The Framework of Reference showed both substantial diversity across participating countries and concerns that were common to all. These commonalities were interrogated in relation to the literature on successful educational leadership to develop a number of recommendations for policy and practice, as it would be remiss not to draw the conclusions evident from the data collected. Therefore, a number of recommendations drawn from these sources were presented.

The country reports and the Framework of Reference revealed that a number of developments with regard to the conditions and challenges of school leaders are identical or similar in many countries. The identified trends form the basis for the following systemic recommendations to policy makers at European, national and local levels.

The Recommendations were put together in brochures ready-made for individual "markets". Therefore, more than one version can be found for some languages.