The Council adopts a roadmap for European cooperation on education and training up to 2030

The Council has adopted a resolution that will guide cooperation at EU level in the field of education and traininguntil 2030.

The resolution on the second cycle of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area (2026–2030) sets out thework programme for EU-level cooperation in the fields of education and training over the next five years.

It updates two resolutions adopted by the Council in 2021 concerning the strategic framework and its governance structure.

The resolution adopted today reaffirms the Council’s ambition to achieve the European Education Area (EEA), with a view to fostering greater collaboration between EU countries in the field of education and training.

In its resolution, the Council focuses on preserving the EEA’s current governance structure. It continues to emphasise the need for aholistic approach to education and training that enables the full potential of individuals and society to be realised. Furthermore, it calls for the strategic framework to work in synergy with the Skills Union where appropriate.

The resolution includes an updated set of six strategic priorities in the field of education and training:

• Literacy, numeracy and science for all.
• Development  of digital skils and citizenship education
• Making lifelong learning and mobility a reality for all.
• Improving the attractiveness, skills and motivation of the education and training profession.
• PromotingEuropean vocational education and training.
• Promoting the competitiveness of higher education in Europe.

The resolution includes the list of EU-level objectives in the field of education and training, which have been brought together for the first time in a single document.

Background

The European Education Area (EEA) promotes collaboration between EU countries on education and training, with the aim of building national education and training systems that are more resilient, inclusive and future-proof. The EEA’s strategic framework sets out the structure for collaboration between EU Member States and relevant stakeholders. It also sets out EU-level educational objectives to be achieved by 2030.

The Council Resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond (2021–2030), adopted in February 2021, stated that the Council would review the strategic framework — including the EU-level objectives, the governance structure and the working methods — on the basis of an evaluation report on the European Education Area (EEA) to be presented by the Commission in 2025.

More information: European Council.