Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-026"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Area of Lifelong Learning2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.2.4-026"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-0272
lpv:speaker	lp:Myrsini Zorba2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2000-04-13--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2000-04-13--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2002-07-04--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think that we are all agreed that lifelong learning is an important political tool and I would like to thank Mrs Van Brempt for not pulling her punches. Despite all our agreements, despite the fact that we all recognise that training and lifelong learning must be linked to the world of work if they are to yield any returns, we have a problem and there is a vacuum. Training and lifelong learning are based on education, which has huge problems of its own, and training cannot replace a poor education. We have huge inequalities between the Member States in the field of education, as the report acknowledges, and consequently we also have huge vacuums and huge problems in lifelong training. One typical example is that we have yet to reach an agreement on what constitute basic skills in education. Whenever ΟECD statistics are published on the different countries, there is an outcry and there are some countries which find the criteria used hard to accept. Likewise, education systems need to be changed and improved. But what are we, the European Union, doing about it? We try to coordinate but do little else. That, I think, is a huge political shortcoming. What are the Member States doing about their lifelong learning strategy? At least one in two Member States has no specific strategy and a strategy is vital if we are to have economic development, if we are to improve industry and mobility and if we are to improve unemployment programmes. I think that one very important factor would be if the Member States were to set a budget. Similarly, lifelong learning should be able to reach the underprivileged, the unskilled, people who left school early, the unemployed and, of course, immigrants."@en1

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