Observatory SOS-Attendance

It is our pleasure once again to share with you the latest milestones of the Erasmus+ SOS‑Attendance project. In recent months, our team carried out dissemination activities across participating countries, launched the international School Attendance Poster Competition, and welcomed new partners from Portugal, including the Agrupamento de Escolas Diogo de Macedo, the Agrupamento de Escolas de Vila Verde, and the Institute of Education at the Universidade do Minho.

The project concluded with its Final Conference on June 19–20, hosted at the Faculty of Education of the University of Alicante, where partners from Turkey, Italy, Portugal, and Spain gathered to reflect on three years of collaborative research. These events, together with ongoing publications and participation in congresses and networks, have strengthened our collective efforts to improve school attendance and prevent absenteeism.

The proceedings book of the "II International Workshop: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Global Strategies to Address School Attendance Problems", held on June 19–20 in Alicante as part of the Final Conference of the SOS-Attendance project, is now available.

https://www.sosattendance.eu/en/observatory/pedagogical-resources/proceedings-book-ii-international-workshop-cross-cultural

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On July 14th, the Portuguese team of the SOS-Attendance project hosted a seminar at Hotel Meliã in Braga, gathering 62 participants including teachers, researchers, parents, and students. The event opened with an overview of the project’s goals and methodology, followed by a keynote from Professor Trude Havik (University of Stavanger, Norway) on the root causes of absenteeism and the importance of student perspectives.

The second part featured preliminary findings from the Portuguese implementation, a group reflection on challenges and strategies, and a keynote by Professor Cendel Karaman (Middle East Technical University, Türkiye) exploring the Turkish education system’s relevance to the project.

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On June 19 and 20, the final conference of the SOS-Attendance project took place at the Faculty of Education of the University of Alicante in Spain. During this event, partners from Turkey, Italy, Portugal, and Spain gathered to discuss the project's progress after three years of research.

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The SOS-Attendance Turkey team organized a roundtable meeting with a group of stakeholders consisting of local education authorities, school principals, academics, and sociologists. During the meeting, the project process and dissemination activities were reviewed.

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