DIAMOND: project meeting in Porto
ECEPAA joined the 4th DIAMOND Empower Consortium Meeting in Porto (May 2026), marking the project's shift toward real-world testing, Living Labs, and results communication.
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Does Inclusion Stop at the School Gate? The Extracurricular Dimension of the ECEPAA Index
Does inclusion end when the school bell rings? The third dimension of the ECEPAA Index explores the social, cultural, and linguistic life of students with a migrant background outside school hours — where existing measurement instruments have almost nothing to say.
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What does everyday school life reveal about inclusion? The Relational Dimension
Grades measure performance. The ECEPAA Index's relational dimension measures something else: whether migrant students truly belong.
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Does the School System Work Equally for Everyone? The Formal School Dimension of the ECEPAA Index
The first dimension of the ECEPAA Index looks at formal schooling for students with a migrant background — not just whether they succeed, but what the system does to make success more or less likely.
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The limits of protection: a system not built for children
Each year, thousands of unaccompanied minors reach EU borders. Despite formal protections, the asylum system systematically fails to account for children's specific vulnerabilities, prioritising administrative control over protection.
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Premieres Training in Rome
Four days in Rome. Six countries. Thirty-five young people learning to tell Ethiopian diaspora stories in their own voice. The Premieres of Diversity Erasmus+ training was more than a workshop — it was the moment a community began to form.
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Beyond Grades and Test Scores
Inclusion is not a characteristic of the student. The ECEPAA Index was built on this premise: measuring socio-educational inclusion where policy meets practice, across Europe.
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Women State Trafficking: What Europe Doesn’t Want to See
A new report presented at the European Parliament documents how the Tunisia–Libya migration route is not simply dangerous — it is a structured system of exploitation that targets women specifically. The question it forces is not just about Tunisia. It is about Europe.
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Education and Inequity: What the UNESCO GEM Report 2026 Tells Us — and What It Doesn’t
273 million children out of school. Fewer than 1 in 10 countries with a genuinely equity-focused system. A critical reading of UNESCO's flagship education report.
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IMPACT Project: local workshop in Belgium
On 7 April 2026, Collège Matteo Ricci organised a hands-on pedagogical day on climate change and migration as part of the IMPACT Erasmus+ project, using interactive toolkit activities including the Chair Game and Migration Journey.
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