Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-16-Speech-2-096"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-01-16"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010116.7.2-096"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-16-Speech-2-0972
lpv:speaker	lp:James (Jim) Fitzsimons2
lpv:spoken text	". The main thrust of this report relates to the need for greater European cooperation in evaluating the quality of education within our overall school systems in the EU This could prove quite a valuable exercise because different EU governments can mutually benefit from successfully proven educational programmes that have been tried and tested within the educational system in Europe. We should also recall that this is now even more important in light of the new information society that is now upon us. EU leaders in Portugal last year laid down a framework of proposals whereby training in the use of the Internet would be extended to all primary and secondary schools across the European Union. This is a fundamentally important social and economic objective if the European Union is to take advantage of new e-commerce and related business activities. The reality is that new information technologies are changing all the time. This means that educational training in the field of information technology is also changing all the time. That is why the European Union must respond in a coordinated and structured manner so as to guarantee that the best educational methods in the field of information technology are available to all our students. This will ensure a higher quality of education and will also ensure that a stronger foundation is laid to entice new information technology industries to be set up and located within the territories of the European Union. Cooperation in the field of education has been a proven success within the European Union in recent years. Currently, 18 countries participate in the Erasmus programme, including countries from Eastern and Central Europe. Approximately 90 000 students benefit from this initiative on an annual basis. While I welcome the proven success of the Erasmus initiative, I would recall that there is certainly room for improvement in the manner in which this scheme is administered now within the European Union. Still students are encountering financial problems while studying abroad. I do not support a system of inequality between the levels of funding available to students from the various Member States participating in the Erasmus programme. I would strongly urge the Education Ministers from within the EU to put in place a system which eliminates any element of inequality with regard to the administration of the Erasmus programme. We should recall that it is a very good policy of the European Union to encourage students to study in other EU Member States. This affords real and tangible opportunities for students to improve their practical language skills while promoting the free movement of persons across the EU."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2000-03-01--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-30--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Fitzsimons (UEN ),"1 "in writing"1

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