encourage the national representatives in the recently established Education Culture Working Group in the framework of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) for Culture to discuss the role of the arts in different educational contexts (formal, informal and non-formal) and at all educational levels (from pre-primary to and beyond professional training in higher arts education) and also the training required for specialist teachers,

encourage the national representatives in the recently established Education Culture Working Group in the framework of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) for Culture to discuss the role of the arts in different educational contexts (formal, informal and non-formal) and at all educational levels (from pre-primary to and beyond professional training in higher arts education) and also the training required for specialist teachers,

- encourage the national representatives in the recently established Education Culture Working Group in the framework of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) for Culture to discuss the role of the arts in different educational contexts (formal, informal and non-formal) and at all educational levels (from pre-primary to and beyond professional training in higher arts education) and also the training required for specialist teachers,

building and developing alliances and networks of partnerships, and exchanges of experience and information, between groups of disabled people, individuals and groups representing or working for disabled people and other stakeholders including employers, representatives of industry, trade unions, local and regional authorities, community leaders, educational establishments, various organisations and media.

(d) (a) the establishment and development of networks of partnerships, exchanges of experience and information between representatives of persons with disabilities, persons and groups working on behalf of persons with disabilities and other parties concerned, including employers, representatives of industry, trade unions, local and regional authorities, heads of groups, educational establishments, various organisations and the media.

the new strategic goal set for the European Union by the Lisbon European Council of 23-24 March 2000 and reaffirmed by the Stockholm European Council of 23 and 24 March 2001, "to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion"; the conclusions of the Spring 2005 European Council, which underline that "human capital is Europe's most important asset" ; the Lisbon European Council's affirmation that Europe's education and training systems need to adapt both to the demands of the knowledge society and to the need for a higher level and quality of employment. Hence, the mandate from the Lisbon European Council to the Edu ...[+++]cation Council "to undertake a general reflection on concrete future objectives of education systems, focusing on common concerns and priorities while respecting national diversity with a view to contributing to the Luxembourg and Cardiff processes" ; the Barcelona European Council conclusions of 15-16 March 2002 , which endorsed the work programme, including an indicative list of indicators to be used to measure progress towards the implementation of the thirteen concrete objectives through the Open Method of Coordination, with the aim for European education and training systems of becoming "a world reference for quality by 2010", and which called for the establishment of a linguistic competence indicator; the reaffirmation of the central role of indicators and the five reference levels in giving directions and measuring progress in the field of education and training towards the Lisbon goals ; the Joint Interim Report of February 2004, which underlined the need to improve the quality and comparability of existing indicators, particularly in the field of lifelong learning, and its request that the Standing Group on Indicators and Benchmarks and all existing Working Groups propose, by the end of 2004, a limited list of new indi ...