LECTURER: Ettore Deodato
The 46 hours Module will deal, in parallel, with the evolution of the European Integration since 1948 and the development of the Educational agreements and policies among the European Countries and, after 1956, in the context of the European Institutions. The main target of the Module will be to demonstrate how Europe has changed since the end of the Second World War and through the European Integration with the crucial support of Education and Training and the EU policies in this framework. The “double reunification”, quoted in the title of the Module, is the one of Western European Universities and students after the terrible conflict and the other one, after the Berlin wall collapse, with the Eastern Countries Education world. Both of them with the crucial support of the exchange of students, cooperation among Universities, exchange of best practises. In this context the Module will explain the clear role played by the EU Programmes in the field.
PART I: 1948–68: THE EUROPE OF EDUCATION BEFORE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. THE “FIRST REUNIFICATION”.
Europe after the Second World War. The enormous difficulties to study abroad in Europe. Integration and the great effort of the Pro-European movements. Post-war European cooperation in education. Follow-up to the Hague Congress. The Western European Union and university cooperation, “the first reunification”. The European University Institute in Florence: a difficult start.The Council of Europe. The absence of The early stages of Community integration, absence of Education. Gradual, economy-centred Community integration. Winds of change in the 1960s.
PART II: 1969–84: THE EARLY DAYS OF COMMUNITY COOPERATION AND THE FIELD OF EDUCATION
The first meeting of the ministers for education at Community level. The preparation of the first Community action programme in the field of education. The resolution of February 1976, founding act for Community cooperation in the field of education. The first action programme. Difficulties in the Integration: The institutional ‘crisis’ in the years 1978–80. From education for the children of migrant workers to intercultural education. The bases of university cooperation. The transition from school to working life. Exchange of information: the linchpin of cooperation. The promotion of languages. The other fields of action. Cooperation with the social partners and the representatives of civil society. The establishment of a unique structure: the Education Committee. The administrative development of education within the European Commission: anchoring education in social affairs and employ Vocational training, an increasingly important component of economic and social policy.
PART III: 1985–92: FROM THE LAUNCHING OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES TO THE INCLUSION OF EDUCATION IN THE TREATY.
Revitalizing European integration and political union: a citizens’ Europe. Higher education is brought within the scope of the treaty. The Commission prepares for the future through discussion and consultation. Role of education and training in the social dialogue. Strengthening education and training within the European Commission: a separate directorate-general. The emergence of the major Community programmes on education and training. Comett: university–enterprise cooperation :Erasmus: university cooperation and student mobility. PETRA: giving priority to initial training for young people. Lingua: promoting the teaching of foreign languages. FORCE and Eurotecnet: continuing vocational training. Tempus: support for the process of reforming higher education in the European Union’s partner countries. Youth : more youth exchanges for more European citizenship. Cooperation outside the programmes. The European dimension of/in education. Jean Monnet and the European Integration’s promotion. The recognition of qualifications and study periods: a prerequisite for effective mobility. Equal opportunities.
PART IV: 1992 – 2012 : THE YEARS OF THE CONSOLIDATION AND THE LISBON STRATEGY.THE “SECOND REUNIFICATION”, ENLARGMENT AND “EUROPE 2020”.
The EU and the challenges of a historic enlargement and globalization. The first stages of development of the knowledge society and lifelong learning. Investment in lifelong learning. White Paper on the learning society, Specific measures. Two-phase streamlining of Community programmes. The “second reunification”, the inclusion of the Candidate Countries. From six programmes to two (Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci). Consolidated programmes for 2000–06 The first steps towards strengthening political cooperation : Political cooperation with a view to greater continuity. Quality evaluation and the development of indicators. Intergovernmental initiatives (Bologna and Florence).Measures to remove obstacles to mobility. Cooperation with third countries. The Lisbon strategy. Education and training in the Lisbon strategy. A coherent and lasting framework for policy cooperation. Pursuit of the shared objectives set for 2010. Development of indicators and benchmarks. Four years after Lisbon, the Commission sounds the alarm. Lifelong learning: the overall underlying principle. Renewal of vocational training policy cooperation. Ever closer links between training and education. Higher education is central to a knowledge-based Europe. The “Europe 2020 Agenda”. New skills for new jobs. The future 7 years and the co-operation with the labour market.
LECTURER: Magdalena Musiał-Karg; Beata Przybylska-Maszner
This module 24 hours module will be devoted to 1989-2004/2007: THE CENTRAL & EASTERN ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
It will deal with various aspects concerning the CEE Enlargement of the EU, the shape of the European integration after 2004 and 2007 Enlargement, and relations with Central and East European countries before and after their accession to the EU. The special emphasis will be put on education exchange experiences in certain countries.
(CEE vis-à-vis the EC/EU 1989-2004/2007; political, economical and social situation in the Eastern bloc countries before 1989; revolutions or reforms in CEE in 1989-91; political, economical transition, social changes in CEE and the current situation; the politics of EU enlargement: from association with the EC to accession into the EU; the main difficulties in the accession process;2003 referenda and campaignsbefore accession (main pro- and against- arguments); the main challenges after accession;education cooperation between CEE and the EU before and after 2004; Democratic government and decision making in the larger EU); Positive and negative outcomes of the CEE countries accession to the EU; Challenges of the students’ exchange programs.