IBE has joined a network promoting the use of evidence-based policy and practice in education

Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 08:54

Since January 2011, IBE has been a member of a network of European institutions working together to promote "evidence-based policy and practice" in education.

The network comprises 34 partner organisations from 23 European countries. These include academic centres as well as research institutes and other institutions interested in promoting the use of educational research results in educational practice, sharing knowledge, making reliable research results more accessible, enhancing their synthesis, as well as accumulating best practices.

Following a call for proposals by the European Commission to establish a trans-national European network of organisations which will develop and maintain effective and robust "knowledge brokerage" mechanisms in the field of education and training, the network has been awarded funding under the Seventh European Framework Programme. The leading institution in the project is the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. A dedicated website for the project will soon be launched.