DEBATING KEY ISSUES ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Round Table at the European Parliament Brussels, 24th of April 2012 at 10.00 Meeting room: ASP 5G305

Ms. Katarina Nevedalova, Member of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament and Mr. Adam Kosa, Chair of the Disability Intergroup have the pleasure to invite you to the round table Debating Key Issues on Inclusive Education, organised in cooperation with the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education.

Inclusive education is an important topic implying serious reflections and debates at research, policy, practitioner and user levels. The round table will invite representatives from the different levels to debate three key issues regarding inclusive education: Early Childhood Education, the importance and benefits of this area. Teacher Education for Inclusion, which criteria teachers need to fulfil to become inclusive teachers? Vocational Education and Training, key parameters to be taken into account for successful practices: what works and how it works.

Many thanks in advance for your presence and active participation.

Debating Key Issues on Inclusive Education Programme 10.00 : Opening of the round table by Ms Katarina Nevedalova, Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Culture and Education Mr Adam Kosa, Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Disability Intergroup Mr Pierre Mairesse, Director, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture Mr Per Ch. Gunnvall, Chair of the European Agency 10.1510.45 Early Childhood Intervention Professor Franz Peterander, University of Munich, Germany Ms Filomena Pereira, Director, Ministry of Education, Portugal Ms Nora Milotay, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture Ms Marta Villar, family representative, co-founder of the EC Disability Support Group 10.4511.15 Teacher Education for Inclusion Professor Bengt Persson, University of Boras, Sweden Ms Micheline Sciberras, Director General, Ministry of Education, Malta Mr Paul Holdsworth, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture Professor Ivo Brunner, Rector of the University of Education Vorarlburg, Austria 11.1511.45 Vocational Education and Training Professor Serge Ebersold, INSHEA, France Ms Carlotta Besozzi, Director, European Disability Forum Ms Aline Jrges, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture Ms Inmaculada Placencia, European Commission, Directorate General for Justice Mr Andreas Graae, Vice President, Consulting. M.Sc., MBA. ScanCommerce, Denmark Open questions from participants 11.45 : Closing session by Ms Katarina Nevedalova, Member of the European Parliament Mr Adam Kosa, Member of the European Parliament Mr Cor J.W. Meijer, Director of the European Agency