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Cultural Diversity in the EU: A Legacy from the Past, an Asset for the Future
Lecture at the University of OttawaOttawa, 5 June 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear students, Ever since I became European Commissioner in May 2004, I’ve had manyopportunities to debate the topics included in my portfolio with audiences of allkinds. As you probably know, my responsibilities include the policies of the EuropeanUnion on education, training and culture; on…
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Lifelong learning, adult education, and achieving the Lisbon goals
German Adult Education ConferenceBerlin, 4-5 May 2006 Mister President of the federal Republic,Madam President,Madam Bundesministerin,Your Excellencies,Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen,I am delighted to be with you and to have the opportunity to contribute to the12th German Adult Education Conference. The challengesToday’s Europe is confronted with major challenges. We have the effects ofglobalisation, with the emergence of…
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International Competitiveness in Higher Education—A European Perspective
AHUA Annual Conference—Oxford UniversityOxford, 3 April 2006 Let me start by thanking you for the invitation to speak to you today. As theEuropean Commissioner responsible (amongst other things) for education, it iscrucial for me to exchange with those involved in universities, to get a feel forwhat is important to them and how they see the…
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Education: the Key to Europe’s Future
Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Völkerverständigung andCoudenhove-Kalergi-Stiftung ForumKlosterneuburg, 6 March 2006 Dear Dr. Alois Mock, Dear Dr. Josef Hoechtl, Minister Gehrer,Excellencies,Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, IntroductionThe conference organisers suggested that I should speak about education as the key toEurope’s future. Clearly, education does, in many respects, open doors to the future.This is true at the level of the…
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The European Qualifications Framework: The road from consultation to Recommendation
European Qualifications Framework (EQF) conferenceBudapest , 27-28 February 2006 Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to be here in Budapest. I would first like to say that I am verygrateful to you, Mr Magyar for hosting this event and organising it jointlywith the Commission. You showed your enthusiastic support for the development of the…
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Is there a European culture?
London School of EconomicsLondon, 15 February 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen,My thanks to the organisers and my warmest greetings to all of you heretoday.It is a privilege and a pleasure to come and speak here in this worldrenowned institute.It is always a pleasure to be back in London. London is more than acapital. It is a…
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Knowledge Society: A Response to the Challenge of Globalisation
Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, 8 February 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear Students, It is a privilege and a great pleasure to be standing before you today. First of all, Iwish to thank for giving me the opportunity to meet you. I had a curious conversation a couple of weeks ago. I was telling a friend of myupcoming…
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Unity and Diversity: Europe’s Approaches to Culture and Languages
Georgetown UniversityWashington DC, 7 February 2006 1 Introduction Few places are more comfortable for me than a conference hall in a greatAmerican university. As you know, my responsibilities as EuropeanCommissioner include higher education and culture, so this campus and thisaudience make me feel at home. Centres of learning on both sides of the Atlantic bear…
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Intervention in the panel “Muses and Sirens”
Conference “The sound of Europe”Salzburg, 28 January 2006 Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction First of all, I would like to thank Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, President ofthe Council of the European Union, very much for his invitation to thisconference. I also congratulate the Austrian Presidency as a whole fororganising such a high profile event at a…
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Multilingualism and its challenges
33th General Assembly of the International Association of ConferenceInterpreters (AIIC)Hotel Bedford, Brussels, 12 January 2006 Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen,Milí hostia,Vážené dámy a páni, I am very pleased to be able to address you here today, on the occasionof the thirty-third Assembly of AIIC, the International Association ofConference Interpreters. May I begin by extending to you…