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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 wider framework of the revised Lisbon strategy for Growth and Jobs.…
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Holding the future in your hands
National Taras Shevchenko UniversityKyiv, 11 November 2005 Distinguished Professors,Dear students,Ladies and Gentlemen: 1. Introduction I like to open my speeches telling audiences why I decided to be with them and why participating to their event is important to me. As I was preparing for this occasion, I looked for the words that would express the…
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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 25th anniversary seminar of the Eurydice network. I was delighted to accept the invitation to attend and speak, because Eurydice really does make an impressive contribution to a better mutual…
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Learning for competitiveness
Launch of the CLEPA White PaperBrussels, 22 September 2005 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 document. Impressed but not…
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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 here today. I accepted with great pleasure because the European University Institute is one of the crown jewels in my portfolio. Today I want…
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Debating the Beautiful Idea
Consultation Forum on the future programme for Active CitizenshipBrussels, 3 February 2005 Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this Consultation forum on the Commission’s future programme for Active Citizenship. As you know, I have a diversified portfolio: education, training, culture, youth, sports, multilingualism and civic society. It…
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Speaking note
Luxembourg, 1 February 2005 Speaking note I wish to thank the Luxembourg Presidency for hosting this conference on the future of mobility and learning throughout Europe. I am very glad to see the large number of participants from all countries, representing education and training sectors, as well as the social partners. This shows that Europass…
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The next steps for Vocational training
High level conference: “Strengthening European Cooperation inVocational Education and Training” Distinguished guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that I open this conference. This is one of my first official duties on the education and training front since taking office as European Commissioner. As I was getting familiar with my new portfolio,…
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Reforming higher education
Charles UniversityPrague, 6 December 2004 Distinguished Rectors,Ambassadors,Professors,Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear European citizens, It is a great pleasure for me to meet you at the oldest university in Central Europe. I wish to thank your Rector, Professor Ivan Wilhelm, for his kind invitation to talk to you about the policies of the new Commission for higher education.…
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Creating the Europe of Knowledge
World Conference of the European Association for Education Law and Policy (ELA), University of AmsterdamAmsterdam, 26 November 2004 Ladies and gentlemen, This is a very interesting time for me to have taken up the education portfolio at the European Commission. In the past, there has been much resistance—on legal grounds—to a European Union involvement in…