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'Variable-geometry'
Europe
'Variable-geometry' Europe is the
term used to describe the idea of a method of differentiated
integration which acknowledges that there are irreconcilable
differences within the integration structure and therefore
allows for a permanent separation between a group
of Member States and a number of less developed integration
units.
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Vocational
training
Vocational training policy is based
on Article 150 of the Treaty establishing the European
Community, which provides that: "The Community shall
implement a vocational training policy which shall
support and supplement the action of the Member States,
while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member
States for the content and organisation of vocational
training".
Vocational training is an essential
element of the Lisbon Strategy which contributes to
employment. Following the Bruges initiative of the
senior civil servants responsible for vocational training
(October 2001), an enhanced cooperation process was
initiated in the education and vocational training
field. The Copenhagen Declaration (2002) and the Maastricht
Communiqué (2004) reasserted the priorities
of transparency, recognition and training quality
and set out priorities at national level.
Two important schemes were devised:
Europass-Training (1998), which described skills acquired
by training abroad, and Europass (2004), which combines
five documents aimed at providing a clear and simple
picture of the qualifications and skills of citizens
throughout Europe.
The Leonardo da Vinci sectoral programme,
as part of the action programme for education and
life-long learning is the funding vehicle for training
activities. It seeks to support and supplement the
action taken by the Member States, by promoting transnational
partnership and mobility, innovation and quality of
training and also the European dimension of training
systems and practice.
The European agencies and bodies active
in the field of training are:
- the European Centre for the Development
of Vocational Training (Cedefop), with its headquarters
in Thessaloniki, established in 1975;
- the European Training Foundation,
Turin, established in 1994;
- the Advisory Committee on Vocational
Training, set up in 2004 to assist the Commission
in carrying out its policy.
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