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The Work of the Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Date
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DG EAC, Unit C.3, European Commission
Contents1. DG EAC’s mission
2. Overview of policy initiatives in the field of education and training:
Lisbon Strategy, Lifelong Learning policy, EIT, Copenhagen Process,
3. Tools for improving mobility: EQF, Europass, Ploteus
4. Bologna Process
5. Lifelong Learning Programme
6. Other education programmes: Tempus, Erasmus Mundus
7. Culture policy and Culture Programme
8. Youth policy and Youth in Action Programme
9. Europe for Citizens Programme
10. Sport policy
11. The importance of multilingualism
12. Visits to the Commission and Central Library
Why are we active in these areas?
EC Treaty
Article 149To contribute to the
development of quality education by encouraging
cooperation between Member
States and, if necessary, by
supporting and supplementing their
action.
Article 149To contribute to the
development of quality education by encouraging
cooperation between Member
States and, if necessary, by
supporting and supplementing their
action.
Article 150To implement a
vocational training policy which supports and supplements the action of the Member
States.
Article 150To implement a
vocational training policy which supports and supplements the action of the Member
States.
Article 151To contribute to the
flowering of the cultures of the Member
States, while respecting their
national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing
their common cultural heritage to the fore.
Article 151To contribute to the
flowering of the cultures of the Member
States, while respecting their
national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing
their common cultural heritage to the fore.
DG Education and Culture Mission Statement
“To reinforce and promote lifelong learning, linguistic and cultural diversity, mobility and the engagement of European citizens, in particular the young.”
Member States are in charge of their education systems, cultural and youth policies…
…and the European Commission has a supporting, fostering role
DG Education and Culture
Half of all new jobs are created in knowledge-based sectors
But 80 million Europeans are low-skilled…
That’s 32% of the workforce!
Only 15% of jobs are done by those with basic schooling
“Half of all employees in Europe sit behind PCs “
DG EAC coordinates 2 types of activities:
Policy cooperation
with Member StatesAction programmes
grant schemes
Policy cooperation on:
Education and Training
Culture
Youth
Citizenship
Multilingualism
Sport
The main action programmes
• Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)• Culture programme• Youth in Action• Europe for Citizens
Policy environment
Lifelong learningEducation & Training policy coordination
and Education & Training Programme
Policy: Lisbon Strategy
EU to become an advanced knowledge society with sustainable development,
more and better jobs and greater social cohesionLisbon relaunch, 2005
Education and Training 2010: 10-year work programme
Improve quality
Ensure accessibility
Open upto world
National level: Reforms are going in the right direction…
… but performance against the benchmarks could be improved
Lifelong Learning
• encompasses learning for personal, civic and social purposes as well as for employment-related purposes
• takes place in a variety of environments in and outside the formal education and training systems
• Lifelong and lifewide learning!
Lifelong Learning policy
A policy to provide people of all ages with equal
and open access to high-quality learning
opportunities, and to a variety of learning
experiences, throughout Europe
EITThe European Institute of Innovation and Technology
a driving force for innovation
The EIT: objectives
ResearchEducation
Innovation
EIT
• Excellence• Trans & Interdisciplinary approaches• Critical mass & synergies at European level• European identity and symbol reference model• Dissemination of new methods to manage innovation• Add value to existing instruments
• Integration of the Knowledge Triangle
The EIT: Structure
Next generation of ICTs
KIC
The EIT: Governing Board
KIC
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
KIC
Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs)
Partner organisations
EIT
EIT
EIT
EIT
EIT financing architecture
EIT
KIC
EIT Foundation
Other sources Private
Governmental International
Other EU Programmes
(7FP, Structural Funds)
EU directbudget to
the EIT € 308 million
KIC KIC
Tools for improving mobility
Policy: Bologna Process
Bologna Declaration: 1999
Simplify higher education
qualifications
Three cycles (3, 5 and 8 years)
Quality assurance & accreditation/certification mechanisms
Improve mobility
Attract students worldwide
Ensure high standards
Strengthen the European dimension of higher education
46 countries
The Copenhagen process has ambitious aims!
• Make the EU’s vocational education and training (VET) a world reference by 2010
• Use EUROPASS• Quality assurance in VET• ECVET - Credit system for VET• and others…
What is the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)?
