ARCHIVES

eLearning

The eLearning initiative of the European Commission sought to mobilise the educational and cultural communities, as well as the economic and social players in Europe, in order to speed up changes in the education and training systems for Europe's move to a knowledge-based society.

Connect Initiative

Following an initiative of the European Parliament, CONNECT was launched in 1999. The aim of the initiative is to support European innovative projects which reinforce synergies and links in the areas of education, training and culture, associated with new technologies.

Second Chance Schools   (french version) (1999/2001)

The pilot projects to provide opportunities through education and training are directed at young people who lack both the basic knowledge and the specific competencies to benefit fully from training or to find employment. The guiding principle of the projects is to set up strong and lasting partnerships of local players who share a concern for the social and economic reinsertion of young people faced with exclusion.

Education and active citizenship (french version) (1997/1998)

This site provides a focus for the dissemination of policy-relevant ideas, activities and resources in the field of learning for active citizenship. This is a theme which concerns all three DGXXII action programme domains: education, training and youth. It is also relevant for both young people and adults, in both formal and non-formal learning contexts.