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| 26.2.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 56/99 |
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26.2.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 56/99

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Tuesday 27 September 2011Establishment of Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes

P7_TA(2011)0413

Declaration of the European Parliament of 27 September 2011 on the establishment of Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes

2013/C 56 E/11

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas the southern shore of the Mediterranean is experiencing unprecedented changes that the EU must support with new initiatives, |
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whereas the southern shore of the Mediterranean is experiencing unprecedented changes that the EU must support with new initiatives,

| B. | having regard to the fundamental role played by education in respect of democracy and economic and social development, |
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having regard to the fundamental role played by education in respect of democracy and economic and social development,

| C. | having regard to the importance of vocational training to combat youth unemployment, |
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having regard to the importance of vocational training to combat youth unemployment,

| D. | whereas the Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes are major successes in terms of European integration, |
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whereas the Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes are major successes in terms of European integration,

| E. | having regard to the small number of beneficiaries of the Erasmus Mundus programme from Mediterranean countries and the lack of south-south mobility, |
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having regard to the small number of beneficiaries of the Erasmus Mundus programme from Mediterranean countries and the lack of south-south mobility,

| 1. | Calls on the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President to propose, by the end of 2011, the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus programme to facilitate transnational mobility for students from both sides of the Mediterranean; |
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Calls on the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President to propose, by the end of 2011, the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus programme to facilitate transnational mobility for students from both sides of the Mediterranean;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President to propose, by the end of 2011, the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Leonardo da Vinci programme to facilitate mobility for young people who wish to participate in vocational training programmes abroad; |
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Calls on the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President to propose, by the end of 2011, the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Leonardo da Vinci programme to facilitate mobility for young people who wish to participate in vocational training programmes abroad;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Commission, the Council, the High Representative/Vice-President, the Member States of the European Union and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), their parliaments, the Secretariat of the UfM and the UfM Parliamentary Assembly. |
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Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Commission, the Council, the High Representative/Vice-President, the Member States of the European Union and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), their parliaments, the Secretariat of the UfM and the UfM Parliamentary Assembly.

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(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 27 September 2011 (P7_PV(2011)09-27(ANN1)).

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