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EPA Newsletter 7/2015
7th September 2015 |
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to the September Newsletter.
While most of Europe has just started school or about to start it, most parents are not only involved in activities related to this, but also concerned about the refugee crisis. Being Hungarian I am especially ashamed of the treatment my country's government is offering children and parents, and I strongly believe that parents have to raise their voice and also act for these people. Right after providing food, shelter and basic health care, the next most important rights violated are that of the rights to play and to education. As active European parents we have to help the refugee parents and children to have an as normal as possible family life, including play and learning. If you have any good initiative to share, the blog is available.
We are preparing for the EPA 30 Jubilee Conference Representing Parents in Europe: the first 30 years in Luxembourg, 27/28 November. The invitations have been sent and registration is now open. Be aware of the early bird registration deadline, 15 September. After this date we cannot help you with booking accommodation. Most of you have answered the two surveys and we have a very important landscape on covering school costs and the extent of parental involvement, that we are going to present in Luxembourg. Very few countries are still blank, but we are working hard to cover the white spots. As part of the preparations we have also drafted a Manifesto that we want to adopt at the Jubilee. It is open for comments and modifications until 30 September only. Please send your comments to the president@euparents.eu address. ALCUIN submission date has also been extended to 30 September.
Some of you have asked for an early sharing of minutes of our last GA. We made the draft available for you to use, but be aware that it will only be accepted by the GA in November. Finally I want to call the attention of those members who haven't paid their membership fees to the fact that GA voting right at the Autumn GAare suspended for no-paying members.
I wish you all a good new school year. See you in November.
Best wishes,
Eszter Salamon
president
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ICOT 2015
EPA was present both as a supporting institutional partner and by the participation of two Vice Presidents, Christian Hellevang and Josep-Manuel Prats, at one of the most important world events in the field of education. Presenters included well-known figures such as Edward de Bono. Read our conference report here.
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ERNAPE Arctic
The biannual conference of the European researchers took place in Tromso and introduced the issue of child participation and child agency into the discourse on parents. Our Nordic members as well as EPA itself were represnted at the event. Conference report here. |
Parents in the focus at the Luxembourg presidency conference
Parents' role was highlighted by nearly all speakers at the presidency conference held in the early days of the EU Presidency period, focusing on preventing early school leaving and ensuring school success. We were invited to contribute to the round table summing up the event, too. Full report here. |
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