Translation of "Institut européen pour la formation professionnelle " (French → English) :

(7) The College of Europe, providing postgraduate courses in law, economics, politics, social sciences and humanities with a European dimension, the European University Institute, contributing to the development of European cultural and scientific heritage by means of higher education and research, the European Institute of Public Administration, training national and European civil servants in the field of European integration, the Academy of European Law in Trier, providing university-level training of European law ...[+++]professionals and users, the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, providing a European Masters degree and Advanced Internships and other education, training and research services in promotion of human rights and democratisation, the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, working to improve the quality of education for pupils with special needs and to foster sustainable European cooperation in this field, and the International Centre for European Training, providing teaching, training and research on issues of Europeanisation, globalisation, federalism, regionalism and the transformation of contemporary social structures, constitute bodies pursuing aims of general European interest.

"Training 2000", a European showcase for vocational training, on 5 and 6 December 2000 in Brussels

(30) Cooperation in the field of vocational training on the part of the European training establishments and those in third countries, on the basis of common interests, is likely to create an added value for the European audiovisual industry.

On Monday 8 November 1993 Mr Antonio Ruberti, Member of the Commission in charge of the policies on research, education, training and youth, attended the opening session of the first European Forum on Vocational Training held on 8-10 November at the new International Conference Centre (Espace Léopold) in Brussels.

Training and qualifications Following on from programmes such as Force, Comett, Petra and Eurotecnet, etc., this programme, concerned with both basic and continuing training, would focus on three aspects: - creation of networks of training resource centres at national, regional and sectoral level; these structures would provide support for innovation transfer, particularly to SMEs, in the field of learning methods and technologies or for encouraging mobility and exchanges among young workers and trainees; - innovation aid for training, particularly distance learning, through projects involving partners in several Member States and lead ...[+++]ing to the development of quality training methods and products which can be disseminated through the network to all interested companies and training bodies; - development of a system for monitoring changes in the supply of and demand for training and qualifications; in this connection, the Commission is proposing that a European Forum on vocational training be held each year, and that a European report on vocational training be published periodically to supplement the Commission's annual report on employment.

Following the launch of the first European vocational training programme "Leonardo da Vinci" in 1995, the mobilisation of the European vocational training players is continuing apace.