CELEX: 51987PC0353
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ON A COMMUNITY ACTION IN THE FIELD OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGY DELTA ( DEVELOPING EUROPEAN LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE ) PILOT PHASE

No C 265/28                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5. 10. 87
             Proposal for a Council Regulation on a Community action in the field of learning technology
               —Developing European learning through technological advance (DELTA)—Pilot phase
                                                    COM(87) 353 final
                            (Submitted  by the Commission   to the Council on 12 August 1987)
                                                       (87/C 265/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         whereas the Parliament adopted on 11 November 1986
                                                                 a resolution inviting the Commission to prepare a pro-
                                                                 gramme for the utilization of technology in edu-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing up the Euro-            cation (2);
pean Economic Community, and in particular Ar-
ticle 130Q (2) thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the Economic and Social Committee has
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 stressed the importance of using new information and
                                                                 telecommunication technologies to maintain a highly
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 skilled workforce capable of adapting to changing job
Social Committee,                                                requirements, thereby making a contribution to the
                                                                 reduction of unemployment caused by lack of skills;
In cooperation with the European Parliament,
                                                                 Whereas the framework programme for Community
Whereas the Community has as its task, by establishing           actions in respect of research and technological develop-
a common market and progressively approximating                  ment (1987 to 1991) envisages the utilisation of the
the economic policies of Member States, to promote               technologies of information, telecommunications and
throughout the Community a harmonious development                broadcasting in the interests of new services of common
of economic activity and close relations between the             interest under its second heading 'Towards a large
Member States;                                                   market and a society based on information and com-
                                                                 munication'; whereas the framework programme con-
                                                                 tains special provision for a Community action in the
Whereas education and training will play a decisive role         field of educational technology;
in the future economic development of the Community;
whereas advanced information and telecommunications
technologies offer new and more effective means to
support learning activities;
                                                                 Whereas the demand for education and training is
                                                                 steadily mounting, increases in diversity and requires
                                                                 improvements in accessibility; whereas progress in
Whereas the Heads of State and Government, meeting
                                                                 learning technology coincides with the emergence of
in Stuttgart, Athens, Fontainebleau and Brussels,
                                                                 advanced communications services and equipment
emphasized the importance of strengthening the tech-
                                                                 which can be harnessed, at incremental cost, to support
nology base and competitiveness of industry and have
                                                                 learning and thus to enable demand for training and
underlined the necessity of making better use of human
                                                                 retraining to be met more economically;
resources by means of increased cooperation between
higher education and industry;
Whereas the Heads of State or of Government in their             Whereas learning technology represents a strategically
meeting of 28 and 29 June 1985 approved and endorsed             important growth area for equipment and services
the Commission memorandum on the strengthening of                world-wide, being the subject of strongly focussed
technological cooperation in Europe covering, among              development and investment efforts by other regions;
priority subjects on which to propose action, the tech-
nologies of education and training;
                                                                 Whereas national and Community actions in infor-
Whereas the European Parliament has emphasised                   mation technologies, telecommunications and stan-
repeatedly the importance it sees in education and train-        dardization lay the ground for introducing advanced
ing for the future economic and social welfare of the            learning support, yet additional efforts will be required
Community, and adopted in May 1983 a resolution (*)              to realise the full potential of this new field;
calling for greater efforts in education and training;
(') OJ No C 135, 24. 5. 1983.                                    (2) OJ No C 322, 15. 12. 1986.
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Whereas the Council has adopted the programme                 action is given in the Annex. The Commission shall
Comett (86/365/EEC) strengthening industry-university         ensure that DELTA is developed in coordination with
cooperation in education and training including the           other actions at Community and national levels.
encouragement of distance learning, and that the
Comett programme would benefit from improvements
in the technologies, tools, equipment and infrastructure
                                                                                       Article 3
required to support distance learning(*);
                                                              1.    The detailed objectives of the action to be under-
                                                              taken are defined in a work plan to be adopted under
Whereas preparatory investigations on behalf of the           the procedure set out in Article 7.
