1. Introduction to day and overview of key EU issues
Richard Tuffs
West Midlands in Europe

2. Today’s agenda Modernisation of HE European Qualifications Framework
Europe Institute of Technology
Erasmus
UK position
November 2007

3. Presentation outline EU challenges Lisbon Social Reality
Commission Work Programme
EU budget
Recent Commission Communication on 2010
November 2007

4. EU challenges Globalisation and adapting to change Competitiveness
Lisbon Strategy Review in 2008
New 3-year rolling programme
Cohesion Policy Review in 2008
Future Cohesion Policy post 2013…
Research and innovation
European Research Area
Lead markets / procurement – innovation /sustainability
Climate change
Social dimension
Social Reality Report 2007
Demographic pressures
Ageing
Migration
Skills linked to declining social mobility
EU Budget Review 2008/9 for post 2013…
November 2007

5. Lisbon – Commission's Annual Progress Report Jan 2006
Four priority actions to be implemented before the end of 2007
Investing more in knowledge and innovation
Unlocking the business potential, particularly of SMEs
Getting people into work
Moving towards an efficient and integrated EU energy policy
November 2007

6. Investing more in knowledge and innovation
Stronger commitment to R&D and innovation
Public expenditure
State aid for innovation
Structural funds
Step up investment in higher education (1.28% of GDP compared to 3.25% in the USA. Note EU target 2% by 2010)
Universities to seek complementary private sources of funding
Remove legal barriers to private/public partnerships
European Institute of Technology
Compulsory teaching of two foreign languages in schools
November 2007

7. Social Reality Report - trends…
Growing cultural gap between the cosmopolitans and those left behind by economic change and industrial restructuring
Now more French living in UK than British in France (excluding second home owners)
Is there a European social model now under attack by globalisation?
Social change mainly internally driven but globalisation means margins for change are limited by globalisation
November 2007

8. Transition to post-industrial knowledge society 1
In 2005 in EU15 – 40% employed in knowledge based sectors
Sweden 54%, UK 50% - Portugal 26%
Job growth in in EU15 in last 10 years of 23% in knowledge based sectors compared to rest of economy 6%
50% of existing jobs demand high level cognitive/personal skills
New types of service jobs
Position of unskilled men worsening
November 2007

9. Transition to post-industrial knowledge society 2
Mobile capital linked to information technology opens up global supply chains
Focus on short-term profit
Cities now key to knowledge economies
Creative classes
Increasing intra-regional disparities
November 2007

10. Succeeding in the age of globalisation
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Reshaping Europe by
Getting the most out of the Internal Market
Responding to Europe’s new social realities
Migration in a globalising Europe
Sustainable energy policies for a low carbon future
Ensuring financial stability
Mobilising the external dimension
World’s largest trader – open markets
Shaping global regulation
Implemented by the Lisbon Strategy
November 2007

11. Commission Work Programme
Lisbon key vehicle
2008 Spring Council – opportunity to reshape Lisbon
‘Developing a knowledge society is a cornerstone of the growth and jobs strategy, and the Commission will continue to look at new ways to promote education, training, research and innovation as part of its Lisbon strategy’
Single Market Review
Retail financial services
Small Business Act
Cyprus and Malta join the euro in 2008
November 2007

12. Education 2008 Communication on Multilingualism
Promoting multilingualism via Open Method of Coordination to improve employability and competitiveness
Green Paper on Migration and Education
Central role of education in integration
November 2007

13. The EU Budget
November 2007

14. Changing budget structures
November 2007

15. New Communication
Delivering lifelong learning for knowledge, creativity and innovation COM 2007/703
Draft 2008 joint progress report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the “Education & Training 2010 work programme”
November 2007

16. Challenges Raising skill levels Lifelong learning strategies
Continued high levels of early school leaving, low participation in lifelong learning by older workers and the low-skilled, and poor skill achievement among migrants cause concern in most countries. Further, future labour markets in a knowledge-based economy will demand ever higher skill levels from a shrinking work force.
Lifelong learning strategies
The knowledge triangle (education, research and innovation)
The knowledge triangle plays a key role in boosting jobs and growth. So it is so important to accelerate reform, to promote excellence in higher education and university-business partnerships…
November 2007

17. Progress Lifelong learning and qualification systems
Pre-primary education
HE – a clear place in the Lisbon agenda
Education and training – entering the EU landscape
Teacher education
Schools for 21st century
Adult learning
Multilingualism - consultation
E-skills
November 2007

18. Problems Implementation of lifelong learning Basic skills
Early school leavers
Teacher education
Higher education – excellence, partnership and funding
Adult participation in learning
Attractiveness of VET
Transnational mobility
November 2007

19. Post-2010 Major challenges persist, new challenges have emerged
Cooperation in the framework of the Bologna and Copenhagen processes, needs to be continued and indeed reinforced well beyond 2010.
Reflections on the main priorities of the work programme beyond 2010 should therefore start now and be closely associated with the future development of the Lisbon process
November 2007