European Trade Union Committee for Education

This project aims to promote successful methods of migrant education in schools as well as evaluating current policies and practices, which will result in a concrete set of proposals and recommendations for national member organisations and governments.

• Final Conference
• Project Movie
• 2nd Training Seminar
• 1st Training Seminar
• 3rd Case Study
• 2nd Case Study
• 1st Case Study

Between 7 and 8 November 2018, the third case study of the project “European Sectoral Social Partners in Education promoting effective integration of migrants and refugees in education” took place in Belgium, organised with the support of the ETUCE member organisation and partner to the project, ACOD-Onderwijs. The study delegation, including ETUCE and EFEE representatives, the research expert accompanying the project, and a project advisory group representative from Cyprus had the opportunity to familiarize with  good practices and challenges in the Flemish education system regarding policies of inclusion and integration of newcomers. The delegation visited primary and secondary education institutions and interacted with representatives from the education employer organisations (GO!, POV and KOV) and the Flemish Ministry of Education, NGOs, as well as with teachers, school leaders, and migrant children. Language acquisition, dealing with youngsters having experienced trauma and segmentation of the system are some of the main challenges the education community is facing. Concluding the visit, social partners at national and European level agreed on the importance of continuous social dialogue on this topic, an effective European cooperation and sharing of good practices.