Education and Training European Policies

The main sites about legislation from European Comission on Education and Training are the following:

Further information available from the Education and Training and Youth portals on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

The links and documents below are a summary of European Policies on Education and Training with the application to e-Learning and can be find on Portal "Europa - Gateway to the European Union" on http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

• SCADPlus: The Lisbon Special European Council (March 2000): Towards a Europe of Innovation and Knowledge

The aim of the Lisbon Special European Council of 23-24 March 2000 was to invigorate the Community's policies, against the backdrop of the most promising economic climate for a generation in the Member States

• European Commission - Information Society - Education and Culture

  Education and training of the European citizen in the context of the information society aims to improve the learning process through more autonomous individualised learning, develop higher quality learning material and broaden access to learning resources and services for all. In addition it focuses on providing advanced facilities to allow distance virtual learning and new ways of interaction between tutors and learners.

• Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013

The European Union (EU) is reaching a significant number of its citizens directly through its education and training programmes. The general objective of the lifelong learning programme is to contribute towards the development of the Community as an advanced knowledge society in accordance with the objectives of the Lisbon strategy. By supporting and supplementing action by the Member States, it aims to foster interchange, cooperation and mobility between education and training systems within the Community so that they become a world quality reference.  

SCADPlus: Concrete future objectives of education systems

Concrete future objectives of education systems in European Union

The aim of this report is to set out the concrete future objectives of education systems for the next ten years, in accordance with the mandate given by the conclusions of the Lisbon European Council held on 23 and 24 March 2000. These jointly-agreed objectives, which will allow all Europeans to participate in the new knowledge society, will be met using the 'open method of coordination'. 

 THE EUROPE OF KNOWLEDGE 2020

The Europe of Knowledge 2020: a vision for university-based research and innovation Liège, Belgium, 25-28 April 2004 Introduction to the parallel sessions Page Session 1: Knowledge production and certification 2 Session 2: University-industry relations and innovation 4 Session 3: Interdisciplinary research 10 Session 4: A new paradigm for relations between 13 higher education and research Session 5: A changing environment and new demands 20 For research training Session 6: Universities ...