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Smart, effective and inclusive investment in education infrastructure

The overall purpose of this study was to review recent trends and provide policy recommendations on smart, effective, and inclusive investment in education infrastructure in the EU27. The study covered all levels of education and training by ISCED 2011, including early childhood, primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary, and tertiary education. The focus was on 27 Member States of the EU, with the mapping carried out in each country with assistance of national experts. In countries where the governance of education infrastructure is decentralised (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Spain), regions were subject to analysis too. 

As part of this study, comprehensive desk research, scoping interviews, national (regional) mapping exercise and analysis of good practice examples were carried out. The mapping exercise was at the core of this study and involved comprehensive analysis of EU27 current situation regarding investment in education infrastructure. The mapping revealed that although many EU27 countries mostly invest their regional and national funds in education infrastructure and carry out at least some form of investment needs assessments, forecasts and infrastructure monitoring, the efforts made to collect data on education infrastructure are usually not systematic and investment planning is not always based on current needs.

Final report is available at https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/01ea6b48-d266-11ec-a95f-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-293192365.