26/04/2006: On 24 and 25 April, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP, EPP-ED Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, took part in the Delegation visit to the European Training Foundation (ETF) in Turin.
Hosted by the Director of the ETF, Muriel Dunbar, the MEPs had the opportunity to become familiar with the Foundation's work programme illustrated with country examples and the ETF Annual Activity Report 2005 and to enhance the good cooperation between the ETF, the European Parliament and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Based on the principle that education and training can make a fundamental contribution to increasing prosperity, creating sustainable growth and encouraging social inclusion, the Foundation has launched projects with particular reference to the modernisation of the vocational education and training systems in South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Mediterranean region. Working in close cooperation with partner organisations, it also promotes knowledge sharing and expertise development.
The detailed presentation of the activities of the Foundation aimed at including the gender mainstreaming perspective and of the projects analysing migration and the fight against poverty, gave the members of the delegation an invaluable insight on matters crucial to European integration.
Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou congratulated the personnel of the ETF for their excellent and hard work to develop people's skills and knowledge in order to promote better living conditions, active citizenship and democratic societies respecting human rights and cultural diversity.
Hosted by the Director of the ETF, Muriel Dunbar, the MEPs had the opportunity to become familiar with the Foundation's work programme illustrated with country examples and the ETF Annual Activity Report 2005 and to enhance the good cooperation between the ETF, the European Parliament and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Based on the principle that education and training can make a fundamental contribution to increasing prosperity, creating sustainable growth and encouraging social inclusion, the Foundation has launched projects with particular reference to the modernisation of the vocational education and training systems in South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Mediterranean region. Working in close cooperation with partner organisations, it also promotes knowledge sharing and expertise development.
The detailed presentation of the activities of the Foundation aimed at including the gender mainstreaming perspective and of the projects analysing migration and the fight against poverty, gave the members of the delegation an invaluable insight on matters crucial to European integration.
Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou congratulated the personnel of the ETF for their excellent and hard work to develop people's skills and knowledge in order to promote better living conditions, active citizenship and democratic societies respecting human rights and cultural diversity.
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