a South-to-South collective with expertise in participatory, emancipatory, power-aware, and bottom-up learning processes.  It launched a report on equity-centered evaluation policies and practices to be used as a tool for advocacy in the decolonization discussion.

[Advocacy] #Shiftthepower ~ a round-up of articles and events on ‘decolonising aid’

EENET is part of the narrative of a decolonized system of development that is truly inclusive and responds to all needs.  Here is a round-up of some articles, blogs and reports that address the inequities in the aid system and ways of moving forward.

  • The New Humanitarian produced a decolonising aid reading and resource list
  • Africa No Filter launched an Ethical Storytelling: How to write about Africa course to provide tips and tools for communicators to undo the stereotypes that persist in many of the storytelling outputs of local and international NGOs, donors, and foundations.
  • Bond and Restless Development comment on how funders need to be more equitable and help to shift power directly to communities.
  • The Ringo Project is a systems change initiative that seeks to transform global civil society to respond to today’s challenges.
  • The Decolonising Aid report is part of a series collating literature, resources, and actions that have focused on efforts to create change in the aid sector. 

How could you and your organization contribute to the initiatives?