Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-28-Speech-4-013"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Socrates Programme2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020228.1.4-013"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-28-Speech-4-0142
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonio Mussa2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (2001-07-19--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (2001-07-19--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to congratulate Mrs Pack on her report on the Socrates programme, which has provided me with the starting point for a number of observations. We can certainly say that the main objective of developing European citizenship and, in particular, of improving the quality of the educational systems, has been fully achieved. Evidence of this are the considerable benefits derived from the programme in terms of increased cultural awareness and the overcoming of cultural prejudice and stereotypical concepts and, following on from this, the language skills acquired by those receiving Socrates grants. Despite that, the analysis revealed a number of weak points such as the integration of the Socrates programme with the Comenius, Lingua and Leonardo da Vinci programmes, which will require considerable adjustment and greater coordination and consolidation. Something which I feel demands a great deal of reflection is the financial support given to the successful applicants for Socrates grants: the appropriation is insufficient to support the students because of a quantitative grant distribution requirement that has resulted in the available sums being too small. Indeed, the situations in the Member States differ widely in the face of a global reduction in the size of the grants allocated to each student, while the parental contribution is tending to increase. As the report has already pointed out, this trend clearly generates the danger of growing inequalities between students. In this regard, the basic resources provided need to be sufficient to enable students to be independent and live without relying heavily on support from their families, considering that study grants should not be differentiated according to the country of residence of the students or the country which they visit under the project. This financial discrimination would make the programme available only to a group of individuals who can count on parental support. A further highly negative aspect of the allocation of the grants is the bureaucratic financing procedure, which is currently seriously behind schedule. This must of necessity be rectified."@en1

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