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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…
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Towards an EU Strategy for Cultural Heritage
European Cultural Heritage Forum—Europa NostraBrussels, 7 December 2005 Your Royal Highness,President Sigmund,Chairman Sifunakis,His Excellency von der Gablentz,Distinguishes guests,Ladies and gentlemen, What does the European Union do for cultural heritage today? Culture 2000 and Culture 2007 Programmes This is an example of how a derelict Evangelical church may become a cultural centre and art museum. on…
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Education and Entrepreneurship”
Education to Entrepreneurship — SME UnionBrussels, 7 December 2005 Ladies and gentlemen,It’s a pleasure to be here today to speak to you about entrepreneurship and education(Slide 1).In doing so, I would like to place my comments in the context of the widerframework of the revised Lisbon strategy for Growth and Jobs. It is clear thateducation…
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Holding the future in your hands
National Taras Shevchenko UniversityKyiv, 11 November 2005 Distinguished Professors,Dear students,Ladies and Gentlemen: I like to open my speeches telling audiences why I decided to be with them andwhy participating to their event is important to me. As I was preparing for this occasion, I looked for the words that would expressthe very special feeling I…
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Opening Speech
25th Anniversary of EurydiceBrussels, 13 October 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me today to address you all present here at the 25thanniversary seminar of the Eurydice network. I was delighted to accept theinvitation to attend and speak, because Eurydice really does make animpressive contribution to a better mutual understanding of our…
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Learning for competitiveness
Launch of the CLEPA White PaperBrussels, 22 September 2005 Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction First of all, I would like to thank you for your kind invitation to this launch of your White Paper on Education and Training.I congratulate Clepa for this important initiative. I was especially impressed by the breadth and vision of your…
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The future of Universities in Europe
European University InstituteFlorence, 9 June 2005 Professor Mény,Professors and Fellows,Members of the High Council,Ladies and Gentlemen: Let me first thank Professor Mény for his kind invitation to be heretoday. I accepted with great pleasure because the European UniversityInstitute is one of the crown jewels in my portfolio. Today I want to talk about the future…