Workshop TOWARDS A EUROPEAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Relevance, Feasibility and Implications for SEE A Wider European Area of Education (and Research) Context: Path towards a Europe as a Knowledge Society Education and Training 2010 (2nd Joint Interim Report 2006) Main references The success of Lisbon hinges on urgent reforms – joint interim report of the Council and the Commission (February 2004) Detailed work programme (February 2002) Memorandum of Understanding (SEE/WB)

LLL – The concept of a European Qualifications Framework (and SEE) Main (political) references Maastricht Communiqué (VET) Copenhagen Declaration (VET) Thessaloniki Summit Declaration (WB) Bologna Declaration (HE) Lifelong Learning, Council Resolution from June 2002 (EU level) New Integrated Action Programme in LLL – Strategies, preparation, significance for strengthening (and widening) the WEAE (R). Main references Commission proposal

Workshop Financing of the process of strengthening the WEAE CARDS TEMPUS 7th Framework Programme – open for participation from third countries

Priority Dossiers Second Joint Interim Report on the implementation of the Work Programme 2010Second Joint Interim Report on the implementation of the Work Programme 2010 Lifelong learning Programme: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learningLifelong learning Programme: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning EQF: Towards a European Qualifications Framework in the Field of Lifelong LearningEQF: Towards a European Qualifications Framework in the Field of Lifelong Learning European Quality Charter for Mobility: Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on trans-national mobility within the Community for education and training purposesEuropean Quality Charter for Mobility: Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on trans-national mobility within the Community for education and training purposes The European Indicator of Language CompetenceThe European Indicator of Language Competence Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Key Competences for Lifelong LearningRecommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning

Events of the Austrian Presidency December 2005 HLG-Meeting, Salzburg 13 – 15 January 2006 e-twinning-Conference, Linz 27 January 2006 Bologna-Board Meeting, Vienna 23 February 2006 Council Education, Youth and Culture, Brussels 13 – 15 March 2006 Conference "Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in European Educational Programmes", Vienna 16 – 17 March 2006 Conference of the European Ministers for Education, Vienna 27 – 28 March 2006 Meeting of Directors General VET, Vienna 6 – 7 April 2006 Bologna Follow-up Group, Vienna 3 – 5 May 2006 Come together: Generation six2006", Linz 10 May 2006 Leonardo da Vinci Quality Award for Vocational Mobility, Graz

11 – 12 May 2006 Joint Quality Network Conference for HE and VET, Graz 15 – 16 May 2006 Meeting of Directors General HE and Rectors Conference, Graz 18 – 19 May 2006 Council Education, Youth and Culture, Brussels 7 June 2006 Network Cultural Education Policy, Graz 8 – 9 June 2006 Standing Group on Indicators and Benchmarks, Vienna 8 – 10 June 2006 Conference "Promoting Cultural Education in Europe", Graz 12 – 13 June 2006 Education Committee, Vienna 13 June 2006 Bologna-Board Meeting, Vienna 14 – 17 June 2006 EDEN Annual Conference, Vienna 20 – 21 June 2006 European Network of Policy Makers for the Evaluation of Education Systems, Graz