Activites

• 1995/04/20 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 1995/819
  • OJ L 087 20.04.1995, p. 0010-0024
• 1995/03/14 Final act signed
• 1995/03/14 End of procedure in Parliament
• #1833
• 1995/03/10 Council Meeting
• 1995/03/01 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0080/1995 summary

    Parliament approved the joint text.�

• 1995/02/28 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1995/02/23 Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading
  • A4-0036/1995
• 1995/01/31 Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs
  • 03604/2/1995
• 1995/01/25 Final decision by Conciliation Committee
• #1811
• 1994/12/05 Council Meeting
• 1994/12/05 Formal meeting of Conciliation Committee
• 1994/10/26 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0051/1994 summary

    Parliament amended the Council's common position with the adoption of 22 amendments which aimed mainly to: - fix the date of the entry into force of the programme for 1 January 1995; - introduce as an objective the development of the knowledge of Community languages and promote the intercultural dimension of teaching; - establish as an objective the participation of around 10% of all students in the European Union; - set out the responsibilities of the programme's committee; - promote cooperation with the OECD and UNESCO; - ensure that the Commission informed Parliament of the draft of implementing measures for the programme and took account of the priorities established by the other institutions, amending its draft if necessary; - open the programme to young nationals of Cyprus and Malta as well as the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe; - include in the annex, as an objective of the programme, university activities serving as European encounters, projects on cooperation in the field of intercultural and linguistic teaching between European schools and national schools and collaboration between students aimed at stimulating intercultural cooperation; - include the official languages of the Member States that did not have the status of official languages of the European Union in the projects relating to the preparatory language training of students. �

• 1994/10/25 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1994/10/06 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0014/1994
• 1994/07/22 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1778
• 1994/07/18 Council Meeting
  • 08144/1/1994 summary

    The Council adopted its common position on this proposal for a decision. In its common position, the Council maintained the essential elements of the Commission proposal but added a number of amendments concerning: - comitology: the Council opted for a committee whose terms of reference would be based either on the management committee procedure or advisory committee procedure, depending on circumstances. The committee would be assisted by two sub-committees: one in the field of higher education and the other in the field of school education; - financing: the Council included in the text of the decision the amount deemed necessary (ADN) in terms of Community financial resources to implement the programme, which totalled ECU 760 million, broken down as follows: a minimum of 55% for the Erasmus programme, a minimum of 10% for the "Europe at school" programme, and at least 25% for the other actions (including linguistic actions); - the procedure for selecting projects: the Council amended the procedures for proposing and selecting projects according to whether an action was deemed to be centralised or decentralised; - the scope of actions under Chapter II - Action 2 (School education): the Council extended the scope of this action to include the children of migrant workers and the children of occupational travellers as well as including the concept of intercultural education; - the aims of certain actions under Chapter III, by strengthening the measure aimed at promoting the European dimension of adult learning in comparison to the original proposal; - the name of the chapters, by stipulating that Chapter I would be called "Erasmus" and Chapter II would be called "Comenius". �

• #1773
• 1994/06/21 Council Meeting
• 1994/05/16 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1994)0180 summary

    In its amended proposal, the Commission introduced amendments aimed at clarifying the initial text and improving the text in terms of enhancing the target groups. More specifically, the Commission did not accept a number of amendments aimed, in particular, at: - amending the legal basis (Articles 126 and 127 of the Treaty instead of Article 126 alone, as proposed by Parliament); - including provisions concerning the responsibilities of the Member States or the composition of the consultative committee, as well as those relating to preferential treatment for certain establishments in regions of cohesion countries; - enabling associated European countries to participate in the programme; - introducing language learning in categories not considered to be targets of the programme; - doing away with certain aspects of cooperation in the field of distance learning; - introducing changes to the methods of distributing Community funds among the various actions of the programme; - introducing a provision on the automatic renewal of the existing programmes (Erasmus, Lingua). The Commission had an open attitude to Parliament's proposal to give a name to Action 3 of Chapter I (Erasmus grants) and Chapter II (Comenius programme) and III (Luis Antonio Vernei), while underlining that this programme should retain a horizontal nature. It also took over the amendments aimed at improving student mobility, with a view to achieving a participation of at least 10% in the Community, and ensuring that this mobility was accessible to as many students as possible from all social backgrounds (particularly the most disadvantaged). Finally, the Commission stressed the concept of an intercultural dimension, in particular in the chapter concerning the improvement of education for the children of gypsies. �

• 1994/04/22 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T3-0360/1994 summary

    Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to the amendments it tabled, which aimed to: - fill certain gaps in the text, such as the problem of access to information; accommodation; the recognition of study periods carried out; prior knowledge of the language of the host country, etc.; - reduce the effects of social and regional inequalities affecting young people in respect of access to the programme; - extend the programme to all teaching languages in the Community; - encourage the translation of university prospectuses; - promote the use of sabbatical years among teachers; - increase organised mobility of teachers. �

• 1994/04/21 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1994/02/03 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1993)0708 summary

    This proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision concerned the establishment of the Community action programme "Socrates". This programme, established for a duration of five years from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1999, aimed to contribute to the development of quality education and training and an open European area of cooperation on education. With a financial envelope of ECU 1 005.6 million over five years, "Socrates" had three objectives: - to promote cooperation in higher education: this mainly involved actions incorporating the activities of the old Erasmus programme: promoting the European dimension in universities, establishing networks of European universities and funding student mobility grants; - to promote cooperation in school education ("Europe at School"): this was the main new feature of the programme and provided for the establishment of partnerships between schools in different Member States for the joint implementation of education projects (pre-schools, primary and secondary schools), particularly in the field of languages, cultural heritage, protection of the environment or other topics of common interest. It would also involve promoting the creation of networks bringing together, according to their field of interest, the institutions involved in these partnerships, thus facilitating exchanges of information, and an improvement in or production of new teaching products. Finally, it would seek to promote education for the children of migrant workers and gypsies and to facilitate the updating of teachers' skills; - to implement horizontal actions at all levels of education: promoting language skills in the Community and open and distance learning. Actions were also planned to promote information and exchanges of experiences, particularly through the extension of the EURYDICE network (information on education in the Community programme) and through study visits for key players in education ("ARION" measures). �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1993)0708
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T3-0360/1994
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1994)0180
• Council position published: 08144/1/1994
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0014/1994
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0051/1994
• Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 03604/2/1995
• Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A4-0036/1995
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T4-0080/1995
• : Decision 1995/819
• : OJ L 087 20.04.1995, p. 0010-0024

History

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