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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Erasmus Mundus (2004-2008)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031020.9.1-132"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-20-Speech-1-1332
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulpu Iivari2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 treasurer; PES (2001-05-14--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish first of all to thank the rapporteur, Marielle de Sarnez, who has done excellent work with the Erasmus Mundus programme. We have achieved a result that is acceptable not only to Parliament but the Council too. For once we will have concluded a multi-annual programme’s legislative process before the programme is supposed to begin. Hopefully this exception will now become the rule for other programmes deliberated upon by the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport. The European Union at present is very obviously less attractive an option than the United States for higher education students from third countries. Each year the EU gets around 100 000 fewer new students than the United States. I believe that, in five years’ time, when Erasmus Mundus is well and truly under way, that figure will have decreased. The purpose of the programme is to improve the quality of European higher education by attracting more students and skills and know-how to Europe. We have to remember, however, that skills and know-how should not be lured here at the expense of third countries. Cooperation with universities in third countries is just as important, so that we can, for our part, strengthen the status of higher education in the countries participating in the programme. Seven months from now, the 10 new Member States acceding to the European Union must be closely involved in the implementation of Erasmus Mundus right from the start. When the Union’s external borders change, it will be important for us to put to use the skills and know-how the future Member States already have from relations of cooperation with, for example, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. I believe the close involvement of the new Member States in this programme will also contribute to their participation in the implementation of other objectives with respect to the EU’s education policy. I am pleased with the result we achieved with regard to the programme’s linguistic issues. Fostering linguistic diversity is one of the fundamental values of the EU, but the aim of the Erasmus Mundus programme is obviously not the teaching of languages. Its purpose is to make European higher education look more attractive, and I therefore welcome the formulation we arrived at."@en1

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