Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-09-Speech-3-072"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-10-09"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20021009.6.3-072"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ulpu Iivari2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 treasurer; PES (2001-05-14--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, firstly I would like to thank Mrs Bastos and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs for the satisfactory way in which the opinions of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport were taken into consideration in the report on the mobility of skills. The goal of becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world will not be realised without a skilled labour force, for which mobility is practically possible, and even welcome. In its opinion, however, the Committee on Culture also highlights the broader objectives of a basic education and its fundamental importance. It likewise urges the Commission to exploit information technology in the promotion of virtual mobility and new ways of learning and working. Although education is the responsibility of the Member States, we also need common actions and objectives. In 2000 the number of those who received further education at the very least varied among the Member States from 78% right down to less than 20%. It will be difficult to establish a firm basis for competitiveness unless we raise levels of education. The problems associated with the comparability of qualifications greatly hamper labour mobility. This year we are celebrating the millionth Erasmus student, but in reality we still have a lot of problems compensating for studies undertaken abroad. In this regard we are expecting much from the Bologna and Bruges Processes. The Commission’s Action Plan quite rightly emphasises the fact that education systems must improve their ability to answer the needs of the labour market. If education systems are made more flexible it will be possible, for example, to heighten interest in mathematics and the natural sciences. Several Member States have embarked on separate projects in these areas. Hopefully, the Commission will be able to pick up examples of good practice from these projects for others to make use of."@en1

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