Education and training as a key driver of the Lisbon Strategy - Main contents
Please note
This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.
Contents
official title
Council Resolution of 15 November 2007 on education and training as a key driver of the Lisbon Strategy| Legal instrument | Council resolution |
|---|---|
| Original proposal | COM(2007)581  |
| CELEX number i | 32007G1212(01) |
| Document | 15-11-2007 |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 12-12-2007; OJ C 300 p. 1-2 |
12.12.2007 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 300/1 |
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
of 15 November 2007
on education and training as a key driver of the Lisbon Strategy
(2007/C 300/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
HAVING REGARD TO:
1. |
The strategic goal set for the European Union by the March 2000 Lisbon European Council (1)‘to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion’, as well as the European Council's specific mandate to Education Ministers ‘to undertake a general reflection on the concrete objectives of education systems, focusing on common concerns and priorities while respecting national diversity’. |
2. |
The common objectives set under the detailed work programme adopted by the March 2002 Barcelona European Council (2) on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe (the ‘Education and Training 2010’ work programme), as well as the development of the open method of coordination which opened up perspectives for further cooperation within the Union in the field of education and training. |
3. |
The Council Resolution of 27 June 2002 on lifelong learning (3), which invited the Member States to promote lifelong learning for all by developing and implementing comprehensive and coherent lifelong learning strategies. |
4. |
The mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy conducted by the Spring 2005 European Council and, in particular, the Integrated Guidelines subsequently adopted for the period 2005-2008 which called for an expansion of investment in human capital and the adaptation of education and training systems in response to new competence requirements (4). |
5. |
The conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 14 November 2006 on efficiency and equity within education and training, which stressed that the development of efficient and equitable high quality education and training systems contributes significantly towards reducing the risks of unemployment, social exclusion and wasted human potential in a modern knowledge-based economy (5). |
6. |
The Spring 2007 European Council conclusions (6), which stressed that education and training are prerequisites for a well-functioning knowledge triangle (education-research-innovation) and that they play a key role in boosting jobs and growth, |
NOTING the recent Commission communication (7) assessing the first three years of the revised Lisbon Strategy aimed at enhanced growth, competitiveness and innovation and setting out some key challenges for the future.
WITH A VIEW to ensuring that education and training in a lifelong learning perspective are fully recognised for the indispensable role they play in the Lisbon Strategy and contributing to the forthcoming proposals on the next cycle of the Lisbon Strategy, as well as forging stronger reciprocal links between the new cycle and the related ‘Education and Training 2010’ work programme.
WITH A FURTHER VIEW TO highlighting the added contribution of education and training not only to the Lisbon goals on growth and jobs, but also to meeting other challenges facing European societies, such as increasing globalisation, evolving demographic trends and migration, technological progress, climate change and sustainable development.
STRESSES that:
1. |
Education and training form one apex of the knowledge triangle and are crucial to providing research and innovation with the broad skills base and creativity which these require. They represent the cornerstone on which Europe's future growth and the well-being of its citizens depend. |
2. |
The implementation of comprehensive and coherent... |
More
This text has been adopted from EUR-Lex.
This dossier is compiled each night drawing from aforementioned sources through automated processes. We have invested a great deal in optimising the programming underlying these processes. However, we cannot guarantee the sources we draw our information from nor the resulting dossier are without fault.
This page is also available in a full version containing the legal context, other dossiers related to the dossier at hand and the related cases of the European Court of Justice.
The full version is available for registered users of the EU Monitor by ANP and PDC Informatie Architectuur.
The EU Monitor enables its users to keep track of the European process of lawmaking, focusing on the relevant dossiers. It automatically signals developments in your chosen topics of interest. Apologies to unregistered users, we can no longer add new users.This service will discontinue in the near future.