Commission have laid the groundwork for a pro-
gramme of work responding to the trends of expert
opinion in the Member States; whereas the presentation        2.    The evaluation of projects is carried out by the
of this work has attracted a full representation from         Commission having regard to the objectives defined in
academia, industry and publishing; whereas a peer             the Annex and in the work plan. The eligibility of
group of academic advisers has contributed to the for-        projects involving a research and development effort
mulation of a preliminary plan of work;                       exceeding 50 man-years is to be decided under the
                                                              procedure set out in Article 7. For other projects the
                                                              results of the evaluation will be brought to the notice
Whereas the DELTA pilot phase will benefit from the           of the Committee referred to in Article 6.
results of ESPRIT and RACE as well as the on-going
efforts in standardization;
                                                              3.    Projects relating to the action shall be executed
                                                              by means of shared cost contracts to be concluded by
                                                              the Commission with industrial enterprises, publishing
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Com-
                                                              houses, universities, research institutes and other organ-
mittee (Crest) has expressed its opinion,
                                                              isations established in the Community. Contractors
                                                              shall be expected to bear a substantial proportion of
                                                              the costs, which should normally be at least 5 0 % of
                                                              the total expenditure.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                              4.    The proposals for projects shall, as a general
                          Article 1                           rule, be submitted in reply to an invitation to tender
                                                              published in the Official Journal of the European Com-
                                                              munities and involve the participation of at least two
 1.    A pilot phase of a Community action in the field
                                                              independent partners not all established in the same
of learning technologies, hereinafter referred to as
                                                              Member State. One of the partners shall be a commer-
'DELTA', is adopted for an initial period of 18 months
                                                              cial undertaking.
commencing 1 December 1987.
                                                              5.    In exceptional cases where the call for tenders has
2.    The action is designed to stimulate incremental         not resulted in a satisfactory response, in case of
research and development which will enable new tech-          urgency or in cases where the call for tenders is not
nologies to be incorporated in the tools and infrastruc-      the right procedure in point of cost-effectiveness, the
ture supporting advanced learning, in particular open         decision may be taken, in accordance with the pro-
and distance learning, in the Community. The action           cedure set out in Article 7, to derogate from the prin-
will be based on concertation with and coordination of        ciples set out in paragraphs 3 and 4.
the corresponding activities of the Member States of
the Community, in order to make available to the final
users, at minimum cost and with minimum delay, the
learning equipment and systems which will enable an                                    Article 4
increased demand for education, training and retraining
to be met in the most economical way.                         Where Framework Agreements for scientific and techni-
                                                              cal cooperation between non-Community European
                                                              countries and the European Community have been con-
                                                              cluded, organizations and enterprises established in
                          Article 2                           these countries may become partners to a project under-
                                                              taken within this programme.
The action shall consist of pre-normative and pre-
competitive technology exploration as required for the
objective of concerting European efforts in the domain                                 Article 5
of learning technology. The field of application of the
                                                              1.    The funds estimated as necessary for the Com-
                                                              munity contribution to the execution of the pilot phase
(') OJ No L 222, 8. 8. 1986, p. 17.                           amount to 20 million ECU over 18 months, including
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expenditure on staff (nine A, two B, four C temporary                 Commission shall submit to the Council without delay
officials).                                                           a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The
                                                                      Council shall decide by a qualified majority.
2.     The indicative allocation of these funds is set out
in the Annex.
                                                                      3.     If, after the expiry of a period of one month
                            Article 6
                                                                      following the Council's consideration of the matter, the
                                                                      Council has not taken a decision, the proposed
1.     The Commission shall ensure that the action is                 measures shall be adopted by the Commission.
properly performed and shall take the measures necess-
ary to this end, without prejudice to the procedures
provided for in Article 3.
2.     The Commission shall be assisted in the execution                                        Article 8
of its tasks by a Committee, composed of two represen-
tatives from each Member State and chaired by a rep-
                                                                      The result of the action shall be reviewed by the Com-
resentative of the Commission, hereinafter referred to
                                                                      mission after 12 months. The Commission shall report
as 'the Committee'.
