European co-operation: Main policy initiatives on education and training taken by the European Union

The overall basis for EU-wide co-operation in education and training is set out in the "ET 2020" strategic framework adopted in May 2009. Below you can find a compendium of key documents on EU policies in education and training.

With actions at all levels of education and training, there are four objectives to ET 2020: making lifelong learning and mobility a reality; improving the quality and efficiency of education and training; promoting equity, social cohesion and active citizenship; and enhancing creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. Activities also contribute to the Bologna intergovernmental process in the field of higher education.

This comprehensive compendium, which is copied from the European Commission Education and Training website, includes official documents from the three main EU decision-making bodies – the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament.

• The strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training ("ET 2020")
  Policy framework; implementation; EU programmes supporting the policy framework and lifelong learning

• Mobility and lifelong learning instruments

• Lifelong learning strategies
  Policy framework; implementation and European tools

• Higher Education Reform
  Policy framework; university business dialogue; programmes supporting higher education, including the Bologna Process

• School education policies
  Policy framework and monitoring instruments; programmes supporting school education

• Vocational education and training policies
  Policy framework and monitoring instruments; programmes supporting vocational education and training

• Adult learning
  Policy framework and monitoring instruments; programmes supporting adult education

• Research and Analysis

• Facilitating mobility
  Policy framework; mobility instruments

• Promoting multilingualism
  Policy framework; programmes supporting multilingualism

• ICT for innovation and lifelong learning (Information and Communication Technology)
  Policy framework; programmes supporting ICT

• The European Institute of Innovation and Technology

• Measuring progress in education and training (Statistics, indicators and benchmarks)