Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council, 7 March 2023

Summary:

A meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council was held on 7 March 2023. On this occasion, the meeting focused on matters relating to Education. The agenda includes the following items:

• Adoption of conclusions on skills and competences for the green transition;
• Discussion on the issue of teacher shortages and the added value for enhanced European cooperation and EU-level actions to attract, upskill and retain teachers and trainers;
• Briefing by the European Commission on its initiative to celebrate the Day of European Authors;
• Adoption of draft Regulation extending deadline for the certification of medical devices;
• Adoption of Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the European Union (EU) and Guyana to improve forest governance.

• Primary Source

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for Council meeting - Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council (Education), 7 March 2023 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/62695/230307-eycs-background-brief.pdf

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