The strategy defined in Lisbon (March, 2000), the challenge of Bologna for Higher Education, the specific objectives for educative and training systems, the recommendations about social cohesion, integration and European citizenship that facilitate access to lifelong Education, have been narrowed several lines of analysis which reinforce the dialogue achieved in Europe by Society & Education.
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Through the Project Management Department in charge of the detection of new projects and programmes, the support of the presence in networks and the contribution with technical and administrative solutions for the development of its activities, Society and Education promotes the educative cooperation in the European scene.
Reports, publications, articles and monographic documents related with the European convergence process in higher education on recommendations and guidelines in educational matters of the European Union: Bologna Process, Concrete future objectives of education systems and Lifelong Learning.
Collaboration with national and public bodies in the diffusion of the European construction process in the strategic promoted by governments.
Establishment of alliances with foundations, associations, organisms and entities at European level.
Give continuity to the process purposed to obtain the status of Active Body of the European Union to Society and Education.
iGeneral Assembly of the Platform for intercultural Europe. Mercedes Esteban Villar has been appointed as a member of the Steering Group. Brussels, June 2010.
Participation in the Annual Meeting Independent School. Brussels. May 2010
Participation in the Seminar of European Ideas Network . “Religion and Social Change in Europe”. Brussels June 2010
Participation in the Seminar Religion and Democracy in Europe. Religious Plurality and Implications for Social Cohesion. NEF. Brussels June 2010
Participation as international foundation in the Workshop: Taking stock of progress in overcoming school failure. Paris. February 2010.
Participation in the Seminar Energy Policy and Global Justice. European Ideas Network (EIN). Berlin. January 2010.
On the occasion of 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the Educational and Social Studies Institute decided to create the European Center for Cultural Cooperation, a platform of research, meeting and dialogue on the relationship between different cultures in a globalised world from a humanist concept of society and history. The Center includes a group of interdisciplinary experts made up of lecturers and professors from various fields.
At the heart of the Center´s proposals lies to inspire models of social and political organisation based on people´s dignity, respect for human rights
as a universal goal, the search for peaceful coexistence among peoples and nations and the inspiration to spread individual and collective freedom under conditions of equality.
The Platform for Intercultural Europe is a civil society initiative developed as a response to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008. Its vision is of an equitable European community that values its diverse people, seeks positive dialogue with others and enables each person to make their distinctive contribution to a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
The Platform is a democratic association whose membership is open to any organisation or individuals that support its vision and constitution. Society and Education is member of the Platform from june 2009.


The European Foundation Centre (EFC) promotes and supports networking and collaboration among foundations and corporate donors and build alliances with philantropy support organisations in Europe and beyond. Society and Education is member of its Diversity, Migration and Integration Interest Group (DMIIG) which gathers foundations to promote best practice by fostering networking, exchanging and collecting information on promising practices, enhancing knowledge and building intelligence on the sector and communicating and coordinating foundations interested.
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The Education Law Association (ELA) is a nonprofit association offering unbiased information about current legal issues affecting education and the rights of those involved in education in both public and private schools, universities and colleges. Its members represent three distinct contingency groups: Attorneys, Professors and School Administrators.
ELA is the premier forum for professionals interested in practical knowledge, scolarship and interdisciplinary dialogue about legal and policy issues affecting education. Its Founder-President Professor Jan de Groof has been recently appointed UNESCO´s chargé de mission for the right to education.
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The Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning based on indicators and benchmarks (CRELL) was established in order to gather expertise in the field of indicator-based evaluation and monitoring of education and training systems. CRELL combines fields of economics, econometrics, education, social sciences and statistics in an interdisciplinary approach to research.
CRELL became operational in August 2005 and is sponsored by the European Commission's Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) and co-ordinated by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (DG JRC).
5 education benchmarks for Europe [with country-specific data]
European Commission: European strategy and co-operation in education and training
The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
From 1st July to 31st December 2010, it is Belgium's turn to take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). This is a real challenge, especially as we now need to take into account the many changes set in place by the Lisbon Treaty since it came into force on 1st December 2009.