Monday, November 24, 2008

Towards more ressources for european region in the field of education?

In order to favour a better socialization and integration, and improve competitiveness in Europe, education shoul become a higher priorityThe Committee of the Regions (CoR) agrees with the European Commission's educational objectives, but wants to see sufficient funding to enable regions and local authorities to implement European or national plans.

On 26/27 November 2008, the CoR will decide on its position on the European Commission's Communication on Improving competences for the 21st century. The communication sets out EU proposals to improve literacy, extend access to pre-school provision and strengthen teacher education.

Not only schools but also the Commission's proposed strategies to promote literacy in the school environment – for example through promotion of family literacy and improvements in literacy infrastructure – are relevant to the typical responsibilities of local and regional authorities. The CoR offers the European Commission its support in achieving more effective cooperation on direct pooling of experience between bodies responsible for education policy in the Member States and the regions.

In this context, the regions and local authorities wholeheartedly welcome and support the EU Comenius Regio programme, the launch of which was announced by Commissioner Figel at the CoR on 3 November. Comenius Regio will promote European cooperation on schools at regional and municipal level.

The programme will enable regional networks of educational authorities, administrations, teacher training colleges, schools and other institutions to set up partnerships with counterparts in other European regions. The deadline for the first round of applications for grants from the Comenius Regio Partnerships fund is 20 February 2009. Projects which are selected for grants will be able to start in August 2009. The Committee of the Regions hopes that "the new Comenius Regio programme will give local and regional authorities greater scope to decide for themselves the priorities they would like to set in the support for projects".

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