Education in focus as European parliamentarians discuss Western Balkans
Year/Date: 13/04/2011
The European Parliament and the Hungarian National Assembly, the Országgyulés, co-organise the Joint Parliamentary Meeting “Western Balkans: towards a more integrated Europe” in Brussels 13-14 April.
Members of the European Parliament, national parliaments from EU countries and Western Balkans will discuss developments in the region. One of two sessions will be devoted to integration of citizens, cultural diversity, success of the integration process, and educational aspects of integration.
The meeting will be co-chaired by the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, and the President of the Hungarian National Assembly, László Kövér.
Guest speakers include, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Luka Bebic, and the Head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Sonja Biserko.
The meeting will be broadcast live on European Parliament’s website from Wednesday 14:55 CET.
Find out more
Documents of the joint parliamentary meeting
Photo by Flickr Creative Commons, European Parliament/Pietro Naj-Oleari
Topics
Lifelong learning
Put simply, lifelong learning means that people can – and should have the opportunity to – learn throughout their lives.
Equality in education
Across the world, certain groups of people are still hard pressed to get the most out of their education and training system.
Education and business
Partnership between the worlds of work and education is a process that is set to become an integral part of how we go about developing education.
Employment
“Employment”: a better guidance contributes to broader economic and social well-being by easing the functioning of labour markets.
Skills recognition
Making qualifications transparent and easily readable, even across international frontiers, is a high priority for the ETF.
School and teacher development
Teachers are a critical factor in education reforms. The ETF takes therefore the role of schools and teachers seriously throughout its work.
Key competences
Focusing on key competences is one of the surest ways of keeping education and training relevant in a fast-changing environment.
VET Governance
Governance modes and models have a high correlation with the overall performance of education and training policies, influencing their strategic formulation and implementation.
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