Sirius Network – Migrant Education
SIRIUS 2.0 is the MPG-led network that brings together educational stakeholders (researchers, policymakers and practitioners as well as migrants and refugees themselves) to support inclusive policy development and facilitate the integration of children and young people with migration background in education.
Highlights
Since 2012, SIRIUS has consolidated and raised the migrant and refugee education agenda as the EU’s main advisor and expert.
SIRIUS’ diverse membership has prepared dozens of publications, recommendations and meetings and reached over 5,000 national and EU stakeholders.
Project website
www.sirius-migrationeducation.org
Contact
Lucia Colonna
lcolonna@migpolgroup.com
Partners
MPG – Migration Policy Group
European Commission
Education and Culture
National Partners
Don Bosco International/ European Parents’ Association/ Multi Kulti Collective / Forum for Freedom in Education / Network of Education Policy Centre / PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies / University Lapland / Universite de Montpellier III / Farafina Institute / Hellenic Open University / University of Western Macedonia / Economic and Social Research Institute / New Communities Partnership / Public Policy and Management Institute / Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions / Risbo / Ostfold University College / Educational Research Institute / Risbo / Ostfold University College / Educational Research Institute / High Commissioner for Migration / University of Porto / Educational Research Institute / Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona / Fryshuset / Leeds Beckett University / Salesiani per il Sociale
Since 2012, MPG has helped to found and coordinate the SIRIUS network in order put migrant and refugee pupils on the agenda of the mainstream education stakeholders at EU, national and local level. From 2017 to 2021, the European Commission has been funding SIRIUS as part of the EU Integration Action Plan to promote more effective integration policies within the education sector.
Project deliverables
- National and regional policy workshops for inclusive policy-making in 18 EU countries;
- Study visits promoting transnational learning among partners and relevant stakeholders
- SIRIUS Watch, the flagship research initiative monitoring the most significant changes in policy, implementation and knowledge across the EU
- SIRIUS annual policy conferences aimed at disseminating the findings of the network to relevant stakeholders and promoting exchange and collaboration between partners
