Equipping citizens with skills for the future
Finland makes AI online course available in all EU languages to encourage lifelong learning. EU ministers stress the importance of gender equality, e.g. in ICT.
Education
Political support for better training of youth workers
EU Youth ministers want to strengthen digital youth work as well as education and training for youth workers.
Council stresses education’s strategic importance
EU education ministers met in Brussels – with Artificial Intelligence on the agenda and a historical joint meeting with finance ministers.
Erasmus+ 2019: Call for Proposals out
The EC published the Erasmus+ Call for Proposals and the Programme Guide 2020. The €3 bn budget is a 12% increase compared to 2019.
Learning from others
The European Commission published collections of inspiring Erasmus+ projects in different thematic areas.
Education is key for economy of wellbeing
EU Ministers responsible for employment back the aim to systematically take into account the wellbeing perspective when designing policy measures.
Think regional, educate European (and vice versa)
The European Commission (EC) makes the case for Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) and launches the second pilot call for CoVE proposals.
Underachievement in basic skills remains a challenge
The EC launched the Education & Training Monitor 2019, which shows further progress towards targets and also highlights the need to better support teachers.
European podium position for student from Lausanne
Océane Patiny shone with her self-constructed remote controlled cylinder at the 31st EU Contest for Young Scientists in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Erasmus+ Work Programme 2020 published
In 2020, the European Universities and Centres of Vocational Excellence pilot schemes will be reinforced.