Traduction de «Compagnons de l'éducation nouvelle » (Français → Anglais) :

8. Is concerned about the continuing lack of qualified workforce, and the slowness in attaining the Lisbon Strategy objectives with reference to the quality and enhancement of social capital and to training, which might lead to further qualification shortages in the labour market; points out that SMEs are in competition with larger businesses for qualified workers and that they should be supported with training, and particularly vocational training, and in the acquisition, development and transmission of their staff's skills; welcomes in this connection the measures which the Commission has announced in the Small Business Act for young business people, journeymen and apprentices (Erasmus) and for the creation of a European Credit System for V ...[+++]ocational Education and Training (ECVET);

32. Stresses the importance of all citizens having equal access and opportunities to take part in lifelong learning programmes; regrets in this context the fact that those with the lowest levels of initial education, women, immigrants, older people, people in rural areas and the disabled are the least likely to participate, and considers they must be offered different, suitable programmes and methods; in this context, takes the view that special emphasis should be placed on education and training in new technologies for workers and the unemployed, and calls on the Member States to support the use of new information and ...[+++]communications technologies for educational purposes, as they play a key role in ensuring equal opportunities for everybody, facilitating participation in lifelong learning, and to ensure that those with the lowest levels of education receive particular promotion and funding;

The Commission will: implement, in cooperation with Member States, the European Indicator of Language Competence; promote discussion and produce a recommendation on ways of bringing language teacher education up to date; publish a study of best practice in early language learning in 2006; provide support through the proposed Lifelong Learning Programme for studies on the state of multilingualism in higher education and the creation of chairs in fields of study related to multilingualism and interculturalism; continue to support the teaching and learning of languages through its cooperation programmes in the field of education, traini ...[+++]ng, youth, citizenship and culture; investigate ways of supporting language diversity networks through the new integrated Lifelong Learning programme; and reinforce in the 7th Framework Research Programme the research and technological development activities on language-related information society technologies, with a specific focus on new technologies for machine translation, and study the ways in which the European Union could encourage further cooperation in new translation and interpretation technologies. In the same framework, linguistic issues will form an integral part of the activities supported in the fields of social sciences and humanities.

The new constitution is nothing to be proud of for anyone who believes in democratic control and its essential companion, national sovereignty.

(xi) to support and stimulate virtual meeting places for cooperation and exchange of information, experience and good practice, which will take into account new pedagogic approaches and new forms of cooperation between learners, and between teachers or trainers and to stimulate European networking at all levels in the field of educational multimedia, educational use of Internet, ICT-mediated collaboration and learning, and other uses of ICT in education and training;

All over the world the way is being paved for a new economy and societies are increasingly driven by information and knowledge. Yet although its citizens are amongst the best educated in the world and its education and training systems rank amongst the best in the world, and although it has the necessary investment capacity, Europe has major weaknesses and is well behind the United States in the use of the new information and communication technologies.