                                                                      to the Council and the European Parliament on the
The members of the Committee can call on the assist-                  results of this review, together with any proposals for
ance of experts or advisors according to the nature of                modification or prolongation of the action which the
the problems under study.                                             Commission deems appropriate.
The proceedings of the Committee shall be confidential.
The Committee shall adopt its own internal procedures.
The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the
Committee.                                                                                      Article 9
3.     The Commission may consult the Committee on                    1.     With regard to the coordination activities pro-
any matter within the field of application of the present             vided for in Article 1 (2), the Member States and the
Regulation.                                                           Commission shall exchange all appropriate information
                                                                      to which they have access and which they are free to
                            Article 7                                 disclose concerning activities in the areas covered by
                                                                      this Regulation, whether or not planned or carried out
1.     Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to            under their authority.
be followed, the chairman shall refer to the Committee a
draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee
shall deliver its opinion on this draft within a time limit
                                                                      2.     Information shall be exchanged according to a
set by the chairman in relation to the urgency of the
                                                                      procedure to be defined by the Commission after con-
matter. This shall normally be one month and in no
                                                                      sulting the Committee, and shall be treated as confiden-
case shall be longer than two months. The opinion is
                                                                      tial at the supplier's request.
delivered by the majority specified in Article 148 (2) of
the Treaty for decisions which the Council is required
to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. In the
Committee the votes of the representatives of the Mem-
ber States are weighted as indicated in that Article. The
chairman does not vote.                                                                        Article 10
2.     The Commission shall adopt the measures under                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
consideration when they are in accordance with the                    1987.
opinion of the Committee. When the measures under
consideration are not in accordance with the opinion                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
of the Committee or in the absence of an opinion, the                 directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                               ANNEX
                                                          INTRODUCTION
             The scope and precise objectives of the pilot phase of DELTA are set out in this Annex. The programme
             relates to pre-normative and pre-competitive research and development on the basis of cost sharing.
             The system approach to European learning which underlies this programme rests on three possible scenarios,
             corresponding both to differing learning requirements and to user groups.
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          The first scenario relates to professional training within industry, commerce and academia. This environment
          is very demanding but permits at the same time comparatively cost-intensive solutions.
          The second scenario relates to the general adult user such as university students, further education and adults
          as individual learners. The user, in this scenario, is more sensitive to systems cost, but also less demanding
          than the professional user in terms of performance. Thus the potential demand is large, particularly taking
          into account that the individual user is likely to be using his system for other leisure purposes in addition to
          learning.
          The third scenario relates to an examination of the requirements of the formal educational sector at the
          primary and secondary levels. The demand expectation here is high, given that the second generation of
          school systems will have a wider coverage than those of the first generation shortly due for replacement.
          However, the achievement of this high volume will be a function of price; the challenge will be to find the
          right combination of price and performance; European economies of scale will be a significant factor to this
          end.
          These scenarios—as an orientation of pre-competitive and pre-normative research and development—will
          need to be taken into account generally in the course of the execution of the DELTA pilot phase. In the
          framework of the learning system reference model they will be subject of special considerations on which
          the concertation on learning requirements will be based (action line I).
          1.     Learning system reference model (action line I)
                                                             OBJECTIVE
          The objective of action line I is to enable the use of Community resources for the advance of learning
          technology to be optimised. To this end a learning system reference model (LSRM) will be developed, both
          to support the work of planning and design and to help in the management of the system, including the
          monitoring and feedback relating to user requirements, progress in learning technology and in telecommuni-
          cations, standards, utilities and other factors impinging on learning systems.
          The construction and maintenance of this model will include identification of the main components of the
          learning system which DELTA aims to advance; the interrelation of these components and of the way in
          which the key actors (employers, educators, the information industry, service providers) can participate.
           2.    Collaborative development of advanced learning technology (action line II)
                                                             OBJECTIVE
           The overall objective here is to achieve incrementally, by the collaboration of the Community IT&T industry,
           including publishers and academia, the design of systems and equipment to support Community-wide open
           learning. This would be done incrementally by harnessing to learning systems advances already under
          development for other purposes and by building on identified progress in the relevant technologies and
           communication services over the coming decade.
