Policy co-operation and innovation

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What types of activity?

• Individual mobility including study visits for experts and officials designated by national, regional and local authorities, for directors of education and training establishments and guidance and experience in accreditation services, and for social partners

• Multilateral projects aimed at preparing and testing policy proposals developed at Community level and innovation in lifelong learning

• Multilateral cooperation networks of experts and/or institutions working together on policy issues. Such networks may include:
  • Thematic networks working on issues related to the content of lifelong learning or to lifelong learning methodologies and policies. Such networks may observe, exchange, identify and analyse good practice and innovation, and make proposals for a better and wider use of such practices across the Member States
  • Fora on strategic issues in lifelong learning

• Observation and analysis of policies and systems in the field of lifelong learning, which may include:
  • Studies and comparative research
  • Development of indicators and statistical surveys, including support for work undertaken in the field of lifelong learning in cooperation with Eurostat (lien glossaire)
  • Support for the operation of the Eurydice network and funding of the Eurydice European Unit set up by the Commission

• Action to support transparency and recognition of qualifications and competences including those acquired through non formal and informal learning, information and guidance on mobility for learning purposes, and cooperation in quality assurance, which may include:
  • Networks of organisations which facilitate mobility and recognition, such as Euroguidance and **National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARICs)
  • Support for transnational web-based services such as Ploteus
  • Activities under the Europass initiative in accordance with Decision 2241/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting a single framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences

• Other initiatives including peer-learning activities aimed at promoting the objectives of the key activity