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Calendar: 21 January 2010

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CONFRONTING THE GAP: RIGHTS, RHETORIC, REALITY?

21-23 October

Inclusion International and Inclusion Europe are organizing Confronting the Gap: Rights, Rhetoric and Reality? Return to Salamanca –A Global Conference on Inclusive Education, October 21-23, 2009, Salamanca, Spain.

the conference will be co-sponsored by a number of organizations including the United Nation Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education; the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia de España; the Instituto Universitario de Integración en la Comunidad (INICO); and Confederación Española de Organizaciones en favor de las Personas con Discapacidad Intelectual (FEAPS).

Fifteen Years have passed since The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education was adopted by the World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and quality, (Salamanca, Spain, 10 June 1994).

As the Convention on the Rights of Person’s with Disabilities comes into effect, it is time to assess the progress made and set the agenda for renewed action in the years ahead.

The Program will include:
• Plenary sessions
• Workshops and discussion forums
• Updates from around the world
• Release of Inclusion International’s Global Report on the Status of Inclusive Education.

For more information contact info@inclusion-international.org

[Last updated Tuesday, February 10, 2009]