European Commission Expert Meeting on Social Inequalities - Educational Disadvantage Centre

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research held a meeting of invited external experts regarding social inequalities in Europe on January 18, 2010 in Square De Meeus, Brussels. Dr Paul Downes, Director of the Educational Disadvantage Centre, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, was one of the seven invited experts and gave a presentation - A Systems Level Focus on Overcoming Social Inequality through Education and Community Development: Early Intervention and Access - based on a range of national and international research conducted by the Educational Disadvantage Centre.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the Directorate-General for Education and Culture, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (SANCO), the Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA), as well as by representatives from the Directorate-General for Research. The policy themes explored in the presentations and subsequent discussions were with a view to informing future EU Commission policy on social inequalities for the incoming Commission team.

 

 

 

Last Updated: Friday January 22 2010