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European cooperation in Lifelong Learning among education stakeholders
For more than a decade education stakeholders in Europe have paid considerable attention to Lifelong Learning (LLL) in parallel with new initiatives from the European Commission and the Member States with the aim to improve lifelong learning in the European education systems and to develop explicit lifelong learning strategies. However, the 2008 Joint Council/Commission Report on the implementation of the Education & Training 2010 work programme1 concluded that the actual implementation of LLL remains a challenge. As a result, three major stakeholders in Education, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) representing the European teachers, the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) and the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE), initiated a project in 2009 with the aim to create an overall coherent framework for the implementation of the diverse National Lifelong Learning Strategies (NLLLS) of the Member States.
These three major stakeholders represent people with different backgrounds as regards age range and interests. A continuous trans-regional cooperation to work on LLL was suggested to assist a more efficient and sustainable implementation of lifelong learning strategies. Moreover the project aimed to ensure that not only national governments, but also other education stakeholders, such as teachers, students and employers, fully participate in developing the EU and national priorities towards lifelong learning. The CoRegLLL project aimed at promoting ownership of these priorities amongst all stakeholders involved to make them a commitment shared by all.
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