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
(f)observation and analysis of national education policies,
observation and dissemination of good practice and innovation,
comprehensive exchange of information.