Économie sociale et entrepreneuriat social - Guide de l’Europe sociale | Volume 4  (29/04/2013)
Le Guide de l’Europe sociale est une publication semestrielle destinée à fournir à un public intéressé mais pas nécessairement spécialisé un résumé succinct des politiques de l’Union européenne dans les domaines de l’emploi, des affaires sociales et de l’inclusion. Il illustre les questions et les défis clés, explique les actions politiques, décrit les instruments à l’échelle de l’UE et fournit des exemples des meilleures pratiques des États membres de l’UE. Il expose également des points de vue du Parlement européen et de la présidence du Conseil à propos du thème abordé. Le quatrième volume de cette série présente le monde vivant des organisations de l’économie sociale (telles que coopératives, associations, mutuelles et fondations) ainsi que le phénomène plus récent de l’entrepreneuriat social, c’est-à-dire les entreprises créées dans le but de poursuivre des objectifs davantage sociaux que financiers. Il illustre également les tendances orientées vers une plus grande responsabilité sociale des citoyens/consommateurs, des entreprises à but lucratif et des institutions financières. Enfin, ce volume passe en revue différents leviers sur lesquels s’appuient les politiques européennes et nationales pour soutenir l’économie sociale et l’entreprise sociale. Cette publication est disponible en version imprimée en allemand, en grec, en anglais et en français.

ORGANISED BY : The EAN (European Access Network)
MAIN THEMES:to raise awareness of the obstacles hindering participation and success in post-secondary education and of effective action to remove them in diverse global settings, to inform key political leaders about the latest thinking and practices from around the world on how to significantly improve access to, and success in, post-secondary education
More information about this event…

The European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) has been founded in 2003 with the primary aim of mutual recognition of accreditation decisions. Twelve mutual recognition agreements between ECA members were signed in 2007. ECA was renewed in 2008. The ENIC/ NARICs of ECA member countries have been involved in the project in order to strengthen the link between accreditation decisions and recognition of qualifications.
The link address is: http://www.ecaconsortium.net/.

Adult and continuing education has the dual function of contributing to employability and economic growth, on the one hand, and responding to broader societal challenges, in particular promoting social cohesion, on the other.
Companies and families support important investments that have, to date, ensured important growth in both skills and the ability of the European population to innovate. Thanks to this commitment, Europe today has a wealth of organisations specialising in adult and continuing education. The sector has grown in importance, both as a increasingly significant player in the economy and in view of its capacity to respond to the demand for learning by the knowledge economy.
As the book Adult and continuing education in Europe: Using public policy to secure a growth in skills shows, adult and continuing education has a critical role to play in ensuring Europe copes with the phenomenon of education exclusion, which, repeated year after year, generation after generation, undermines social cohesion and the growth of employment. Public policies must respond to two strategic challenges: to encourage the propensity to invest in adult and continuing education and to guarantee the reduction of educational exclusion.
Download a free PDF copy of the book on the Commission's website.
Text via European Commission

Europe et international

• Charte des droits et obligations en matière d’information sur les subventions européennes (PDF)
• Charte graphique "l’Europe s’engage"
• Guide européen "Développement de nouvelles coopérations durables avec les entreprises au service de l’accompagnement des jeunes vers et dans l’emploi" (PDF)
• Le dépliant de présentation du futur programme "Erasmus pour tous" (PDF)

Promouvoir l’accès aux programmes européens pour les jeunes des missions locales
Suite à la réunion plénière du CNML le 26 avril 2011, André Montané, président du groupe Europe international du CNML, a reçu un mandat pour faire des propositions en vue de la prochaine génération de programmes européens 2014-2020. Depuis 2005, le groupe Europe international cherche à valoriser l’intégration dans le parcours des jeunes en insertion d’une période de mobilité internationale, ainsi que le recours aux programmes européens auprès des missions locales et de leurs partenaires. Lire la suite
Liens utiles

• Europe en France, le site des fonds européens
• Le site officiel du Fonds social européen en France
• Agence Europe Education Formation France
• Agence française du programme européen Jeunesse en action
• La Plateforme.info

Outre-Rhin, 147 000 offres de contrats d’apprentissage sont pour le moment restées vacantes… Pourtant considéré par beaucoup comme un modèle solide et ayant fait ses preuves, l’apprentissage en Allemagne est en perte de vitesse selon l’Agence fédérale pour l’emploi. Un constat qui n’inquiète pas pour autant les pouvoirs publics.
Malgré les 518 000 candidatures pour 469 000 contrats d’apprentissage offerts par l’Allemagne, seulement 322 000 offres ont finalement été pourvues. Le modèle d’apprentissage allemand, pourtant très apprécié et dupliqué par de nombreux pays, semble être en pleine perte de vitesse. Suite...

Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2013. International Conference „European Higher Education in the World“ 
Date: 5-6 September, 2013 Venue: Pirkliu klubas, Gedimino pr. 25, Vilnius, Lithuania.
The international dimension of higher education has become a central topic of the European higher education policy agenda. Globalisation and technological development are radically changing the landscape of higher education. International student mobility will grow rapidly to an expected 7 million by 2020 in the context of an exponential growth in the demand for higher education: over the next twenty years, the number of higher education students is expected to increase fourfold, from 99 million to 414 million. The thirst for knowledge and social mobility of the expanding middle classes in emerging economies will put higher education within the reach of hundreds of millions of citizens of the world.
European higher education institutions have a positive record of internationalisation notably via their participation in EU and national academic cooperation programmes. They have a rich and diverse experience in developing international curricula, fostering international education, research and innovation projects and exchanging students, researchers, staff and knowledge. Since 1987, the Erasmus programme has played a key role in stimulating mobility: almost 3 million students have participated in the programme, as well as over 300,000 higher education teachers and other staff. Beyond mobility, Erasmus has transformed the way in which higher education institutions relate to and cooperate with one another. The Programme has proven to be an important catalyst in the reform and internationalisation of higher education systems. It put to the fore the need for the convergence introduced through the Bologna Process and its tools. From 2004, the Erasmus Mundus programme, building on the successes of Erasmus, has contributed to enhance internationalisation by funding the development of excellent joint Masters and doctoral programmes between higher education institutions in Europe and further afield, stimulating the process of accreditation of international joint degrees.
The chief purpose of internationalisation is to improve the quality of higher education, to better prepare learners in Europe to live in a global world and work in a global economy. There is no single approach to internationalisation. It involves all levels of university life and has to be adapted to each institution's specific profile. Higher education institutions are encouraged to develop comprehensive internationalisation strategies encompassing all their competitive and cooperative activities. While mobility is one key component, internationalisation strategies need to reach well beyond mobility and prioritise the need to internationalise curricula and the teaching process, in order to cater for the needs of the vast majority of learners who are not internationally mobile.
The need for more global cooperation and strategic partnerships involving European and non-European higher education institutions is particularly urgent, in order to tackle global challenges. If Europe is to remain a highly attractive destination for internationally mobile students, and a valued partner for international academic cooperation, against the rising backdrop of new regional higher education hubs, it must reinforce its efforts to promote the global awareness of the high quality and the rich cultural and linguistic diversity of its universities as well as its competitive advantages. Those include a strong experience in developing joint and double degrees, participation in international research projects, networks, developing doctoral schools, industrial doctorates or in implementing a common qualification framework and quality assessment tools.
Following the European Commission Communication on the internationalisation of higher education, the conference will bring together over 150 higher education stakeholders from the EU and beyond, and offer them an opportunity for dialogue on the different tools available to further internationalisation processes, and on the future place of Europe in the global higher education landscape.
See the Programme.

Start date:  22 Oct 2013 9:30 am 
End date:  22 Oct 2013 4:30 pm 
Venue:  Woburn House Conference Centre, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 1HQ
Overview
UCAS, Universities UK and the UK HE International Unit are offering institutions a unique opportunity to share best practice and examine ways in which shared services can help institutions achieve their Transnational Education (TNE) goals, whilst debating the future shape of UK TNE.
TNE has grown significantly over the past few years, becoming an established part of UK institutions’ internationalisation and recruitment strategies. With around 5,000 TNE courses offered by UK institutions and an estimate that TNE will become the largest mode of international education by 2020, there has still been little debate about a shared approach to promoting UK TNE, or the development of shared services for the sector.
Features of the one-day conference include:

• Establishing best practice modes of TNE using case studies.
• Debating and discussing the future of UK TNE in a competitive global market.
• Participating in thought leadership workshops and panel discussions.
• Identifying shared services to promote UK TNE to UK and international students.
• Marketing TNE courses – case studies of success.
• Networking opportunities to share knowledge.

For more information and booking, visit the UCAS website.