topic Education

International Cooperation in Education

Studying in a Europe without borders? Doing part of one's training in another country? All this has become possible by means of international cooperation in education. The BMBF is an important player at European level and beyond.

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  topic Education

  UN Decade "Education for Sustainable Development"

  The United Nations have declared the years 2005 to 2014 the world decade on "Education for Sustainable Development". The aim of the Decade is to anchor the ideal of sustainable development in all areas of education. The Decade wants to provide education opportunities to all people, enabling them to acquire knowledge and values and learn about behaviour and lifestyles which are needed to ensure a liveable future and develop a future-oriented society.
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  Lifelong Learning Programme: the new European Education Programme

  The European programme in the field of lifelong learning brings the SOCRATES and LEONARDO DA VINCI programmes together under a single roof. Between 2007 and 2013 a budget of almost 7 billion euro will be available for exchanges of teachers and learners of all ages as well as for cooperation between education institutions.
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  Internationalization of Higher Education

  The Federal Government is supporting German institutions of higher education in their efforts to assert themselves in growing international competition. Higher education marketing is to attract students, young scientists and researchers worldwide to studies and research at German institutions of higher education. The institutions of higher education are moving towards a European Higher Education Area.
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  topic Education

  Towards the European Education Area: The Work Programme of the EU Education Ministers

  European and international developments must be taken into account when shaping an education policy that meets future needs. The work programme of the EU Education Ministers defines the framework and objectives of European education cooperation and its contribution to the Lisbon Strategy.
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  International exchanges in vocational education and training

  How about going abroad during training? Bilateral exchange programmes of the BMBF support apprentices in crossing borders and acquiring international qualifications.
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  International Marketing for Initial and Continuing Vocational Training

  "Training Made in Germany" stands for the internationally recognized quality of the German initial and continuing vocational training system. Continuing vocational training is increasingly becoming an international service product. The BMBF therefore supports marketing for "Training Made in Germany" with the establishment of the iMOVE office. The objective of iMOVE is to contribute to preparing German programmes of continuing vocational training for the international competition by means of special measures, and to position them increasingly on the international market of continuing training.
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