Press Release: 10th anniversary of Grundtvig programme: EU supports ‘second chance’ through adult education

Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will take part in events in Copenhagen on 22-23 September 2010 to mark the 10th anniversary of Grundtvig, the European Union's adult education programme. Grundtvig helps adults boost their skills and employability by providing financial support for training courses and learning mobility. The Commission believes this support is needed more than ever to overcome the crisis and to free up all of Europe's growth potential, by ensuring that those who missed opportunities in the past are able to flourish in the future. Over the past decade, the programme has invested €370 million in the adult education sector and provided 17,000 grants for organisations involving an estimated 500,000 participants.

European Commission: Speech/10/473: Androulla Vassilio, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Opening speech: "Ten years of the Grundtvig programme" http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/473&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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