Commission criticised on lifelong learning strategy

Citation

(2002), "Commission criticised on lifelong learning strategy", Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 26 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/jeit.2002.00326eab.006

Commission criticised on lifelong learning strategy

Commission criticised on lifelong learning strategy

The European Commission has failed to recognize the key role played by regional and local authorities in designing and implementing lifelong-learning strategies, says the European Association of Regions and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning (EARLALL).

Criticizing the Commission's report on Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality, the Association argues that regional and local authorities possess many of the skills needed to implement comprehensive lifelong-learning policies.

The Association nevertheless supports the Commission's vision of building a European area of lifelong learning, which brings together such initiatives as the European employment strategy, the European social agenda, the skills and mobility action plan, the e-learning initiative and the White Paper on youth.

EARLALL was formed last October to develop new forms of cross-border co-operation in lifelong learning.