Building on the theme of the 2024/5 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report on leadership in education, the GEM Report has partnered with the Network of Education Policy Centres (NEPCs) on the 2025 Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia regional edition on leadership and inclusion. Drawing from the approach of the 2024/5 GEM Report and […]

The first key resource developed under the Erasmus+ PIQET project by NEPC members: the Educational Research Institute (Slovenia) and Open Academy Step by Step (Croatia), in collaboration with the International Step by Step Association (Netherlands) is the PIQET Training Programme for Continuous Professional Development Educators. This three-day training model is based on the PIQET Principles […]

Two NEPC members, the Educational Research Institute (Slovenia) and Open Academy Step by Step (Croatia), have joined forces together with the International Step by Step Association (Netherlands) under the PIQET initiative to publish a groundbreaking resource outlining nine quality principles for the recruitment, training, and ongoing support of continuous professional development (CPD) educators. PIQET principles […]

The Lead for EcoJustice, led by the Network of Education Policy Centers, aligns with the call of many educational practitioners and scholars to transform schools toward an appreciation of nature, justice and sustainability. The program aims to improve schools’ processes and procedures according to ecojustice education and positively influence the present and future collective well-being […]

Quality pedagogy depends on well-educated and qualified staff. As schools and preschools become ever-more diverse, having well-trained teachers and staff becomes more important than ever. Teachers need to be able to assess everyday teaching situations and develop teaching responses that can be effective for all children under different circumstances. According to TALIS 2018, educators who […]

How did the coronavirus pandemic influence the lives of pupils in Croatia? Are educational workers in Croatia satisfied with governmental support? These are some of the questions NEPC member, Institute for Social Research in Zagreb addressed through a research-developmental project funded by Croatian Science Foundation and implemented in collaboration with Croatian Ministry of Science and […]

The GEM Report and partners will present key findings from the 2021 Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia report Inclusion in education: All means all, during the 18th annual conference hosted by NEPC member Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences that will take place online from February 18th until February 20th 2021.

CEI Step by Step has been developing and posting diverse resources for over 10.000 teachers, members of Community of Innovative Teachers, as well as school principals, parents and children from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Region. Monday become time for sharing teaching strategies aiming to improve students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills. It’s also a day for weekly challenge for children, and their work has been presented in children’s magazine published every Sunday. Tuesday is all about teaching and talking about human values. Wednesday is a day for laugh, music and art, but also resources for principals such as Leadership in time of crises, and parents – How to survive parenting in a corona time. On Thursday we present large number of ideas send by teachers to other teachers (see here), while on Friday we suggest books, online theater performances and movies together with activities for children.

WhatsApp groups of Parent Councils and a joint Parents Network group were established, joined by CAF representatives, and were active in sharing challenges, helpful information and recommendations. In addition, along with frequent contacts with school leaders, parents, teachers and even students, joint Skype meetings have been organized, serving as an effective platform for sharing information, challenges faced, lessons learned and as peer learning opportunities.

This publication consists of more than 25 activities suggested with the aim of: informing the students about the importance of maintaining a regular personal hygiene; getting familiar with the current situation according to their age in order to understand what is happening and how they can contribute to prevent the spread of the virus; encouraging to read current and quality information about the situation from reliable, trustworthy and relevant sources and pointing at the importance of respect of human dignity in all situations with the goal of preventing the spread of hate speech, xenophobia and prejudice.