The Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme:

Structure of presentation  Political context  The current programmes: Experiences and conclusion  The design of the new programme  Road Map and Implementation measures

Political context (1) The challenge  Economic changes  Competition, globalization and knowledge- based economy  More flexible and demanding labour market  Social changes  Demographical development  More diverse society & need for social inclusion  Wider Europe - a changing EU with new borders

Political context (2) Central role of education and training  March 2000: Lisbon European Council: Most competitive knowledge-based economy  March 2002: Barcelona European Council: European Union as ‘World quality reference’  Bologna process (Declaration on higher education, June 1999)  Copenhagen process (Declaration on vocational training, November 2002)

The Experience (1) Public consultation  Great enthusiasm for programmes but much too bureaucratic, inflexible and over- complicated  Programmes should develop European citizenship, language learning, and regional aspect  Decentralised procedures simpler and more user friendly

The Experience (2) Interim Evaluations (Socrates, LdV):  Coverage and focus valuable and appropriate with good results, but not well disseminated  Administrative and financial procedures improved but still horrible  Excessive detail in legislation  Need more synergy and coherence between actions, programmes and policy

The Conclusions  Continuity  Substantial increase of resources  Separate internal and external programmes  Simplify and make more flexible  “Integrated Programme” for lifelong learning

The Proposal Integrated LLL Programme  4 sectoral programmes:  Comenius  Erasmus  Leonardo da Vinci  Grundtvig

The Proposal Integrated LLL programme  A transversal programme:  Policy development  Language learning  New technologies (ICT)  Dissemination and exploitation of results

The Proposal Integrated LLL programme  Jean Monnet Programme:  Action Jean Monnet  Support for European education/training institutions  Support for European associations

The Proposals Integrated LLL programme - structure Integrated Programme Comenius School education Erasmus Higher education & advanced training Leonardo da Vinci Initial and continuing VET Grundtvig Adult education Transversal programme 4 key activities – Policy development; Language learning; ICT; Dissemination Jean Monnet programme 3 key activities – Jean Monnet Action; European Institutions; European Associations

The Programme  Generic actions:  Individual mobility  Partnerships  Projects and networks  Operating grants, Reference material, Accompanying measures

The Programme  Simplification  Less detail in legislation  Coherence across constituent programmes  One programme Committee (No more sub- committees)  Principle of proportionality in financial rules: not yet achieved

The Programme  Targets  5% school pupils in Comenius  3 million Erasmus students by 2011  150,000 Leonardo trainee placements per year by  25,000 adult mobilities per year by 2013

What’s new? 1.Integrative approach 2.Structure of the programme 3.Substantial increase of the budget 4.Quantified targets 5.General focus of the programme 6.New actions under the sub-programmes 7.Administrative procedures

Road Map So Far …  Communication on Financial perspectives February 2004  Communication on new programmes March 2004  New European Parliament: elections June 2004  Legislative proposal 14 July 2004  New Commission November 2004

Road Map  Political agreement on Financial Perspectives : June 2005?  1st Reading: July/September 2005?  2nd Reading: 2005/2006?  Conciliation procedure…?  Decision adopted early to mid-2006? Next steps

What next? Implementation measures  During 2005: Work on implementation arrangements/develop new actions  2006: Information campaign  May/July 2006: Call for proposals 2007/08  Nov 2006: Deadline for centralised applications 2007/08