Directorate-General for Education and Culture (European Commission)
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The Directorate-General for Education and Culture ("DG EAC")is a Directorate-General
Directorate-General
A Directorate-General is a branch of an administration dedicated to a specific field of expertise.* The European Commission: Commission Directorates-General are each headed by a European Commissioner;* The European Patent Office: EPO Directorates-General;...

 of the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

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The Education and Culture Directorate-General’s mission has three main aspects:
  • Building a Europe of knowledge
  • Developing the European cultural area


DG EAC is currently divided into 5 "directorates":
  • Lifelong Learning, Education and Training Policies
  • Lifelong Learning, Education and Training Programmes and actions
  • Culture and Communication
  • Youth, Sport
  • Resources


It oversees the European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, which handles most operational programmes on DG EAC's behalf.

It is under the political responsibility of Cypriot
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 Commissioner
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

 Androulla Vassiliou
Androulla Vassiliou
Androulla Vassiliou is a Cypriot and European politician who was the European Commissioner for Health, confirmed by the European Council on 3 March 2008...

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See also

  • Education in the European Union
    Education in the European Union
    In the European Union education is the responsibility of Member States; European Union institutions play a supporting role. According to Art. 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Community through actions such as promoting the mobility of citizens, designing joint study...

  • European Higher Education Area
    European Higher Education Area
    The European Higher Education Area was launched along with the Bologna Process' decade anniversary, in March 2010, during the Budapest-Vienna Ministerial Conference....

  • Bologna process
    Bologna process
    The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...

  • Erasmus programme
    Erasmus programme
    The Erasmus Programme , a.k.a. Erasmus Project is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987...

  • Cultural policies of the European Union
    Cultural policies of the European Union
    European Union culture policies aim to address and promote the cultural dimension of European integration through relevant legislation and government funding...

  • European Capital of Culture
    European Capital of Culture
    The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by theEuropean Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension....

  • Culture of Europe
    Culture of Europe
    The culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures. Whether it is a question of North as opposed to South; West as opposed to East; Orthodoxism as opposed to Protestantism as opposed to Catholicism as opposed to Secularism; many have claimed to identify cultural...

  • Town twinning
    Town twinning
    Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...


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