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Section 3: EU Policy Developments 9

3.1 Overview • 20 million fewer people should be at risk of

poverty by 2020.
Over the current decade 2010–20, the challenge is
to show that Europe is able to create ‘smart, sustain- To reach the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strat-
able and inclusive growth’, in the framework of the egy, a wide range of actions are required, through Policy
Europe 2020 Strategy. To this end, five EU headline seven flagship initiatives. In four of these initiatives,
targets are proposed. Three of these relate to the education and training are considered as making a
areas of education and training, employment and substantial contribution to the Strategy:
inclusion:
• Youth on the Move is designed ‘to raise the overall
• 75% of the population aged 20–64 should be quality of all levels of education and training in
employed, including the greater participation the EU’. With the aim to improve the employ-
of youth, older workers and low-skilled work- ment situation of young people, this initia-
ers and the better integration of legal migrants. tive calls for co-operation between universities,
• The share of early school-leavers should be research and business, and for the modernisa-
under 10%, and at least 40% of the younger tion agenda in higher education to include
generation should have completed tertiary edu- benchmarking university performance and
cation. educational outcomes in a global context. It
urges the Commission and the member-states
to promote the recognition of non-formal and
informal learning.
9 This section has been prepared by Françoise Divisia, Consultant to
ELGPN.

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