European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key competences for lifelong learning (COM(2005)0548 - C6-0375/2005 - 2005/0221(COD))
Date: 2006-09-26
Institutions: Committee on Culture and Education, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, continuing vocational training, economic development, education, globalisation, social policy

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7. Mentoring

The hosting organisation (educational establishment, youth organisation, company, etc.) should provide
schemes such as mentoring to advise participants and help with their effective integration into the host
environment, and should act as a contact point for obtaining ongoing assistance.

8.

Recognition

If a study or placement period abroad is an integral part of a formal study or training programme, this fact
should be stated in the learning plan, and participants should be provided with assistance to facilitate
recognition and certification, where appropriate. In the learning plan, the sending organisation should
undertake to recognise successful periods of mobility. For other types of mobility, and particularly those in
the context of non-formal education and training, an appropriate document should be issued so that the
participant is able to demonstrate his or her active participation and learning outcomes in a satisfactory and
credible way. In this context, the use of the Europass (1) should be encouraged.

9.

Reintegration and evaluation

On return to the home country, particularly after long-term mobility, participants should be given guidance
on how to make use of competences and skills acquired during the stay. Where necessary, help with reinte-
gration into the social, educational or professional environment of the home country should be made
available to people returning after long-term mobility. The experience gained should be properly evaluated
by participants, together with the organisations responsible, to assess whether the aims of the learning plan
have been met.

10.

Commitments and responsibilities

The responsibilities arising from these quality criteria should be agreed by the sending and hosting organisa-
tions and the participants. They should preferably be confirmed in writing, so that responsibilities are clear
to all concerned.

(1) Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on a single
Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) (OJ L 390, 31.12.2004,
p. 6).

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Key competences for lifelong learning ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a recommendation of the European
Parliament and of the Council on key competences for lifelong learning (COM(2005)0548 —
C6-0375/2005 — 2005/0221(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0548) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 149(4) and 150(4) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which

the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0375/2005),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture and Education and the opinions of the
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0262/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0221

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 September 2006 with a view
to the adoption of a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key
competences for lifelong learning

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 149(4), and
Article 150(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Lisbon European Council (23-24 March 2000) concluded that a European framework should
define the new basic skills to be provided through lifelong learning as a key measure in Europe's
response to globalisation and the shift to knowledge-based economies, and emphasised that people
are Europe's main asset. Since then, those conclusions have been regularly restated including by the
Brussels European Councils (20-21 March 2003 and 22-23 March 2005), and in the re-launched
Lisbon Strategy which was approved in 2005.

The European Councils of Stockholm (23-24 March 2001) and Barcelona (15-16 March 2002)
endorsed the concrete future objectives of European education and training systems and a work-
programme (the Education and Training 2010 work programme) to achieve them by 2010. These
objectives include developing skills for the knowledge society and specific objectives for promoting
language learning, developing entrepreneurship and the overall need to enhance the European dimen-
sion in education.

The Commission Communication ''Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality'' and the
subsequent Council Resolution of 27 June 2002 on lifelong learning (4) identified the provision of
‘the new basic skills’ as a priority, and stressed that lifelong learning must cover learning from pre-
school age to post-retirement age.

(1) OJ C 195, 18.8.2006, p. 109.
(2) OJ C 229, 22.9.2006, p. 21.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 26 September 2006.
(4) OJ C 163, 9.7.2002, p. 1.