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The development of The development of education education and and the structural the structural
policy of the European policy of the European UnionUnion
Budapest - 2004 October 25
Halász GáborNational Institute for Public Education
Budapesrt
Questions to be treated
• Structural policy and educational development in the EU: the background
• The emergence of a European lifelong learning (LLL) policy in the nineties
• The increasing importance of learning in employment and structural policies
• Perspectives for new and old member countries
Structural policy and educational development: the background
• The origins: limited possibilities for using structural funds for educational development
• Examples of structural funds being used successfully for educational development in a few countries (e.g. Ireland, Portugal) in the nineties – the condition of success: connecting educational
development strongly to social, economic and territorial development
• The emergence of the European LLL policy changes the scene
The emergence of the European LLL policy and the European Employment Strategy/1
• Global trends shaping EU policies on learning• The great „breakthrough”: the 1993 Delors
report on growth, employment and competitiveness
• The emergence of a new European LLL policy– The 1995 White Book on „Teaching and Learning
” and the European LLL year (1996)– The LLL Memorandum (2000) and the
communication on „Making a European area of lifelong learning a reality” (2001)
Learning in employment asnd structural policy/1
• The late nineties:– The emergence of the new
European Employment Strategy (EES) – A key feture of EES: improving the adaptability
of working force through LLL– Employment becomes increasingly linked with
structural policy (ESF becomes the instrument of the new EES)
• The implications for the education sector: education increasingly connected with structural policy through EES
Learning in employment asnd structural policy/2
• Valorising learning in the European Employment Strategy– Defining common LLL goals: the guidelines
– Reporting on national LLL policies: LLL policy evaluation in the the NAPs and the Joint reports
• Related education sector measures• Growing impact on structural policy and on
the regulation of structural funds
Learning in employment asnd structural policy /3
• The objectives of structural policy in the 2000-2006 period –the three objectives
• The new (2000-2006) third objective: developing education and training and investing into human resources
• Education and training in structural policy after 2006 – possible scenarios– Lisbon process as a strong common political priority– The outcome of policy coordination between member
states (OMC)– The improvement of inter-sectoral cooperation– Expectations and attitudes of new member countries
Perspectives
• A question to be answered by the education sector: „How to harness structural policy for educational development?”
• New opportunities (new resources) but also new challenges (greater) interdependence with other sectors)
• What should the education sector do:– Exploring better linkages between national education
policy priorities and those of EU structural policy– Strengthening cooperation between education and
other sectors (employment, social affaires, territorial development, public management reform)
– Sharing successful practices between countries
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