Quality Education in Europe for Sustainable Social Transformation

EU Legislative Interests

Through its work, QUEST answers to a broad set of EU legislative policies and proposals, including : The European Education Area, its priority areas and targets by 2050; The European Pillar of Social Rights; The 2023 European Year of Skills and the 2022 European Year of Youth. Through the democratic education approach, based on human rights, QUEST contributes to: The 2021 EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child; The European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework; The 2023 Council conclusions on the contribution of education and training to strengthening common European values and democratic citizenship; The 2022 Council Recommendation for Pathways to School Success; The 2018 Council Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning; The 2021 Council Recommendation on blended learning for high quality and inclusive primary and secondary education. Through inclusive education projects and communications, QUEST contributes to: The 2021-2030 Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities; The 2020-2025 Gender equality strategy; The 2018 Council Recommendation on Common values, Inclusive Education and the European Dimension of Teaching. Through nature-based education projects and communications, QUEST contributes to : The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; The European Green Deal; The European sustainability competence framework; The 2022 - Council Recommendation on learning for the green transition and sustainable development. QUEST is also seeking to expand its work on digital education, when interlinked with democratic, inclusive and nature education. Therefore, QUEST could soon contribute to the following policies: The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027);The European Digital Competence Framework.

Communication Activities

QUEST disseminates evidenced-based knowledge around these policies through different means: - Articles published on its website and social media - Position papers - Guidelines for educators, schools or education organisations, EU and national decision makers - Research papers and scientific publications - QUEST’s general and members’ dedicated newsletters - Documentaries and other video deliverables sharing insights on cutting-edge pedagogies and how to implement them - Training on cutting-edge pedagogies (education in nature, democratic education, sociocracy in schools, open-schooling, inclusive education…) - Member forums and other events, on a dedicated pedagogy, policy framework or EU project making

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

QUEST is a member the Child Rights Action Group, the Alliance for Investing in Children, the Alliance for Investing in Youth, the Erasmus+ Coalition and the Education for Climate Coalition. QUEST is also member of EUDEC (European Democratic Education Community).

Organisation Members

QUEST’s network has now 93 members. They can be found on QUEST’s website, here: https://quest-eu.org/members/

Additional Information

In 2023 the total income of the organisation was 324.644,64 euros; and the total expenditures were 290 832,48 euros. QUEST's balance (income - expenditures) for 2024 was 33 636,79 euros.