The European Institute of Education and Social Policy (EIESP) is a non-profit organisation with thirty-four years experience in the analysis of education and training policies in Europe and in the partner countries of the European Union. The institute was founded in 1975 by the European Cultural Foundation to meet a need of the European Commission by contributing to the development of cooperation in education in Europe.

The EIESP contributes through its work and its international network to strengthening cooperation in education in Europe and between Europe and its partners.

The EIESP, which is self-funding on the basis of its contracts and activities, is based in Paris in the Ecole Supérieur de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). It has a small core staff and an extensive network of consultants and partners. It regularly offers internships to post-graduate students. 

The EIESP edits the European Journal of Education (EJE), a peer reviewed journal of international reputation and readership specialised in research on education and the evaluation and review of education and training policies in a global perspective.

 

Activities

The portfolio of projects of the institute covers all the different aspects of lifelong learning: school education, vocational education and training (initial and continuing), adult learning and higher education.

The EIESP has is an experienced, international and innovative partner in education policy design, management, reform and evaluation at European, national, regional and institutional levels. The institute contributes to studies for the European Commission (for example most recently on key competences in school and teacher education). It contributes to reform processes in countries in transition and emerging economies and it undertakes evaluations of innovative European projects and programmes (for example on education for inclusion and diversity).