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VET in Europe: taking stock and planning the future
CEDEFOP Agora Conference: ‘Continuity, consolidation and change:Towards a European era of vocational education and training’. Thessaloniki, 16 – 17 March 2009 Greetings:Deputy Minister Jakub Dürr (Deputy Minister for European agenda sectionin Ministry of Education)Professor Konstantinos Kouskoukis (Secretary General ofLearning in the Ministry of Education)Mr Mario Sepi ( President of EESC)LifelongMr Juan Menéndez-Valdés (Chairman of Cedefop’s…
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The future of higher education: Challenges and policydirections. The EU perspective
OECD/France International Conference: Higher Education to 2030. Whatfutures for quality access in the era of globalisation? Paris, 8 December 2008 Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, IntroductionI am pleased to take part in this opening session of your conference and Iam happy to be given the opportunity to celebrate the 40th anniversary of CERI.A lot has happened…
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eTwinning between past and future
3rd eTwinning conferenceBrussels, 23 February 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen,Dear friends of Europe,twinnings, Dear Teachers and Children, the future of Europe, I am happy to welcome you all to the eTwinning annual conference, so visible anddynamic, and in particular the teachers from Bulgaria who are participating for thefirst time. You know, I use to say that…
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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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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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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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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…
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The future of the Lisbon Strategy committing Europe for Growth
European People’s Party – Economic and Social PolicyCommittee Conference on the future of the Lisbon StrategyBrussels, 25 November 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, As we approach the half-way stage to 2010 many questions are being asked about the future of the Lisbon strategy is it still valid, is it still achievable and so on. These questions…