Community actions
Article 3
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.