           2.1.    Learner environment
           To develop incrementally, on the basis of the personal computers and workstations available or in prospect,
           the functional specifications of the additional equipment and interfaces required for a family of learner
           stations able to cover the range of ascertained learner needs in:
          -— the home environment,
          — the business/professional environment,
          -— the specialized environment.
          The research and development will aim inter alia at the interfaces which will allow the learner stations to
           interact with videotex, video-disc, compact disc read-only memories, digital tape recorder, cable transmission,
           DBS (direct broadcasting by satellite) and packet-switching networks. Full use will be made of enhanced
           processing and memory addressing capability, and of developments in display technology and image pro-
           cessing. The design will incorporate a comprehensive 'HELP' function and allow for progressive enhancements
           in performance to match advances in technology, and in particular for the utilisation in learning applications
           of the integrated services digital network (ISDN) as it becomes available.
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          — Training          server
               Specifications would be developed for a training server that would, for a given establishment, provide
               access to courseware and monitor the learning process. This research and development is designed to
               meet the need of enterprises which intend to offer periodic or continuous training and retraining to their
               staff using work stations and internal networks already developed for business purposes. The monitoring
               function would progressively incorporate artificial intelligence as an interpreter of the needs and procedures
               of individual learners connected to the system.
          — Learner expert             system
               Design and develop the shell of a learner expert system to reside in the learner station which, as an
               enhancement of the HELP function, would apply the techniques of artificial intelligence to adapt the user
               interface to the individual need of the learner and enable him/her to make more effective use of the
               system.
          — Personal electronic              libraries
               To develop the use of the CD-ROM, CD-I and/or the digital tape recorder in conjunction with the learner
               work station for a personal electronic library. Artificial intelligence techniques would be developed so as
               to match the organization of the data and the user interface to the ascertained needs of the learner.
               This facility will be complementary to the extensive central data bases available to the learner. A possible
               approach will include the establishment of a pilot video dictionary /encyclopaedia in a chosen field.
          — Electronic           notebook
               To develop initial specifications for a memory-oriented device as a portable extension of the work-station
               and able to store, organize and retrieve information in text, image, audio, and graphic form. For maximum
               portability the notebook may be based on semi-conductor and/or magnetic bubble memory devices and
               will incorporate advances in light-weight power supplies.
          2.2.      Authoring facility
                                                             OBJECTIVE
          A preliminary study has shown that significant economies of scale can be realized, and competition with
          imported learning systems made more effective, if courseware can be produced and delivered on a Community-
          wide basis, rather than, as now, mainly on the scale of national markets. This implies as a first step a
          determined effort to support the authoring process, by its nature very demanding in terms of originality and
          inspiration, with all reasonable technological and logistical aids. Some of these will be independent of content;
          others will be domain-related.
          — Software          workbench
               Specification and design of a software workbench incorporating a macro or script control language to
               speed up routine and repetitive tasks in the authoring process, and leading into an advanced facility
               taking advantage of ISDN and satellites for distributed authoring functions and of artificial intelligence
               in the form of expert system based on experience and good practice.
               The intention here is to concentrate research and development resources in this field not on the production
              of courseware and teacher training material as such but on the creation of the tools and other technological
              supports which will reinforce on a European scale the production of the next generation of learning
              material. This is a crucial and difficult task, and maximum use will be made of the research and
              development efforts in this direction already undertaken by establishments in Member States.
          23.      Learning material production     environment
                                                             OBJECTIVE
          The broadcast media already have at their disposal powerful tools for the generation and editing of their
          material in such a way as to match presentation with human cognitive processes. These tools include
          mixing, windowing, image manipulation and processing, 'painting', highlighting, voice-over, sound synthesis,
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          electronic music, additions of harmony, rhythm, and the facility of recording and storing the finished product
          at high standards of fidelity and definition. Most of this can, by a production control language, be progressively
          harnessed to courseware and programme production, at first in a dedicated facility, but increasingly by the
          use of generally available equipment and communications.
