Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-058"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European learning area2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.3.4-058"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-0592
lpv:speaker	lp:Rodi Kratsa-tsagaropoulou2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to start by congratulating the committee on its own initiative report on universities in the European area and endorse the thoughts and issues raised by the rapporteur and the proposals which she has formulated. Universities have always been incubators of European culture and have played an important role in developing our societies. We must therefore realise that if the European Union is to achieve the new strategic development objectives set in Lisbon today, it needs more active and competitive universities to generate knowledge and innovation not as isolated institutions but as active partners in the social and economic fabric at national level, at regional level and at a cross-border level that mirrors the new configuration of Europe. Another dimension we need to be aware of is the role of universities in promoting European unification, by cultivating a European conscience and promoting a European nationality. Our universities can become the laboratories of unified Europe with their educational and teaching programmes and the cooperation and mobility of students and teachers which they can promote. This is the direction you are working in, Commissioner, but the Member States also need to come on board. There is a great deal of work to do here because we all know about the obstacles to the mutual recognition of diplomas, low mobility and the differences in academic approach to university courses in the various countries of Europe. What we all have to understand is that convergence and promoting educational cohesion can be achieved with all due respect for diversity and, at the same time, by introducing systems which recognise and promote the added value of the special attributes of our universities. This sort of policy will also bring about better conditions for the professional mobility which the European Union is striving to promote. So I think drafting a Green Paper would be a good initiative and I for one shall be behind you in this endeavour, Commissioner."@en1

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