This brochure explores what learning a language can do for you, its joys and challenges, how you can improve your language skills, and what the EU is doing to support language learning.

brochure - 2010 - 36 pages

The White Paper is the Commission's contribution to the European debate on the importance of sport in our daily lives. This is the first time that sportrelated issues have been addressed in such a comprehensive manner at EU level.

brochure - 2007 - 21 pages

Europe is the cradle of the Olympic idea. Sport attracts the vast majority of European citizens and most of the popular international sport disciplines and competitions are practised here. Sport fulfils an important societal role which adds to its sporting and economic dimensions. It provides services which are vital to the well-being of society. Public actors, including the European Union, have thus a significant responsibility for supporting sport. This has been acknowledged at the highest European political level in various political statements, such as the 1997 Amsterdam Declaration and the 2000 Nice Declaration.

brochure - 2007 - 208 pages

The DG EAC Sport Unit wished to renew the poll it had commissioned in 2003, related to the practice and the image of sport within the European Union. Indeed, 2004 has been a year rich in prestigious sports events such as the European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, organised in Portugal and the Athens Olympic Games. This poll also took place while the European year of education through sport 2004 came to an end. This initiative of the European Union aims to promote the educational and social values of sports in the European Union.

brochure - 2004 - 65 pages

2008 is a special year for the Youth in Action programme, as it marks the celebration of 20 years of fruitful cooperation in the area of youth through the implementation of European programmes benefiting young people and youth workers. It all sprang from the strong belief that in addition to formal education, non-formal learning experiences are also valuable: spending some time abroad to develop a specific project with young people from other countries is an enriching and educational experience. Since the launch of the first programme, called Youth for Europe, in 1988, more than 1.5 million young people and youth workers have participated in tens of thousands of EU-supported projects!

brochure - 2009 - 23 pages

In today’s increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, global cooperation and solidarity are very important values. P romoting such values amongst young generations across the globe is a key step to pave the way for more open and cohesive societies. Encouraging exchanges among young people and supporting the development of their skills and capacities as future leaders is fundamental to enhance mutual understanding and lay the basis for constructive dialogue and solid relationships with our partners around the world.

brochure - 2009 - 27 pages

The Youth in Action Programme (2007-2013) targets young people aged 15-28 (in some cases 13-30), and aims to promote active European citizenship, non-formal learning, solidarity and tolerance, intercultural dialogue and mobility among Europe’s youth. To this end, it supports a wide variety of youth projects designed to facilitate dialogue and joint activities among young people from different backgrounds. The programme allows young people to engage in youth activities such as exchanges, voluntary service and youth initiatives throughout the European Union and beyond. With more than 100 000 young Europeans participating in more than ten thousand projects every year, the Youth in Action Programme has a huge impact not only on the young participants and youth workers themselves, but also on youth NGOs and national youth policies in general.

brochure - 2008 - 24 pages

The Eurobarometer opinion poll on young people 2007 is a special one - it is the first one which reflects the answers of young people in all 27 Member States of the European Union. I find it particularly interesting to note that in 2007 the European Union has become an equivalent for freedom of movement for 90% of the young people. This is a clear progress compared to the findings of the last Eurobarometer youth survey of 2001. I was also pleasantly surprised to read that an important majority of young people state their interest in politics and current affairs.

brochure - 2007 - 16 pages

The current generation of young Europeans is the fi rst to have grown up in a largely borderless and peaceful Europe, with all that implies in terms of mobility, multilingualism, and new cultural and economic opportunities. Whereas their parents and grandparents defi ned themselves along national lines, many young people today have added a European dimension to that description.

leaflet - 2007 - 2 pages