Report on the mid term review of the Lifelong Learning Programme

The Report is from The Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions

This formal report is not, to my mind an easy read.

Introduction

In accordance with Article 15, paragraph 5 of the Decision No. 1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning (LLP Decision)¹, this report provides information on the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). It builds on the findings of the LLP interim evaluation², on National Reports on LLP implementation from the 31 participating countries³ and on information gathered by the Commission.

¹ OJ L 327, 15.11.2006, p. 45.
² The interim evaluation of the Lifelong Learning Programme has been implemented between January and December 2010 by the international consortium led by the Public Policy and Management Institute from Lithuania. The full LLP interim evaluation report can be consulted at http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/evalreports.
³ National reports provided by countries participating in the LLP (27 EU Member States, EEA countries and Turkey) in agreement with paragraph 15.4 of the LLP Decision and covering the 2007-09 period were important sources of information and data for the overall interim evaluation of the LLP.

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However, this, from the CEDEFOP press release, makes things a bit clearer.

During its first three years, the Programme has financed, with almost EUR 3 billion, transnational education and training activities promoting the modernisation of education systems in 31 European countries. It has catered for 900,000 learning mobility periods of European citizens, of which more than 720,000 by students and almost 180,000 by teachers/trainers/staff. More than 50,000 European organisations have taken part in various forms of co-operation activities.

Reference: CCOM (2011) 413 final, 7.7.2011

Full report (PDF 12pp)

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