          — Multi-media             integration
                Specification, development and simulated operation of a system harnessing to learning applications the
                powerful tools now in use for high standard commercial production. Such a system would exploit
                the possibilities of distributed authoring and production with the utilisation of new and enhanced
                telecommunication facilites, including satellite links. It would look forward progressively to an intelligent
                computer-integrated system incorporating accumulated experience and good practice.
          2.4.      Tutoring and monitoring facilities
                                                              OBJECTIVE
          The tutor, not necessarily the same person as the author, will be academically responsible for the progress
          of the learners under his care. Being remote from the learner he/she will need the means for pedagogic
          interaction, on the basis of human factor analysis of the optimal design of remote tutoring and monitoring
          facilities. There is no question of superseding the tutor, but rather of bringing to the tutoring function the
          electronic, informatic and telecommunications aids which enhance its effectiveness.
          — Tutoring           facility
               To specify the communications facilities which will allow interaction during the learning process between
               the tutor and the learner, e.g. by combining video with narrow-band services. It will be important to
               achieve optimum regular speed of response on the part of the tutor as an encouragement to learner
               progress.
          — Intelligent          monitoring      of   performance
               To develop the artificial intelligence techniques which help the tutor and his supporting staff to follow
               constructively the progress of a large number of learners. The productivity of the learning process will
               depend crucially on the feedback provided via these monitoring techniques.
          2.5.      Information resource management
                                                              OBJECTIVE
          To support the effective organisation and management of the interactive access and exchange of learning-
          related information and information resources, including catalogues of courseware and the courseware itself.
          — On-line          European      learning     resource      directory
               To develop and introduce the first generation of this directory, incorporating existing databases, but with
               multilingual features and other 'HELP' facilities. This is a first step towards full interactive interworking
               with central databases, in Europe and elsewhere, with a consistent access and formatting of information.
          — Intelligent          information       accessing
               Information access tools will be developed, based on an analysis of the needs of the learner and of the
               problem of indexing and controlling a very large body of learner material including video. An important
               challenge will be to make available a large volume of existing information held on different media,
               including paper and microform. The ISDN should facilitate the remote accessing of knowledge bases
               containing image as well as text and data.
               In the immediate next generation of databases, access will be implemented by query languages approximat-
               ing to normal phraseology and to some extent on query by content. This development will require to be
               harnessed to the needs of learners, with, in addition, artificial intelligence aids which help both to interpret
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               the learner's enquiry and also to improve the relevance of the information retrieved, both in quality and
               in quantity, e.g. the level of aggregation.
          3.     Testing and validation of communications and of SOFT (satellite-based open facility for testing) (action
                 line III)
                                                              OBJECTIVE
           DELTA seeks to take full and early advantage of advances in telecommunications. Thus action line III brings
          together the integrated communications requirements of DELTA and their testing and validation. The sharing
          of a common learning communications environment is an important aspect of the cooperation to be
          encouraged by DELTA.
          Another important objective of this Action Line is to prepare the introduction of an open test-bed in the
          form of the 'satellite-based open facility for testing' (SOFT). Already in the next four years sufficient satellite
          transmission capacity (between 100 and 150 transponders) will become available to envisage their experimental
          usage in the framework of DELTA. This provides an opportunity to set up such a facility in the short
          timescale compatible with the development of learning technology. In particular, powerful video-conferencing
          and wideband data communications facilities can be offered early on, similar to those supporting satellite
          based developments in the USA and Canada.
          3.1.     Video-audio    conferencing
          The validation in European conditions of the technique enabling learners participating at a distance in lectures
          in video form to comment or raise questions. The enhancement of this technique by the provision of
          telewriting and the transmission of currently generated graphical material would be a powerful additional
          aid to learning.
          3.2.     Information and programme exchange system
          DELTA would seek to use existing educational networks, with transparent communications protocols and
          an addressing system.
          3.3.     Adaptation to ISDN
          Preparations would be undertaken for the use in learning support of the additional facilities afforded by the
          advent of the digital network.