Neutral reference point based on learning outcomes(what a learner knows, understands and is able to do)
Translation device for comparing qualifications
There are eight EQF levels
EachEQF
Reference Level
Knowledge
Skills
Wider personal and professional competences
Europass
• Europass CV• Europass Language Passport• Europass Certificate Supplement• Europass Diploma Supplement• Europass Mobility
Filled in by the individual
URL: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu
Filled in and issued by the competent authorities
Ploteus
Portal on Learning Opportunities throughout the European Space
URL: http://europa.eu.int/ploteus/portal
• Internet portal for learning opportunities• Target groups: students, job seekers, workers,
parents, guidance counsellors, teachers• Forthcoming: direct access to national databases
through the Ploteus interface
Lifelong Learning Programme
• Duration: January 2007 – December 2013• Budget: € 7 billion• 31 Participating countries in 2007: 27 EU-Member
States Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Turkey
• The programme is also open for future participation to:• Switzerland• Countries of the Western Balkans
LLP: a four-pillar structure
Comenius
School
education
Erasmus
Higher education & advanced
training
Leonardo
da VinciVocational
education and training
Grundtvig
Adult
education
Transversal Programme4 key activities – Policy cooperation; Languages; ICT; Dissemination and
exploitation of results
Jean Monnet Programme3 key activities – Jean Monnet Action; European
Institutions; European associations
Comenius
School education
Erasmus
Higher education
& advanced training
Leonardo da Vinci
Vocational education and
training
Grundtvig
Adult education
LLP: the budget
≥ 13% ≥ 25% ≥ 4%≥ 40%
Lifelong learning: Comenius for school education
Addressing:• schools from pre-schools schools • Educational community in its broadest sense: local
authorities, parents associations, teacher training institutes
Specific target: • Involve at least 3 million EU school pupils in joint
educational activities by 2013
Lifelong learning: Erasmus for higher education
Addressing:• Students (study & placements)• Teachers (lecturing & training)• Staff of higher education institutions (training)• Universities (multilateral projects, networks)• Enterprises (lecturing, placements, multilateral projects
& networks)
Specific target: • 3 million university students to study abroad by 2012
Lifelong learning: Leonardo da Vinci for vocational education and training (VET)
Addressing:• Trainees in initial vocational training• People available on the labour market• Professionals in vocational education and training• Organisations active in the field
Specific target: • 80 000 training placements each year in companies and
training centres in another EU country by 2013
Lifelong learning: Grundtvig for adult education
Addressing:• Learners, teachers, trainers and other staff in adult
education • Educational institutions, organisations and other bodies
in the field
Specific target: • 7,000 adult students to study abroad each year by 2013
Jean Monnet Programme
• Aims to increase knowledge on European integration world-wide
• Network of 2000 Jean Monnet professors
in 61 countries on 5 continents
• Currently reaching 250.000 students per year
External cooperationand programmes
• Tempus• Erasmus Mundus• Cooperation with Industrialised Countries• Sectoral Policy Dialogue
Tempus
• Tempus supports the modernisation of higher education in 28 Partner countries
• Annual budget of € 50 million.
Erasmus Mundus
• Promotes the EU as a centre of excellence for learning in the world by encouraging joint masters courses, providing scholarships for third country students.
Cooperation with industrialised countries
Sectoral policy dialogue
• Promotes university partnerships and mobility of students and faculty with the most advanced countries
• Outside EU
• Aims to exchange best practices through seminars and studies on selected topics
• Targeted on both industrialised countries such as Australia, and important partners such as China, Israel, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
How are these programmes implemented?The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive
Agency (EACEA) • Day-to-day management of centralised strands of the
programmes: ca 3,500 new projects and operating grants a year
• Informs about funding opportunities and supports applicants / beneficiaries
The National Agencies for Lifelong Learning • Day-to-day management of many of our actions in the
Member States, your first contact point for questions about our programmes
Policy coordination and Programme Culture
Objectives of the European Agenda for Culture:
• Promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue
• Promote culture as a catalyst for creativity
(Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs)
• Promote culture as a vital element
in EU's international relations
Main policy developments in the culture field
• European Agenda for Culture in a globalising World (May 2007)
• Workplan for Culture 2008-2010 (May 2008)
• Member State experts sharing experience
• Dialogue with the culture sector: 3 Platforms
How can we integrate the Culture Sector into the Lisbon agenda?
