LINKS AND REFERENCES

REFERENCES

Bologna (1999) The Bologna declaration on the European higher education area http://www.bologna-berlin2003.de/pdf/bologna_declaration.pdf

Cattani R (2000) The Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (http://www.viewsahead.org/download/speeches/03_cattani.doc)

Common Position (2006) Common position no 15/2006 adopted by the Council on 24 July 2006 with a view to adopting a Decision … establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning Official journal of the European Union C251E/37 17.10.2006s

Council of Europe (2006) Recommendation (2006)  http://www.coe.int (search under ‘Committee of Ministers’/’Adopted texts’)

Council of the European Union (2003) Council Resolution on equal opportunities for pupils and students with disabilities in education and training  (2003/C 134/04  Official Journal of the European Communities)

DDA (1995)  The Disability Discrimination Act (extended to cover education in 2001 by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act)

EQF (2005)  EQF Consultation Document Common Principles for quality assurance  

(Brussels, 8.7.2005, SEC(2005) 957, pages 26/27 http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/educ/eqf/index_en.html)

eu2006fi  Quality Management recommendations for vocational education and training  Finnish National Board of Education 2006

European Commission (2000a) Towards a barrier free Europe for people with disabilities COM (2000)  284 final of 12.05.2000

European Commission (2000b) Directive against discrimination of the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (Directive 2000/78/EC)

European commission (2004) Proposal for a Recommendation of the Council and of the European parliament on further European cooperation in quality assurance and higher education COM(2004) 642 final 12.10.2004 Brussels

European Commission (2005) Situation of disabled people in the enlarged European Union: the European Action Plan 2006-7 COM (2005) 604 final  28.11.2005

Faurschou K (2005)  The systems and mechanisms of quality assurance in vocational training: an analysis of the results of projects undertaken on this theme under the Leonardo da Vinci programme 1995-1999  Cirius Denmark 29.01.2005         

General Guide (2005) Leonardo da Vinci Community Vocational Training Action Programme. Second Phase 2000-2006. General Guide for Project Promoters European Commission.

Goelen W (2005) An overview of the Disability Agenda in Europe  Disability in Europe: Seminar Proceedings.  National Disability Authority (Ireland)  www.nda.ie

Konrad, J (2006)The European Qualifications Framework: taking stock of the consultation CEDEFOP Virtual Communities  - the European Qualifications Framework 20.03.2006

Straw E (2004)  Keynote Speech (at the National Conference on the Council of the Europe Union Directive establishing a General Framework for Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation. Malta. 10.12.2004)  National Commission Persons with Disability (Note: Ms Straw was speaking on behalf of the Disability Unit of the European Commission; the officials of this unit have been active in promoting understanding of EU policy at similar events)

Technical Working Group (2003) A European Common Quality Assurance Framework  http://trainingvillage.gr/etv October 2003

Working Committee on Quality Indicators (2001) European Report on the Quality of School Education  Office for Official Publications of the European Communities Luxembourg

LINKS

Disability Intergroup www.edf-feph.org/apdg/index-en.htm  a cross party group of the Members of the European Parliament from each of the 25 EU Member States supporting the rights of disabled people.

EDF The European Disability Forum http://www.edf-feph.org  EDF is a European umbrella organisation representing more than 50 million disabled people in Europe. Its mission is to ensure disabled citizens' full access to fundamental and human rights through their active involvement in policy development and implementation in the European Union (Quoted from EDF website)

ESIB The National Unions of Students in Europe www.esib.org  As a collective body representing Europe’s students, ESIB has explicit policies concerning disability and access that are favourable to the take-up of Qatrain; ESIB is also represented as an important stakeholder in various levels of VET policy-making.

Europa – education and training http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/introduction_en.html  A general outline of policies and for links to individual EU programmes

Models of self-evaluation. htmhttp://www.edu.fi/english/page.asp?path=500,5372,27535,44518,47406  A useful guide to the main models currently in use in European VET

Press release on the new lifelong learning programme

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1478&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr Provides basic background and links to some key documents