          3.4.     SOFT operational plan
          There would be a priority need for sector actors to analyze the requirements of the satellite 'test-bed', to
          evaluate alternative approaches, and to implement SOFT experimentally. This would be a highly important
          facility for the provision of high capacity transmission covering all parts of the Community, particularly
          those with low density learner populations, and not excluding some measure of interaction.
          3.5.     Design and specification of a satellite educational channel
          With particular reference to the potentialities offered by direct broadcasting, the task would be there to
          prepare the technical ground for exploiting satellites for education and training at European level.
          3.6.     Controlled experimentation    via SOFT
          Development of experiments enabling users, who have already expressed an interest, to implement on a trial
          basis centralised electronic libraries, distributed authoring and production, remote lectures and seminars with
          remote interaction. This would involve selective experiments in the retrieval and the delivery of multimedia
          material. These experiments will be organised in full cooperation with Strand D of the Comett programme.
          4.     Interoperability (action line IV)
                                                              OBJECTIVE
          The ability of learning equipment and systems to 'interoperate' is not only decisive for their usefulness to
          the learner but also plays a crucial role in the market for learning technology and open learning services.
          Thus the objectives of this action line are:
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          — to ensure that work on communications standards in all relevant media proceeds along mutually
               compatible paths,
          — to identify and encourage work in areas not currently under consideration but essential to meet the
               interoperability requirements of learning,
          — to advise on and agree conventions and standards specific to the learning community relating to the
               design and functionality of the components of the system,
          — to maintain awareness within the learning community of the status of all standards relevant to the work
               and provide a centre for the agreement and concertation of specific standards.
          To these ends the constitution of a new standards user group will be undertaken, the tasks of which
          would be:
          4.1.     Identification of standards relevant to learning
          A thorough analysis of international work on standards will identify those communications protocols,
          operating systems, software features, man-machine interfaces, database accessing languages and conventions
          which are most important for the learning environment, with special reference to open systems interconnection.
          Of these the man-machine interface is the one most requiring to be adjusted to the requirements of the
          learner, including as it does handwriting recognition, voice synthesis and recognition.
          4.2.     Organizational support for learning standards
          The organization of the necessary interaction between the actors in preparation for participation in standards
          work affecting learning, and the administrative support for ongoing activities.
          5.     Promotion of favourable conditions (action line V)
                                                             OBJECTIVE
          The stimulus to the supply of open learning equipment and systems offered by action lines II, III and IV of
          DELTA requires a counterpart on the demand side. The speed at which open learning is adopted will depend
          significantly on the price at which the relevant equipment and services are offered, and Community-wide
          economies of scale will be all-important in reducing costs. However, as more advanced systems to support
          open learning are developed, and the cost of entry to the learner tends to rise, so do selective measures
          become increasingly necessary to enable his requirements to be translated into effective demand and for the
          stimulation of the Community market for open learning and its technological infrastructure.
          The work to be done on this action line during the DELTA pilot phase will call for discussion between the
          Commission and Member States, but expert help will be required in preparing the case in specialized fields:
          5.1.     Fiscal treatment
          Possible measures to contain the cost of acquiring learning hardware and software, with particular reference
          to taxes affecting learning material, individual learners and companies engaged on training.
          5.2.     Regulatory    conditions
          To facilitate a Europe-wide access to learning material and support. This would involve consideration of
          quality assurance and agreement on mutual accreditation. The implications of the utilization of cable networks
          where appropriate would be explored in the light of EEC initiatives on audio-visual policy.
          5.3.     Telecommunications      policy
          To explore the means whereby the carriers might apply favourable tariffs for telecommunications traffic
          concerned with learning. This would be accomplished possibly by bulk agreements and/or by reference to
          the time of day and the load environment in which such traffic would be generated.
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          5.4.   Copyright and authors' rights
          The preparation of an agreement on adequate protection for the copying, retransmission, processing and
          publishing by electronic media of learning material, in concert with the national and Commission services
          concerned. Without such an agreement the incentive to the teaching profession to invest their time and talent
          would be impaired.
          Action could include the creation of a copyright working group, bringing together right-holders and those
          who use their work, but also taking into full account the ongoing activities of existing international
          organizations in the field of intellectual property.