Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Nov 2020 | Mariya Gabriel Commissioner | Education and Erasmus+ | — |
| 23 Nov 2020 | Mariya Gabriel Commissioner | Education and Erasmus+ | SRC |
| 01 Jul 2020 | Maria Koleva Cabinet member | Digital Education Action Plan + European Education Area | — |
| 01 Jul 2020 | Maria Koleva Cabinet member | Digital Education Action Plan + European Education Area | SRC |
Mission & Goals
ENTE e.V., the European Network for Traveller Education, is a registered non-profit organisation, which works on a volunteer basis close to the educational needs of children whose parents travel as showmen, circus-artists, bargees or market traders. The travelling life of those families implies that access to education and vocational training is in many European countries made difficult. Examples can be found in this study The situation of circus in the EU member states. (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/11bd70ea-33bb-11ea-ba6e-01aa75ed71a1) In ENTE parents, showmen and circus associations, schools and school governors, churches form a network that: - gives information about the educational situation in Europe to the public, to travellers' professional association, to public authorities and to schools. - passes on contacts to schools, teachers and parents - collaborates with country specific initiatives who have the same aims as ENTE e (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Digital Education Action Plan (2025 - 2030) The Digital Education Action Plan seeks to support the use of technology in education and the development of digital competences. Council Recommendation on blended learning for high quality and inclusive primary edcuation
Communication Activities
ENTE has written a paper on school education for children of occupational travellers for the congress at the Budapest Circus Festival 2025 and 2030. ENTE is advisor for national European associations and they update these on their meetings. Members of ENTE took part in various projects. For example: EVIS - Bildung für Kinder; INVIT - Informal Vocational Training of Travellers. ENTE was asked to participate in the consultation on blended learing in 2021 (organized by the European Commission) ENTE was asked by the platform School Education Gateway to participate with a webinar and a video on Traveller Education. (2021)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
www.ente.education
Organisation Members
www.ente.education
Additional Information
All boardmembers of ENTE and all other ENTE members work unpaid and they do not get travel expenses.