EU/EDUCATION: EU asks member States to foster 'Knowledge Triangle'
On 14 October, the European Commission adopted a draft joint progress report on the implementation of the “Education & Training 2010 work programme” named "Delivering lifelong learning for knowledge, creativity and innovation".The contribution of this Joint Report points out to significant recent progress and challenges in education and training reforms and determined that following areas will need particular effort: raising skill levels, Lifelong learning strategies, and foster “the knowledge triangle” (education, research and innovation).
The Education and Training 2010 work programme was agreed by the European Council in 2002 as a major contribution towards the Lisbon strategy. The work programme is aimed at modernising and adapting education and training systems in view of the challenges of the knowledge-based society, globalisation and demographic changes. It is based on the strategic goals and concrete objectives of education and training systems in Europe. Education and Training 2010 also integrates specific actions for vocational education and training (the “Copenhagen process”) and higher education (including the results of the “Bologna process”), as well as the follow-up of the recommendations of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobility.
Download the draft report here .