• Invest in creativity and business education• Reinforce the Internal Market for creative people,
products and services• Promote links between creators and technology
The Culture ProgrammeObjectives: • To promote mobility of cultural operators• To support mobility of artistic works and products• To promote intercultural dialogue
Budget: 400 million € for 2007-2013
Implementation: • Day-to-day management of centralised strands
by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Executive Agency (EACEA)• Cultural Contact Points implement
the programme in the Member States
The Culture Programme
General EYID objectives
• Promote intercultural dialogue as a process of integration in a more open and more complex world
• Encourage cultural diversity • Develop a European citizenship open to the world
Policy coordination and Programme Youth
Youth policies: Instruments
• Open method of coordination (OMC)• European Youth Pact• Youth in Action Programme• European Knowledge Centre on Youth Policies• European Youth portal• Structured dialogue with young people• Consulting young people on matters which
concern them
Youth policies Priorities for active citizenship
• Participation• Information• Volunteering• Better knowledge /
understanding of youth
European cooperation on youth policies: Social and Professional integration
• Priorities for the European Youth Pact• Employment and social inclusion• Education (incl. entrepreneurship)
training and mobility• Reconciliation of family/work life
What are the aims of the new Youth in Action programme?
The new action programme for Europe’s young people, 2007 - 2013
• Promote active citizenship• Foster youth solidarity to promote
social cohesion• Support mutual understanding in society • Improve information provision for young people• Support European co-operation
on youth policies
The Five main avenues for action under Youth in Action
1. Youth for Europe
2. European Voluntary Service
3. Youth of the world
4. Youth workers and support systems
5. Support for policy co-operation
The Youth in Action programme
• Budget: 915 million €• The implementation of the programme
is managed by the Education, Audiovisual
and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) • National Agencies of the Programme promote
and implement the Programme at national level.
The new action programme to promote civic participation in the EU, 2007 - 2013
Europe for citizens
What are the aims of the Europe for citizens programme?
Help citizens participate actively in building Europe Develop the feeling of a European identity and sense of
belonging to the EU Improve understanding among people through
intercultural dialogue Budget: 215 millions €
Specific objectives of the Europe for citizens programme
• Get European citizens to exchange experiences,
learn our common history and build our future together• Promote action, dialogue and reflection
on our common values• Bring Europe closer to its citizens• Foster the interaction of European
civil society organisations
The main avenues of action under Europe for citizens
• “Active citizens for Europe”: town twinning• “Active civil society in Europe”:
support for civil society organisations• “Together for Europe”:
visibility and communication activities• “Active European Remembrance”:
in particular, relating to legacy of totalitarian regimes
The implementation of the programme is managed
by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Policy coordination
Europe and Sport
EU & Sport
2007: a landmark year• Adoption of the White Paper on Sport (07/ 2007)• Inclusion of sport in the Treaty of Lisbon (12/2007)• Start of White Paper implementation
(as of second half 2007)
2008: consolidation & preparation• Continuation of White Paper implementation
EU & Sport2008 – 2009: Intense cooperation at three levels
Member States:• Informal EU Sport Ministers & EU Sport Directors
• Member States Working Group “White Paper implementation” EU Working Groups: Health, Doping, Economics, Non-profit sport
organisations
Sport movement:• Annual EU Sport Forum, Strengthened Structured Dialogue for
sport at EU level, Enhancing EU Social Dialogue structures for sport
European Commission / Inter-institutional:• Inter Service Group on Sport• European Parliament, EESC, CoR
MultilingualismThe importance of Multilingualism
Languages contribute to competitiveness and growth
• Creating an effective internal market• Skills and adaptability of the workforce• Promoting mobility of labour and professions• Removing barriers to growth• Stimulating job creation and enterprise• Innovation, research and development• Social cohesion, personal development
Overall policy:
‘Mother tongue plus two’Heads of State and Government
of the European Union,
Barcelona, March 2002
Multilingualism boosts European competitiveness
Outcomes of the study on languages management
and export performance
What languages will SMEs need in next 3 years?
• Policy cooperation with Member States• Action programmes - grant schemes
Our Action Programmes
DG EAC’s main activities:
DG EACLifelong learning
Culture programme Youth Action
Europe for Citizens
Visits to the Commission
• Priority information visits, made-to-measure programmes for targeted groups of information multipliers (Journalists, Members of national or regional parliaments, senior civil servants etc.)
• General conferences on the European Institutions intended for the general public
(Students, schools and people who have little or no previous knowledge of the EU)
Central Library of the Commission
The Central Library of the European Commission • is a reference and research unit which works in close
association with the specialised libraries of other Directorates-General or Services.
• holds the Commission's main stock of monographs, periodicals and annuals and is responsible for applying a balanced acquisitions policy.
Traineeships in the Commission
• Each year in October and in March, the Commission welcomes 600 administrative trainees for a period of 5 months. They work in different Commission services.
• The traineeship programme is open to university graduates from all over the world.
• Minimum requirements: 1) Bachelor’s degree and 2) good command of English, French or German + another official EU language.
More information:
• DG EAC’s website: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture
• E-mail: eac-info@ec.europa.eu
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