European Institute of Education and Social Policy
Our Journal
You can find the links to the most recent issues here:
Volume 48 - Number 1 - March 2013
Title : ICT and Education : taking stock of progress and looking at the future.
Guest editor : Yves Punie
Volume 47, No. 4, December 2012
Title: Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe: re-thinking, re-searching and re-conceptualising policies and practicesGuest editor: Mathias Urban
Volume 47, No. 3, September 2012
Title: The Bologna Process Revisited
Guest editor: Barbara Kehm
Video abstract
Volume 47, No. 2 June 2012
Title: The Privatisation of Higher Education: comparative perspectives
Guest Editors: Georg Krücken and Kathia Serrano-Velarde
Video abstract
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Welcome to the European Institute of Education and Social Policy
An Education Policy Centre
The European Institute of Education and Social Policy (www.eiesp.org) is a non-profit organisation with 37 years' experience in the analysis of education and training policies in Europe and in the partner countries of the European Union. The institute was founded in 1975 by the European Cultural Foundation to meet a need of the European Commission by contributing to the development of cooperation in education in Europe.
The EIESP contributes through its work and its international network to strengthening cooperation in education in Europe and between Europe and its partners.
The portfolio of projects of the institute covers all the different aspects of lifelong learning: school education, vocational education and training (initial and continuing), adult learning and higher education. The EIESP has built up a solid reputation as an experienced, international and innovative partner in education policy design, management, reform and evaluation at European, national, regional and institutional levels. The institute contributes to studies for the European Commission and to reform processes in countries in transition and emerging economies and it undertakes evaluations of innovative European projects and programmes.
The EIESP edits the European Journal of Education which is published by Wiley-Blackwell. EJE is a peer reviewed journal of international reputation and readership specialised in research on education and the evaluation and review of education and training policies in a global perspective. It is thematic and receives an ISI Impact Factor ranking. EJE is accessible through about 16,000 institutions around the world and in 2012 there were over 105,000 downloads of articles. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1465-3435).
The EIESP is on the European Commission's register of interest representatives. This is a voluntary Register, in the context of the European Transparency Initiative, which includes a commitment to abide by the Code of Conduct.
EIESP Activity Report 2012
Latest News & Events
Ongoing and recent projects
Studies: recent and ongoing
The EIESP is a partner in the European Policy Network on the Implementation of Key Competences in school education (KeyCoNet), a policy network identifying and analysing emergent strategies in implementing key competences into education reforms, and produce recommendations. The network is led by European Schoolnet (EUN). Please click here for details about the project, and here to visit the KeyCoNet network site.
Study on policy measures to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession in Europe: This is a new study that will be carried out in 2011 for DG EAC. The EIESP is a partner in the consortium led by the Université Sciences et techniques, de Montpellier 2 (FR) and IBF International Consulting (BE). More information will be available as work progresses. Click here to read more about the project.
Education and training in France in 2025: EIESP is participating in a foresight study about education and training in France in 2025 coordinated by Futuribles International. EIESP is bringing in the European context and perspective. Please click to download the report.
J. Gordon, G. Halasz, M. Krawczyk, T. Leney, A. Michel, D. Pepper, E. Putkiewicz, J. Wisniewski, Key Competences in Europe: Opening doors for lifelong learners across the school curriculum and teacher education, study undertaken for the Directorate General Education and Culture of the European Commission
More information about this studyStudy on policy measures to improve the attractiveness of the teaching profession in Europe: This is a new study that will be carried out in 2011 for DG EAC. The EIESP is a partner in the consortium led by the Université Sciences et techniques, de Montpellier 2 (FR) and IBF International Consulting (BE). More information will be available as work progresses. Click here to read more about the project.
Education and training in France in 2025: EIESP is participating in a foresight study about education and training in France in 2025 coordinated by Futuribles International. EIESP is bringing in the European context and perspective. Please click to download the report.
J. Gordon, G. Halasz, M. Krawczyk, T. Leney, A. Michel, D. Pepper, E. Putkiewicz, J. Wisniewski, Key Competences in Europe: Opening doors for lifelong learners across the school curriculum and teacher education, study undertaken for the Directorate General Education and Culture of the European Commission
Learning for Well-being
Learning for Well-being: A Policy Priority for Children and Young People in Europe - Policy Glossary Conference on 27 February in Brussels
The Learning for Well-being Consortium of Foundations in Europe successfully launched ‘Learning for Well-being; A Policy Priority for Children & Youth in Europe. A process for change.' on 27 February 2012 during a conference in Brussels in the Palais des Academies in front of 150 participants from a range of organizations (foundations, NGOs, research, government, EU, European Parliament, OECD, etc.) and from various fields and policy sectors (education, youth, social welfare, health, etc.). Please click here to read more about the launch and to download the policy glossary.
The Learning for Well-being Consortium of Foundations in Europe successfully launched ‘Learning for Well-being; A Policy Priority for Children & Youth in Europe. A process for change.' on 27 February 2012 during a conference in Brussels in the Palais des Academies in front of 150 participants from a range of organizations (foundations, NGOs, research, government, EU, European Parliament, OECD, etc.) and from various fields and policy sectors (education, youth, social welfare, health, etc.). Please click here to read more about the launch and to download the policy glossary.
The EIESP is an operational partner of the Universal Education Foundation (www.learningforwellbeing.org ). UEF is an international foundation established in the Netherlands in 2004. Its vision is ‘Learning for well-being’, which emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to education and of engaging children and young people in shaping their learning environments (e.g. in the education system, through media and ICTs and in the health system).
The EIESP coordinates the Secretariat of the Learning for Well-being Consortium of Foundations in Europe. For more information click here.
Education and Training 2010 – 2020
The EIESP is participating in a study on Early childhood education and care (ECEC) in promoting educational attainment including social development of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and in fostering social inclusion, carried out under the Framework Service Contract No EAC/02/2010, led by Sofreco. This EU-Australia joint study (carried out in 2012) is meant to inform policy-making with new insights into success criteria concerning accessibility and quality in the field of ECEC. For more information.
Since 2011, EIESP has taken part in the Participatory Citizenship in Europe Project, a study with the main goals of clarifying the concept of Participatory Citizenship and its interpretation among the 27 EU Member States. For more information.
DISCO II: a multilingual thesaurus of skills and competencies: Since November 2010, the EIESP is a partner of the Leonardo da Vinci DISCO II project led by 3S Unternehmensberatung (Austria). Realising a ‘European labour market’ and a ‘European lifelong learning area’ requires qualifications and competences which can be easily understood, compared, and transferred. To address this challenge a set of European instruments has been developed, e.g. the European Qualifications Framework, the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training and the Europass documents. DISCO II supports these instruments by offering terms and expressions to describe occupations, qualifications, jobs and competence profiles of individuals. For more information.
Romania – CALIPT: Revision of methodologies, instruments and procedures for an increased quality of initial VET
Evaluation and review of policy and strategy for VET in Romania over the last 15 years. The project started in December 2009 and will finish in November 2012. The project was led by the Centre for Development of TVET of the ministry of education in Romania. The partners are: GEA (RO), Danish Technological Institute (DK) and the EIESP (FR) More information.