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Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 1st July 2013 – 31 st December 2013 Education Committee 13-14 June, 2013, Dublin

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Lithuanian Presidency 2013: General Priorities Focus Europe: – Credible Europe – credible financial and economic policies; – Growing Europe – commitment to growth and competitiveness; – Open Europe – EU as a global model of openness and security.

Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council: Education and Training

Priorities for the Lithuanian EU Presidency in the field of education and training are based on: • National priorities in the field of education and training; • EU 2020 Strategy; • Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020); • Annual Growth Survey 2013.

Priorities in Education and Training Quality and Efficiency Internationalisation of HE Open Educational Efficiency in Resources financing of HE Inclusive Leadership in Education VET

Priorities in Education and Training Quality and Efficiency: • Internationalization of Higher Education; • Leadership in Education; • Open Educational Resources and Digital Learning; • Efficiency in Financing of HE; • Inclusive VET

Higher Education • Internationalization of Higher Education : - Conference on Higher Education (September 5-6); • Efficiency in Financing of HE : - Meeting of Directors General of Higher Education (September 23-24).

General Education • Leadership in education (selection procedure, early school leaving, basic skills, entrepreneurship): • Conference on general education issues (September 9-10); • Meeting of Directors General of Schools (December 2-3).

Vocational Education and Training • More inclusive VET systems : - Tackling early school leaving ; - Access to C-VET ; • Meeting of Directors General of VET (November 11-12); • Conference on VET (November 12-13).

Council Priorities Council Meeting (November 25, 2013) • Quality and Efficiency : – Internationalisation of Higher Education : Objective – Council Conclusions on global dimension of European higher education – Leadership in Education : Objective – Council Conclusions on Leadership in Education – Open Educational Resources and Digital Learning : Policy debate

Meetings of the Education Committee (tbc) • 15-16 July (Vilnius); • 18 September; • 3-4 October; • 22 October; • 29-30 (am) October; • 7 November (poss. Attaché Meeting).

Education and Training: Calendar of Events (I) • Meetings: Date Meeting 6-7 June High Level Group on Education and Training 15-16 July Education Committee 23-24 September Meeting of the Directors General for Higher Education 7-8 November Bologna Follow-up Group 11-12 November Meeting of the Directors General for Vocational Education and Training 2-3 December Meeting of the Directors General for Schools

Education and training: calendar of events (II) • Conferences: Date Conference 5-6 September Conference “European Higher Education in the World” 9-10 September Conference “Leadership in Education“ 11-12 October Comenius Conference 2013 12-13 November Conference on Vocational Education and Training 9-10 December Conference on Adult Learning

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