Article 3Community 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 1

School education (Comenius);

Action 2

Higher education (Erasmus);

Action 3

Adult education and other educational pathways (Grundtvig);

Action 4

Teaching and learning of languages (Lingua);

Action 5

Open and distance learning; information and communication technologies in the field of education (Minerva);

Action 6

Observation and innovation;

Action 7

Joint actions;

Action 8

Accompanying 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

  • observation and analysis of national education policies,

  • observation and dissemination of good practice and innovation,

  • comprehensive exchange of information.