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The ECVET Recommendation takes place in an overall European strategy which combines diverse policies to promote European skills and knowledge in the worlwide environment.

COPENHAGEN PROCESS

National authorities and social partners from 33 European countries are taking part in the Copenhagen Process to help develop vocational education and training systems.
 
Since 2002 (date of the Copenhagen declaration), national education ministers have met every two years to review the process.
 
The latest revision took place in December 2010 in Bruges, Belgium
       where the European Ministers for Vocational Training, the European Social Partners and the European Commission set the priorities of the Copenhagen Process for 2011-2020.
 
In the downloading area :
  • the Copenhagen declaration (2002)
  • the Bruges communique (Dec 2010)
  • the Bruges joint declaration (Dec 2010)
 
For more information on this topic and to find all the intermediate documents of the Copenhagen process since 2002 in all languages : >>>

EUROPE 2020

At the end of the working dates of the Lisbon strategy, the EC has established a new planning to address the needs of Europe until 2020. In this document, European politicians recognised that education and training are essential to promote Europe in the global market. Professional education and training are particularly emphasized as key factors for a search of excellence and inclusion for all categories of citizens.

The "EUROPE 2020" document is available at >>>

Key documents related to "Europe 2020", declined for Education and Training are available in the downloading area of this page :

  • A new impetus for European cooperation in VET to support the Europe 2020 strategy
  • The European framework for key competences for Lilelong learning : eight key competences necessary for personal fulfilment, active citizenship, social inclusion and employability in a knowledge society
  • the strategic framewrok for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020) .

 

To further information and other languages : >>>   

European Agenda for Adult learning (up to 2020)

On 28 November 2011,  the Council of the European Union has adopted an important new policy document, theEuropean Agenda for Adult Learning, which consolidates policy in the field of adult learning under the four strategic objectives of "ET2020".

Aimed at enabling all adults to develop and enhance their skills and competences throughout their lives, this new Council resolution builds on the achievements of the Action Plan on Adult Learning (2008-2010) and complements existing policy initiatives in the areas of school education, higher education (Bologna process) and vocational education and training (Copenhagen process). While being addressed primarily to national governments and authorities with a view to encouraging them to take the necessary steps to improve the adult learning sector in their respective countries, theEuropean Agenda for Adult Learningwill provide the basis for the Commission's policy activities at European level in the coming years, and will also steer the priorities to be adopted in the adult learning sector within the EU education and training programme – at present the Grundtvig programme for adult learning within the Lifelong Learning Programme, and in the medium term the "Erasmus for All" programme

More information is available from the press release from the Council:

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/educ/126392.pdf


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