1. Recent policy developments DG EAC
Education and Training Statistics Working Group
Luxembourg, 15-16/6/2015
Luca Pappalardo - DG EAC A4

2. Main developments in the past year
New Commission / New Commissioner
Investment plan for Europe
European Semester 2015 /new CSR
ET 2020 Joint Report
ETER
Bologna Report

3. Tibor Navracsics New Commissioner
Contribute to the jobs, growth and investment package for aspects related to education infrastructure.
Contribute to the European Semester, which should be the vehicle for pursuing the modernisation of education systems, and the targets set in the Europe 2020 strategy.
Promoting culture as a catalyst for innovation, by maximising the sector’s contribution to jobs and growth and by helping Europe’s culture sectors to reach out to new audiences, using the Creative Europe programme to best effect.
Promoting excellence and networking among European universities, with action such as the U-Multirank platform to compare and choose universities, and supporting the mobility of students, through ERASMUS+.
Contributing to reinforcing the “knowledge triangle” between education, business and research.
Tibor Navracsics

4. Investment plan for Europe
Mobilises 315 bln EUR
Targets key sectors – among which, education and training
Establishes the European Fund for Strategic Investment, integrated in the EIB group

5. European Semester
New approach
CSRs more focused
Only key priority issues with macro-economic relevance
Actions to be taken within months
CSRs reduced by around 60%
CSRs on education and training for 13 MSs (AT, BG, CZ, DE, EE, HU, IT, LV, LT, MT, RO, SK, UK)

6. CSRs
Issues covered in the 2015

7. ET 2020 joint report Evaluates progress of implementation of ET 2020
Identify priority areas
State of play: Commission is finalising the Communication, which should then be adopted by the Council

8. ET 2020 Joint Report New proposed priority areas:
Relevant and high-quality skills and competences for employability, innovation and active citizenship
Inclusive education, non-discrimination and promotion of civic competences
Open and innovative education and training, including by fully embracing the digital era
Selection, education and support of educators
Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications to facilitate learning and labour mobility
Sustainable investment, performance and efficiency of education and training systems

9. ETER What is it? ETER = European Tertiary Education Register
creates an official list of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Europe, including a set of basic data
A service contract of DG EAC (with DG RTD and Eurostat) with four core partners (USI, Sapienza, Joanneum, NIFU).
Timeframe: – –
Data to be collected for 2011 (a.a. 2011/2012) and 2012 (a.a. 2012/2013)

10. ETER
Results
The dataset is available on‐line
36 countries: EU, EEA‐EFTA, candidate countries
List of HEIs for all countries
Data for 29 countries and 2673 HEIs (2254 with data)
Data refer to the year 2011
Data for 2012 to be integrated in summer 2015

11. Bologna implementation report
The 2015 report published in may
A new report is planned for 2018
Key priorities identified in the
Yerevan Communiqué:
Quality
Employability
Inclusiveness
Structural reforms