SIRIUS - Policy network on Migrant Education
Budget
€80,000
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
4
2.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
SIRIUS is a network regarding the education of children and young people with migrant background. The Network focuses on the young generations of immigrant families, primarily those coming from non-European countries, but also ethnic minority groups. SIRIUS Network promotes: • the universal right to education for all without discrimination; • high quality public education for all people with a migrant background; • the school integration, by, among others, removing barriers at school for children and youths with a migrant background to reduce segregation and early school leaving; • curriculum and teaching methods that are respectful of cultural, linguistic and religious diversity; • the inclusion of young adults and adults of all ages in lifelong learning activities. The purpose of the Network is also to encourage inclusive policymaking so that governments, authori (...)
EU Legislative Interests
- Policy briefs - Applied and secured the EC fund "EAC/S28/2016 /Framework Partnership Agreement with a European policy network in the field of education of children and young people with a migrant background"; - European Education Area 2025 - Migration Integration Strategy 2020
Communication Activities
Annual policy conference; Comparative report in 17 EU countries in the field of migrant and refugee education; National Round Tables in members' countries on national policy and reform priorities on migrant education; Peer learning activities Social Media Campaigns
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Lifelong Learning Platform
Organisation Members
Associao Superaccio Don Bosco International; European Parents Association (EPA); ESIB (ESU); Migration Policy Group (MPG); University of Antwerpen; Multi Kulti Collective; Network of Education Policy Centre - NEPC; Forum For Freedom in Education; PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies; AMA; University of Lapland; European Forum for Migration Studies - EFMS; Hellenic Association for Intercultural Education - HAIE; New Communities Partnership; Economic and Social Research Institute; Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI); Ostfold University College - HIOF; NAFO; Educational Research Institute (ERI) - Pedagoski Institute; Associació de mestres Rosa Sensat ; Stiftelsen Fryshuset; Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU); Risbo; African & Caribbean Diversity; Payoke; Vlaamse Onderwijsraad - Vlor (Flemish Education council); Liesma Ose; Sandrine Gashonga; High Commission for Migration; Université de Montpellier III; Ministry for Education and Employment in Malta; Menedek Leeds Beckett University; Educational Research Institute; Economic and Social Research Institute; European Trade Union Committee for Education-ETUCE; The Miderhedenforum; Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria; Cooperativa Terremondo; National Centre of Salesian Works; International Association for Intercultural Education; Marino Institute of Education; Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Ministry for Education and Culture ; Ministry for Education and Culture in Finland; Finnish Ministry for Education and Culture; Education Reform Initiative
Connected Legislation
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.