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SIRIUS builds up on the national (and regional) activities and knowledge creation that took place between 2012 to 2014 with the European
Commission’s support. It is expected that the national (and regional) activities within the 2017-2021 strategy have a direct impact on
national policy implementation across the European Union (EU) with the goal of enabling inclusive and equitable education environments
for children and young people with a migrant background.
Such activities create a follow-up to the national-level cooperation and networking, recommendations and knowledge that were created
and applied by SIRIUS since 2012. They will enable the transfer of research findings into policies and practice so that practitioners can
better use the available evidence and advise to build policy consensus and effective implementation at school and community level.
Some SIRIUS partners and policymakers have identified common regional challenges within similar contexts. For example, the Baltic
States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) started the cooperation as a pilot regional activity through SIRIUS. Regional cooperation has
proven to be a successful and inspiring experience bringing together various ministry representatives and stakeholders. The Baltic
regional cooperation will be consolidated into a partnership to tackle a wider variety of migrant education issues, particularly refugee
education. This process will develop a best practice methodology that will then be transferred to other regions, particularly other new
migrant and refugee destination countries, such as the Balkans
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