Decision No 253/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Decision No 253/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 January 2000 establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education ‘Socrates’

Article 3U.K.Community actions

1.The objectives of this programme as set out in Article 2 shall be pursued by means of the following actions, the operational content and the application procedures of which are described in the Annex:

Action 1School education (Comenius);
Action 2Higher education (Erasmus);
Action 3Adult education and other educational pathways (Grundtvig);
Action 4Teaching and learning of languages (Lingua);
Action 5Open and distance learning; information and communication technologies in the field of education (Minerva);
Action 6Observation and innovation;
Action 7Joint actions;
Action 8Accompanying measures.

2.These actions shall be implemented through the following types of measures, in the form of transnational operations which may combine several of the measures:

(a)support for the transnational mobility of people in the field of education in Europe;

(b)support for the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education;

(c)support for the development of transnational cooperation networks facilitating the exchange of experience and good practice;

(d)promotion of language skills and understanding of different cultures;

(e)support for innovatory pilot projects based on transnational partnerships designed to develop innovation and quality in education;

(f)constant improvement of Community reference material through the

  • (f)observation and analysis of national education policies,

  • observation and dissemination of good practice and innovation,

  • comprehensive exchange of information.