To broaden the independence of education centres and strengthen education networks throughout Catalonia

It is necessary to expand on the powers and functions of the teams, to boost their capacity to exert leadership when it comes to educational transformation and to incorporate efficient accountability processes. Along these lines, it is important to pick up on proposals made as a result of the Act on Education of Catalonia (LEC), and to encourage the formation of stable, cohesive educational teams by devising a new system for the recruitment and incorporation of individuals into teaching, broadening flexibility of secondment and progressing towards a single teaching staff body for compulsory stages. On a local and county level, it is necessary to extend and deliver funding for education plans and agreements, setting out priorities and planning their management in conjunction with stakeholders from the fields of education, social services, welfare and family, young people, employment and health. This must be done to ensure education networks address education both in and out of class and to guarantee coordination of initiatives and assessment of outcomes. Cooperation and coordinated work must bring about financial savings.