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The Civil Society Organisations in Bulgaria
and Romania: On the Way Towards a
Europe for All Ages
“ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND KEY
COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONGLEARNING “
Elisabeth Bittner
DG EAC
European Commission
29. Generaldirektion Bildung
und Kultur
Location:Brussels
Akronym: EAC
Commissioner: Jan Figel (Slowak Rep.)
Director General: Odile Quintin (F)
approx.500 staff of which 220 are dealing with
education
Directorate A: Education Policy(90)
DirectorateB: Programmes (130)
Number of staff in education equals numer of staff in Ministry of
Education, Culture and Science in the Saarland, Germany
The challenges facing the future
of Europe
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Globalisation
The knowledge-based society and economy
New technologies / changing organisation of
work
Ageing population
Opportunities but risk of social exclusion!
80 million low-skilled citizens, 19 million
unemployed
Education and training are part
of the solution!
 Knowledge
and skills are determining
factors in employability, excellence,
innovation and growth
 And education and training are part of the
social dimension of Europe
The Lisbon Strategy
Objectives for EU 2010:
 To
become the world’s most
competitive knowledge-based
economy
 Social
cohesion
The 8 Key Competences
that everyone should develop during initial education and training, and
that adults should learn, maintain and update through lifelong learning:
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Communication in the mother tongue
Communication in a foreign language
Mathematical competence and basic competences in
science and technology
Digital competence
Learning-to-learn
Social, Interpersonal and civic competence
Entrepreneurship
Cultural expression
New Generation of Community
programmes
Citizens for Europe ( 2007-2013)
Commission Plan D
Integrated Lifelong Learning
Programme
The Proposals
Integrated LLL programme structure
Integrated Programme
Comenius
Erasmus
School education
Higher education
& advanced
training
Leonardo da
Vinci
Grundtvig
Adult education
Initial and
continuing VET
Transversal programme
4 key activities – Policy development; Language learning; ICT; Dissemination
Jean Monnet programme
3 key activities – Jean Monnet Action; European Institutions; European
Associations
5 benchmarks
Benchmark
2000
Today
(2004)
Trend
2010
Benchmark
2010
1. Early school
leavers, (%)*
17.3
14.9
(D:
12.1)
12-13
10
2. MST graduates
650 000
(2000)
755 000
(2003)
1 000 000
(+35%)
750 000
(+15%)
3. Youth education
Attainment
(upp.sec) %
76.4
77.3
(D:
72.8)
78
85
4. Low achieving
15 year olds,
reading, %
19.4
19.8
(D:
22.3)
20
-20%
(15.5)
5. Participation in
LLL, % of adults*
7.9
10.8
(D:7.
4)
12
12.5
Are we
on the
right
way?
Reform and
modernise to encourage…
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Best practices inside the EU
research, education, training and innovation as
driving force to create more and better jobs
Higher employment rates, life long learning, later
retirement and a better work/life balance (flexible
leave for child care, care for the elderly and
education)
More training opportunities and incentives for
older workers
Guidance
Cooperation with partners
provides added value
using local knowledge
building networks
fostering participation on local
community level
Crucial to successful action
Thank you for your attention!
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/index_en.html